MBA Announces Retirement of Chief Operating Officer Marcia Davies

WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 1, 2025) - The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today announced that Marcia M. Davies, MBA's Chief Operating Officer (COO), and founder of mPower, MBA's networking platform for women in the real estate finance industry, will retire on December 31, 2025.

Davies joined MBA in 2011 as Chief of Staff to past President and CEO David H. Stevens, and Senior Vice President of Conferences and Meetings. In 2014, she was promoted to COO.

"For well over a decade, MBA and its members have benefited tremendously from Marcia's vision and passion for the mission and the people of the real estate finance industry," said MBA's President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB. "Her most vital contribution to MBA was her leadership in restoring financial stability to the association. Her legacy in the industry will be the founding and development of mPower, enhancing the ability of thousands of women in our industry to strengthen their networks, conduct more business, and experience personal and professional growth. I have been blessed to have her leading by my side for the past seven years."

As COO, Davies has been responsible for ensuring cross-organizational alignment and facilitating the implementation of MBA's strategic initiatives, as well as maintaining oversight of key organizational priorities. She is also the lead strategist for MBA's external activities, providing leadership, guidance, and overall management to the public affairs and marketing divisions. In addition, she provides strategic direction and management of MBA's Conferences, Membership, Education, Information Technology, and Office Services divisions and is a past board member of MBA's Opens Doors Foundation.

In 2016, Davies founded mPower (MBA Promoting Opportunities for Women to Extend their Reach). Under her leadership, mPower has grown into an engaged community of more than 26,000 industry members, providing best-in-class conference and webinar programming, networking events, and online opportunities to promote the advancement of women in the mortgage industry.

Previously, Davies worked at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), as Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Housing and Federal Housing Commissioner. She directed HUD's industry relations program to strengthen relationships, garner support, streamline communications, and resolve policy and regulatory issues. Before joining HUD, Marcia spent 21 years at Freddie Mac, where she held a variety of senior management positions in communications, customer outreach, marketing, servicer relations, and policy.