"These professionals are dedicated to the commercial and residential real estate finance industries and will help shape the future of mortgage banking," says Clifford B. Hardy, chair of MBA's Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance board of governors. "The CMB designation is a mark of distinction in the real estate finance industry and reflects an individual's superior knowledge and commitment to excellence."

Besides the CMB designations, John M. Church, managing director, Wachovia Securities, earned a Master CMB which is a combination of both commercial and residential mortgage banking disciplines.

The commercial CMB designees are David D. Barber, partner, Bonneville Mortgage Co.; James B. Barclay, manager-realty administration, Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co.; Mark B. Fisher, vice president, StanCorp Mortgage Investors LLC; Harvey W. Greenmann, member, Greenmann Capital; Teresa L. Ingles, senior vice president, First Housing; Richard L. Jarocki Jr., principal, Prudential Mortgage Capital Co.; John J. McNamara III, manager, Allianz of America Inc.; Edward Padilla, CEO, NorthMarq Capital Inc.; J. Walsh Richards, Moody's Investors Service; John L. Segrest, managing director, Collateral Mortgage Capital LLC; John R. Sieber Jr., principal, Phillips Realty Capital; Brian F. Stoffers, executive managing director and chief operating officer, LJ Melody & Co.; John Gardner Sullivan, principal, Keystone Mortgage Corp.