Top Mortgage Experts and Executives to Address New Challenges, New Opportunities Across the Lending Industry
CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In the spirit of innovation and tackling new challenges with new ideas, LendingTree is pleased to host the 10th Annual LendingTree 2009 Lender Summit scheduled for August 31 - September 2 at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV. This year's event will examine recent trends in the lending industry, facilitate the sharing of new solutions and highlight innovative approaches and products that are generating tangible results and maximizing revenue.
"It's been an interesting year for the mortgage marketplace, to say the least," said Bob Harris, President of LendingTree. "Amongst all the recent challenges that we've faced as an industry, we feel that we are poised to reach new levels of achievement. We want to constantly push the envelope of innovation within our business and the 10th Annual Summit is a great place for our entire lending network to share ideas and make that happen."
With a Summit theme of "New Challenges, New Opportunities," keynote speakers at this year's event will include Mt. Everest Expedition Leader and Author John Amatt, Fannie Mae Chief Economist and Vice President Doug Duncan and Tree.com, Inc. Chairman and CEO Doug Lebda.
Each year, LendingTree gathers mortgage industry executives and loan officers from its network of more than 300 lenders for a three-day conference to facilitate networking opportunities and educational sessions focused on improving the performance of each lender's business as well as the customer experience for each LendingTree borrower. In addition, the LendingTree Summit will recognize top network lenders for their overall performance and customer service achievements over the past year at the closing awards dinner.
Speaker Biographies:
John Amatt
John Amatt is Founder and President of One Step Beyond WorldWide, an innovative educational and motivational company, whose mission is to encourage people to push beyond their self-imposed limitations, to be more personally accountable for the results of their own actions, and to embrace effective teamwork by valuing the contribution of others. In this capacity, he has delivered more than 1,800 presentations and seminars in 48 countries and has been called "The World's Best Adventure Speaker."
Doug Duncan
Douglas G. Duncan is Fannie Mae's vice president and chief economist. He is responsible for managing Fannie Mae's Economics & Mortgage Market Analysis Group. In this leadership role, Duncan provides all economic, housing, and mortgage market forecasts and analyses and serves as the company's thought leader internally and with external constituent groups. Reporting directly to the senior vice president of Business Strategy, Duncan is an important source of information and commentary on the external business and economic environment, and is a leading voice on the economy, housing, and mortgage markets.
For more information on attending this year's Partner Summit and joining the LendingTree network, please contact Wendy Hunt at corporateevents@lendingtree.com.
About LendingTree, LLC
LendingTree, LLC is the nation's number one online lending exchange, providing a marketplace that connects consumers with multiple lenders that compete for their business. Since inception, LendingTree has facilitated more than 25 million loan requests and $185 billion in closed loan transactions. LendingTree provides access to mortgages and refinance loans, home equity loans/lines of credit, auto loans, personal loans, credit cards, and financial tools via www.lendingtree.com and 800-555-TREE.
Launched in 1998 with headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina, LendingTree, LLC also owns and operates LendingTree Loans (sm), LendingTree Settlement Services, LLC, GetSmart(R), and HomeLoanCenter.com. LendingTree, LLC is an operating company of IAC (NASDAQ: IACI).
Media Contact:
Dave Clarke
609-279-0050 x 105
dave@resoundmarketing.com
SOURCE LendingTree, LLC
