WILL

Women in Legal Leadership "WILL" is the ALFN's industry-leading group designed for women in the mortgage servicing industry. WILL hosts an annual summit in Dallas, TX, offers its 300+ members quarterly teleconferences, mini-events at ANSWERS and throughout the year, and publishes its quarterly magazine, WILLed.  ALFN members can login to join WILL.

WOMEN IN LEGAL LEADERSHIP IS AN IDEA THAT RESONATES FAR AND WIDE IN TODAY'S MORTGAGE SERVICING INDUSTRY, WHERE MORE AND MORE WOMEN LEAD TODAY THAN EVER BEFORE. 

ALFN hosts it's annual Women in Legal Leadership "WILL" summit, WILLPOWER, in Dallas each Spring. WILLPOWER typically has over 100 attendees, and is designed with the education, networking, mentoring and leadership training that women need today to be better leaders, practitioners, and partners. Attendees of WILLPOWER enjoy sessions from women leaders in the industry, and other special guest speakers. When no one else is willing to have real conversations that matter to half the industry, ALFN WILL. Will you join us for WILLPOWER?

Click here to join WILL (website login required).

WILL Leadership:

Elected WILL Leadership Team:

• Attorney-Trustee Member Chair (Attorney-Trustee Member, can be an Attorney or non-Attorney)
  • January Taylor, Esq. – McMichael Taylor Gray – jtaylor@mtglaw.com (term ends 12/31/25)

• Attorney-Trustee Member Vice Chair (Attorney-Trustee Member, can be an Attorney or non-Attorney)
  • Michele Lublin – Rubin Lublin – mlublin@rlselaw.com (term ends 12/31/25, then moves to Chair for a 2-year term that ends 12/31/27)

• Associate Member Chair (Associate Member, can be an Attorney or non-Attorney)
  • Paula Ashcraft – Greentree Legal – pashcraft@greentreelegal.com (term ends 12/31/25)
     
• Servicer Co-Chairs (Servicer/GSE, may be an Attorney or non-Attorney)
  • Emily Chavarriaga – Mr. Cooper – emily.chavarriaga@mrcooper.com (term ends 12/31/25)
  • Laura Shepherd – Freedom Mortgage – laura.shepherd@freedommortgage.com (term ends 12/31/25, may be re-elected for another 2-year term)
     
• Chair Emeritus (Immediate Past Chair) (Attorney-Trustee Member, can be an Attorney or non-Attorney)
  • Kelly Gring, Esq. – Tromberg Morris & Partners, PLLC – kgring@tmppllc.com (term ends 12/31/24)
     
• ALFN Staff Liaison
  • Susan Rosen – ALFN – srosen@alfn.org

• ALFN Board Liaisons
  • Kim Hammond, Esq. – Keith D. Weiner & Associates - khammond@weinerlaw.com
  • Kelly Gring, Esq. – Tromberg Morris & Partners, PLLC - kgring@tmppllc.com

• Secretary (Attorney-Trustee or Associate member, can be an Attorney or non-Attorney)
  • Maryann Mack - Team Catalyst – maryann@teamcatalyst.net (term ends 12/31/25, may be re-appointed for another 2-year term or may run for leadership team after either term ends) 
     
• Editorial Sub-Committee - 2 Co-Chairs (Attorney-Trustee or Associate member, can be an Attorney or non-Attorney)
  • Michelle Gilbert, Esq. - Gilbert Garcia Group, P.A. - mgilbert@gilbertgrouplaw.com (term ends 12/31/25 and may run for leadership team after term ends)
  • Krys Delk – Steele LLC – kdelk@steelellp.com (term ends 12/31/25, may be re-appointed for another 2-year term or may run for leadership team after either term ends) 

• Events, Content & Social Media Sub-Committee (2 Co-Chairs)(1 Co-Chair is dedicated to Social Media)(Attorney-Trustee or Associate member, can be an Attorney or non-Attorney) (1 Co-Chair must be an ALFN Attorney-Trustee member)
  • Sarah McDaniel, Esq. – Mackie Wolf Zientz & Mann – smcdaniel@mwzmlaw.com (term ends 12/31/25, may be re-appointed for another 2-year team or may run for leadership team after either term ends)
  • Neeraj Mendiratta – Knova One, Inc. – neeraj.mendiratta@knovaone.com (term ends 12/31/25, may be re-appointed for another 2-year team or may run for leadership team after either term ends) 
     
• Membership Sub-Committee (3 Co-Chairs)
  • Attorney-Trustee Member Co-Chair (Attorney-Trustee Member, can be an Attorney or non-Attorney)
    • Stacie Rankey – Fein Such - srankey@fskslaw.com (term ends 12/31/25, may be re-appointed for another 2-year term or may run for leadership team after term ends)
  • Associate Member Co-Chair (Associate Member, can be an Attorney or non-Attorney)
    • Jennifer Dlugolecki - Firefly Legal, Inc. - jennifer.dlugolecki@firefly.pro (term ends 12/31/25 or may run for leadership team after term ends)
  • Servicer Co-Chair (Servicer/GSE, can be an Attorney or non-Attorney)
    • Vacant Position (term ends 12/31/25, may be re-appointed for another 2-year term or may run for leadership team after either term ends)