Mortgage Bankers Affiliation names Alexandra Brinton CFO

The Mortgage Bankers Affiliation is beginning 2026 with a serious management appointment, appointing an skilled accounting government to chief monetary officer. 

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The industry trade group welcomed Alexandra Brinton to the position of vice chairman, chief monetary officer. With a background working for a wide range of commerce and nonprofit organizations, she can be accountable for MBA’s managerial accounting and monetary operations, together with reporting, forecasting and threat administration. 

“Her confirmed monitor document of strengthening associations and organizations by way of considerate, disciplined monetary management makes her a wonderful addition to our crew,” stated the commerce group’s chief administrative officer Peter J. Grace in a press launch.   

“She brings a strategic mindset, robust operational rigor and a collaborative, solutions-oriented method that can be an actual asset to our affiliation as we additional strengthen our monetary operations,” he additional commented.

Brinton takes over the CFO place at Washington-based MBA that had beforehand been held by Lisa Haynes, who retired in late 2024. 

A licensed public accountant, Brinton joins the commerce group after most not too long ago serving as controller on the American Affiliation of Airport Executives. She beforehand additionally held that very same title on the Web & Tv Affiliation, The Conservation Fund and Interplay, a consortium of nongovernmental organizations. 

Her arrival additionally comes following the current departure of former chief operating officer Marcia Davies, who retired on the finish of 2025. Davies was within the management place for over a decade, ascending to the publish after previously serving as chief of employees to former CEO David Stevens amongst different roles. Davies additionally based and led growth of MBA’s Mpower program, which was created to offer assist and mentorship to girls searching for to develop their mortgage careers.  

MBA expects single-family originations to whole approximately 5.8 million units in 2026, which might characterize a rise of over 6% from 2025, because the mortgage business makes an attempt to construct again quantity following the sharp downturn earlier this decade.