2018 KMBA Awards
MORTGAGE INVESTORS GROUP TAKES HOME TOP HONORS
FOR MORTGAGE LENDING EXCELLENCE

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Knoxville Mortgage Bankers Association honored a record-breaking number of Mortgage Investors Group loan officers for excellence in mortgage lending, company officials announced today.

The KMBA recognized the 37 loan officers from a dozen MIG branches across the region on Friday at its annual Celebration of Excellence Awards Banquet at the Downtown Hilton.

“Having such a high number of our loan officers recognized is, at its base, recognition of their high degree of commitment to serving their clients’ needs,” said MIG Executive Vice President of Production Steve Smith. “The home-buying process is a very personal and emotional process. Client satisfaction and their referrals are what continue to build the business of the loan officers recognized by the KMBA.”

The KMBA’s top honor of 2018 Mortgage Banker of the Year went to Lisa Wiles, who manages MIG’s thriving Downtown Knoxville branch. This is the fifth consecutive year Wiles has received the award.

Wiles and Debbie Windisch, a senior loan officer in MIG’s Bearden branch, also received the KMBA’s Platinum Award and were inducted into the association’s President’s Circle, which recognizes the top three loan producers in the area served by the organization.

In addition, eight MIG loan officers received the Gold Award, while 11 received the Silver Award and 16 received the Bronze Award.

This is the first time in MIG’s 30-year history that it has had this many loan officers recognized in a single year by the KMBA, Smith said.

Also at the banquet, the KMBA inducted MIG Sales Manager Donna Boling as its 2019 board president, as well as J.R. Huber, MIG’s senior vice president of Sales and Production, as vice president, and Lindsey Whitworth, a senior loan officer in MIG’s Bearden branch, as treasurer.

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