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26 | TH E M REP O RT THIRTY-FIVE UNDER 35 Special Section Kathryn Anderson NATIONAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, TENA AGE: 31 Kathryn began her work in the industry at a time when it was collapsing. From her various roles at TenA, she's watched as the world has picked itself up and begun moving again. She was a part of DECA while in high school, a national association of marketing students, and secured gainful employment during her final semester of college—at a time when many recent grads were having trouble landing jobs. She now stays on top of quality control and compli- ance while representing her company on a national level. She is set to attend 19 industry conferences in this year alone and feels that the open-minded ability to learn and enjoy challenges is a necessity in the world of mortgage finance. Jenna Baum PARTNER, MCCALLA RAYMER, LLC AGE: 29 Jenna can see the home prices rising from her vantage point in southern Florida, which furnishes her day-to-day work in closings with much reward. Baum's father dealt in real estate as she grew up, and the act of transferring land—a handover in which everything stays in the same place—always interested her. She studied law in Florida and eventually arrived at McCalla Raymer, where she is regularly able to tell buyers, "yes, we'll be releasing the keys to your first home." Channelle Beller VP, DIRECTOR OF MARKETING, NATIONAL TITLE COMPANY AGE: 33 Channelle grew up in bad neighborhood outside of Las Vegas, and despite being a good student in her youth, she lived in an area where not much hope was afforded to young girls wanting to become more. She went to the Southern Nevada School of Real Estate and practiced her craft until the demands of raising a family required Beller to get a desk job. But that wasn't the end of her career. She started at National Title Company as a business development and marketing rep, jumped directly to her current role, and hasn't looked back, preferring to spend her time supporting charitable causes. Kayla Bryant DIRECTOR OF MARKETING, ACI AGE: 26 Bryant set out to work for advertising agencies with her education in graphic design, but she always possessed communications skills that would position her for high placement. Her talent for helping appraisers to learn new technology platforms and industry language during the UAD implementation saw her rise to her current role, and since then she has enjoyed the fast-paced nature of the industry and her work while employing the artistic skills she always wanted to use. The evolution of products from thumbnail images to being in the hands of users is, to her, a reward all its own. Susan Connally DIRECTOR OF SURVEILLANCE, CLAYTON AGE: 31 Working for Clayton, Susan Connally says her standout trait is her ability to identify the needs of the company's clients—a necessary quality for her job, which sees her collaborating with customers and the rest of her team to isolate and address potential operational problem areas while meeting industry standards. From there, she's able to draw on that collaboration to design a script or put together a project plan, incorporating regulatory requirements and legislative actions to give clients all the information they need. Kristi Lee SENIOR COMPLIANCE OFFICER, TXL MORTGAGE CORPORATION AGE: 29 As a senior officer for TXL, Kristi heads compliance, from the company's management system to its anti-money laundering program and all day-to-day functions in between. Having moved into her position only about two years ago, she has been both blessed and cursed to work in "interesting times." µ-X¸WKVIEXXSLEZIEÁVWX time buyer at the closing table and make sure they're comfortable with what they're signing, and being able to say 'Yes, we'll be releasing the OI]WXS]SYVÁVWXLSQI¶ —JENNA BAUM, MCCALLA RAYMER

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