George Morales elected to NRMLA board

Mortgage Cadence, a subsidiary of Accenture, confirmed on Thursday that George Morales, its national sales director, has been elected to the 2025–26 board of directors for the National Reverse Mortgage Lenders Association (NRMLA).

Morales joins several other leaders on the board who help shape NRMLA’s policy agenda and strategic direction. NRMLA represents lenders, servicers and technology providers in the reverse mortgage sector.

Morales currently chairs the reverse mortgage workgroup at the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO), a job he’s been doing since July 2024. He helped to release the industry’s first standardized reverse mortgage dataset aimed at improving data portability and workflow consistency between reverse and forward lending.

“It’s a tremendous honor to join NRMLA’s Board of Directors,” Morales said in a statement. “Reverse mortgages are entering a new era of modernization, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to help guide our industry forward. Together, we can broaden market access, strengthen consumer protections, and encourage technology innovation that makes reverse lending more efficient, transparent and mainstream.”

Mortgage Cadence CEO Pedro Garcia said that Morales’s experience and industry relationships make him a strong addition to the board.

As a board member, Morales will participate in efforts to advance policy, technology and operational standards that serve older homeowners and support broader adoption of reverse mortgage products.

Jim Cory of Guild Mortgage and Mike Kent of Liberty Reverse Mortgage are co-chairs of the board. Brett Dunn of Traditional Mortgage Acceptance Corp. is the treasurer. Elly Johnson (All Reverse Pro) and Robert Sivori (CrossCountry Mortgage) are vice chairs.

Morales joins the following directors on NRMLA’s 2025-2026 board:

Jesse Allen, Rate; Rob Awalt, Allegiant Reverse Services; Jeffrey Baker and Carmalon Batiste, Traditional Mortgage Acceptance Corp.; Jennifer Cosentini, Cambridge Credit Counseling; Laura Cullen, Longbridge Financial; Joe DeMarkey, CrossCountry Mortgage; Christopher Downey, The Federal Savings Bank; Bryan Faron, Brean Capital; Kevin Gherardi, Reverse Technology Group.

Jonathan Haley, Raymond James; Scott Harmes, C2 Financial; Ryan LaRose, Celink; Britany Luth, Finance of America; Chris Mayer, Longbridge Financial; Tina Meilinger, Allegiant Reverse Services; Jim Milano, McGlinchey Stafford; Erik Morin, Atlas VMS; David Peskin, HighTechLending.

Loren Riddick, NEXA Lending; Jonathan Scarpati, Finance of America; Richard Thorpe, CrossCountry Mortgage; Shain Urwin, C2 Financial; Kari Van Kleef, CMG Financial; Dan Ventura, Fairway Home Mortgage; Tim Wilkinson, Longbridge Financial; Deborah Winslow, Onity Group/PHH Mortgage; and Jay Wright, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP.