#HousingDC26 Agenda – Housing Finance Strategies

#HousingDC26
Agenda

Essential insight into today’s
fast-evolving housing finance landscape.

October 27, 2026

Start	End	Session
9:00 am	9:10 am	Welcome, Introduction and Sponsor Recognition Faith Schwartz \| Founder & CEO, Housing Finance Strategies Allen Jones \| Managing Director, Housing Finance Strategies
9:10 am	9:30 am	Insight from the Chairman, House Financial Services Committee French Hill \| Chairman, House Financial Services Committee Scott Norman \| President, Texas Mortgage Bankers Association Faith Schwartz \| Founder & CEO, Housing Finance Strategies
9:30 am	10:00 am	Opening Plenary: Sizing up the Midterms and Housing Ron Brownstein \| Political Analyst, CNN & Bloomberg Allen Jones \| Managing Director, Housing Finance Strategies
10:00 am	10:45 am	Implementation of the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. Alanna McCargo \| Nonresident Fellow, Clinton Foundation; Past President, Ginnie Mae; Founder, iAMHousing Consulting Erin Quinn \| SVP and Head of Housing Public Policy, Government Relations and Public Policy, Wells Fargo Sarah Brundage \| CEO, National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders Allen Jones \| Managing Director, Housing Finance Strategies
10:45 am	11:30 am	Assessing the 2027 Federal Agenda Seth Appleton \| President, U.S. Mortgage Insurers Pete Mills \| Senior Vice President, Residential Policy and Strategic Industry Engagement, Mortgage Bankers Association Isaac Boltansky \| Head of Public Policy, PennyMac Faith Schwartz \| Founder & CEO, Housing Finance Strategies
11:30 am	12:15 pm	Charting the Course for Mortgage Scoring Ethan Dornhelm \| Vice President, Scores and Predictive Analytics, FICO Jonathan Glowacki \| Principal and Consulting Actuary, Milliman Mortgage Solutions Faith Schwartz \| Founder & CEO, Housing Finance Strategies
12:15 pm	1:00 pm	Agentic AI Paying Dividends on MBS Data and Risk Management Bernadette Kogler \| Founder & CEO, RiskSpan Nanci L. Weissgold \| Partner, Alston & Bird Abhinav Asthana \| Chief Technology Officer, Redwood Trust Allen Yeong \| Chief Architect, Platform, Data and AI, Addepar Suhrud Dagli \| Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Innovation Officer, RiskSpan
1:00 pm	1:45 pm	Affordability Front and Center Marina Walsh, CMB \| Vice President of Industry Analysis, MBA Katrina Jones \| Senior Vice President, Single Family, Fannie Mae Laurie Goodman \| Institute Fellow and Founder of the Housing Finance Policy Center, the Urban Institute Faith Schwartz \| Founder & CEO, Housing Finance Strategies
1:45 pm	2:15 pm	Up and Coming Innovation Brian Elbogen \| Founder & CEO, Jubilee Homes Cindy Keith \| Chief Strategy Officer, NFM Lending Janneke Ratcliffe \| Senior Advisor for Housing Policy, Office of Governor Josh Stein Allen Jones \| Managing Director, Housing Finance Strategies
2:15 pm	3:00 pm	Measuring Elevating Insurance and Climate Risk Peter Carroll \| Executive Vice President, Public Policy, Cotality Lisa Rice \| President, National Fair Housing Alliance Sam Valverde \| Managing Director, Falcon Capital Advisors Faith Schwartz \| Founder & CEO, Housing Finance Strategies
3:00 pm	3:45 pm	CEOs Address the 2027 Housing Landscape Jay Bray \| President & CEO, Rocket Mortgage Stan Middleman \| CEO, Freedom Mortgage Chris Abate \| CEO, Redwood Trust Faith Schwartz \| Founder & CEO, Housing Finance Strategies
3:45 pm	4:00 pm	#HousingDC26 Wrap-Up Alanna McCargo \| Nonresident Fellow, Clinton Foundation; Past President, Ginnie Mae; Founder, iAMHousing Consulting Faith Schwartz \| Founder & CEO, Housing Finance Strategies