2024 Servicer Awards: Excellence in Collaboration
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In May, we introduced our inaugural Servicer Awards at the Chief Servicing Officer (CSO) meeting in New Orleans. We awarded three deserving Optigo® lenders for their servicing work and collaboration with Freddie Mac's Multifamily Asset Management & Operations (AMO) department.
I want to express my appreciation for each recipient of the 2024 Servicer Award for "Excellence in Collaboration" for their outstanding efforts to uphold our Servicing Standard to help provide stable and safe affordable housing to tenants across the country.
It is an honor to recognize our industry partners in the servicing space and we plan to continue with such distinctions on an annual basis as a benchmark for excellence and collaboration.
2024 Servicer Award Recipient
![Photo of Jeanette Foote](/sites/g/files/ynjofi151/files/Jeanette.jpg)
Awardee: Jeanette Foote, Arbor Realty Trust
Nominator: Erlita Shively, Vice President, Multifamily Counterparty Risk & Compliance
Jeanette demonstrates excellent collaboration and relationship-building skills during the audit process. She is proactive, acknowledges requests in a timely manner and welcomes audit feedback, all of which plays a vital role in keeping audits on schedule. Jeanette also uses correspondence with the Freddie Mac Multifamily Audit team as an opportunity to ensure requirements are met, showing a high level of partnership and compliance.
Awardee: Jennifer Jerchau, Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC Nominator: Carl McLaughlin, Vice President, Multifamily Loan Servicing
Jennifer is an upstanding business partner who shows continuous dedication through her work. She responds and reports in a timely fashion and goes the extra mile to provide support to streamline the reporting process. She also anticipates questions and is highly communicative, which helps ensure that all parties are aligned and able to move forward together.
![Jennifer Jerchau](/sites/g/files/ynjofi151/files/Jennifer1_0.jpg)
![Jeremiah Singleton](/sites/g/files/ynjofi151/files/Jeremiah_Singleton_0.jpg)
Awardee: Jeremiah Singleton, Northmarq
Nominator: Pamela Dent, Vice President, Asset Management
Jeremiah exhibits a high level of competency and collaboration in the borrower consents and transactions area. Jeremiah oversees a team of analysts and asset managers that lead the complex structured deals for Freddie Mac Multifamily. His team’s borrower consent packages consistently receive high servicer ratings for thoroughness, completeness and timeliness with good analysis and recommendations.