00:00I'm excited to be here in Times Square in New York City. Laura Hopkins and I, for those who
00:12don't know her, she's the Vice President of Membership at the Mortgage Bankers Association.
00:17And the energy and the air is palatable here as far as like the importance of connecting
00:22and community. So first off, welcome. Thank you. Nice to be here. Great to be here at
00:28Secondary, very important time in our industry. One thing that's been unique to me about MBA
00:35Secondary throughout the years is you guys have always made sure to include, or at least for as
00:40far as I've been attending the conference, an Empower lunch within MBA Secondary. Lately,
00:46Empower has been going on the road. You've been taking that energy, that important conversation
00:50to different places across the country. And we're excited at Housing Wire to be able to host it at
00:56the gathering here in June at the Broadmoor and take a little bit of that energy and bring it into
01:00what we know our audience, our executive attendees also need to see. Can you touch a little bit on
01:06why it's so powerful? Why is it so important to have these conversations on the road at conferences?
01:12Absolutely. And I'll just expand a little bit on what you said about us going out and on the road.
01:19Empower kind of caught on after a year or two. It just really caught on and people started saying,
01:24hey, can you come to us? Not everybody is able to come to a secondary or an annual or the
01:32Empowering Youth Summit. And all women have something to say and something to hear and experiences to
01:40share. So it's very important to get in the room, have a collective voice, help rise each other up,
01:49and really find things that resonate between each other. We all have a ton of experience. And then
01:56we have a lot of new leaders emerging that we need to learn from, too, and bring them to the table.
02:03That's such a great call out. We have had a prep call already for this session.
02:08Yeah. I loved being a fly on that wall in that room, not only because of what they were talking
02:13about, but even the women in that call, like, respected each other so much. And they were
02:18learning from each other on how they've navigated this industry, but also honored what you're saying
02:23this next generation to come. We covered so many things in that prep call, which has me so excited
02:28for this session. We have it for an hour at the gathering. I don't think that's enough time to
02:32really dig in. And it's already an hour. What would you want to highlight for people to take away
02:36from this session to kind of get them excited?
02:38Yeah. Yeah. And it's never enough time. But that, I think, is kind of the good thing, because
02:43it's actionable things that we talk about. So everyone gets inspired, and that's awesome,
02:49and we share ideas. But then to go back to your leadership role, or, hey, maybe now I can advocate
02:57for myself for the next role, and to help kind of inspire other people, but create action.
03:05The parts that stand out to me is everything that you just said. It's the fact that not
03:10only have they, I always like to honor so much of what you, I mean, including you, Laura,
03:15you've carved such a path for other women, and even your team. And then how you guys are
03:18also helping those women take the change that you guys have stepped, and even make it a better
03:23place for this next generation of women. So I'm honored to host you.
03:27We're excited.
03:28And the rest of the women. And also just attend the Empower Lunch here. I think it's an important
03:32continued conversation, one that we continue to bring women together, connect, have those
03:35open discussions. So thank you, Laura, for joining us. Excited to see you again in a few weeks.
03:40We're excited, too.
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