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Posted: March 7, 2013
Jerami Marshal 2013
Name: Jerami Marshal
Title: President and chair for Mass. Mortgage Bankers Association
Company: Sovereign Bank
Location: 75 State St., Boston, MA 02109
Birthplace and year: Nashville, TN, 1952
Family: Wife, Roxanne; daughter, Monica
College: UCLA, studied music and business finance
First job outside of finance: Lieutenant for Los Angelos County sheriff's mounted department - search & seizure
First job in finance of allied field: Gibraltar Savings, loan office
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future? I want to address the issue of "what's in it for me?" with regard to membership through a variety of channels, including the offering of scholarships for community college students; refine committees and have less seminars but with more substance that members want. I'm also looking at having a second annual conference on loan servicing and secondary marketing in May, in addition to the traditional one in the fall.
Hobbies: Golf; I enjoy playing the drums
Favorite book: I'm a mystery novel fan.
Favorite movie: "Arthur"
Key to success: You have to be really good to get to the top and really great to stay there.
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be? A drummer
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