Mark Calabria Joins Office of Management and Budget, AISLE Board adds New Members

In his new role at OMB, Calabria will first be detailed to the Consumer Financial Protection BureauFormer FHFA Director Mark Calabria served on the AISLE Advisory Board from November 2023 to early January 2025. HousingWire and Politico have both reported that Calabria will be detailed at the Bureau until Jonathan McKernan is confirmed as the CFPB’s new Director. It has also been reported that Calabria’s long-term role at OMB may be larger in scope with regard to the Trump Administration’s goal to “rein in” independent agencies.

WE ARE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO MARK AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO AISLE IN ITS FIRST YEAR. HIS FEEDBACK AND PARTICIPATION OVER THE LAST YEAR HELPED US IMMENSELY IN LAUNCHING THE INSTITUTE. WE THANK MARK FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE WORK HE WILL AGAIN DO IN PUBLIC SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY. WE ARE ALSO EXCITED TO WELCOME TED TOZER AND JANUARY TAYLOR TO THE AISLE ADVISORY BOARD. THEY WILL MAKE EXCELLENT ADDITIONS TO THE INSTITUTE’S LEADERSHIP.
SAID MARISSA YAKER, AISLE BOARD CHAIR

On February 19, 2025, AISLE shared in its monthly Agency Alert Newsletter a host of supporting Administration and Agency updates that included links to the Trump Administration’s Executive Orders, Fact Sheets, and agency directives related to the reporting by HousingWire and Politico.

AISLE Announces the Addition of Former Ginnie Mae President & CEO Ted Tozer to the Institute’s Advisory Board
Theodore (Ted) Tozer has over thirty years of experience in the mortgage banking and securities industry. Tozer served as the President of the Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae) from 2010 to 2017. As president of Ginnie Mae, Tozer actively managed Ginnie Mae's nearly $1.7 trillion guarantees of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) and more than $460 billion in annual issuance. During his time at Ginnie Mae Ted led the modernization effort of the Ginnie Mae Securitization Platform. Prior to his tenure at Ginnie Mae, Tozer spent a quarter century at the National City Mortgage Company, rising to become Senior Vice President of Capital Markets. He has been a charter member on both National Lender Advisory Boards for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a member of the Board of Governors of the Mortgage Bankers Association of America (MBA), and chairman of the Capital Markets Committee of the MBA. Ted also serves on the Board of Directors of PennyMac Financial Services, a mortgage originator, and is a non-resident fellow at the Urban Institute’s Housing Finance Policy Center (HFPC). He holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance from Indiana University.

AISLE Announces the Addition of Attorney January Taylor to the Institute’s Advisory Board
​January Taylor is the Managing Partner and Co-founder of McMichael Taylor Gray, LLC.  She has over 20 years of real estate and creditors rights experience and has spent her entire career providing foreclosure, bankruptcy, eviction, REO, compliance, strategic planning and litigation services to banks, credit unions investors and servicers.  She has authored numerous articles and speaks regularly at continuing legal education seminars, national conference panels and webinars. Ms. Taylor also serves on the Board of Directors for Pink Peaches, Inc. a non-profit charity focused on supporting breast cancer patients, encouraging early detection, and providing research funding. She received her B.A. in Political Science from Salisbury University and her J.D. from Regent University School of Law.  She is a member of the North Carolina Bar, Georgia Bar, South Carolina Bar, and her firm is a member of AISLE, ALFN, MBA, and NACTT.  Ms. Taylor lives in Atlanta, GA where she enjoys spending time with her family and her two dogs.