Mortgage Instructors

Linda Williams (Vice President of Marketing & Instructor)

Linda has been in the Mortgage Industry for over 27 years, with experience in many areas of the industry from Foreclosure Specialist, Quality Control Specialist, Senior Loan Processor, Conforming Underwriter, Loan Originator, Operations Manager, Account Executive, and Branch Manager. As well as the varied positions she's held, she has experience lending in many states which gives her a strong understanding of how the industry functions.

Linda is currently the Vice President of Marketing for Mortgage Trainers of North America, a Division of Silver State Trainers Inc. As VP of Marketing for Mortgage Trainers of North America, Linda is responsible for maintaining the database and keeping our clientele informed of industry changes. She continually updates the training manuals to give professionals the most up to date and accurate information available. Linda will continue to contribute to the industry by developing usable educational classes, informative articles, presenting professional marketing seminars for loan originators and wholesale account executives, and writing instructional "'how to' books. She is co-author of "Mortgage Lending Basics", "The Secret of Mortgage Lending Success" and author of "Processing 101".

Her last position as Branch Manager for a major non-prime lender she held for six productive years, Linda built the Nevada operations from zero production and employees to over $30 million a month in production making her office one of the top offices in her region. She successfully managed a full service wholesale office staff of twenty-seven, while achieving and maintaining her personal production as top producer in the company's "Presidents Circle".

She holds a double major for Management and Marketing in Business Administration from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. There she won a state award in Marketing, and continues to use her marketing skills to promote and educate.

Linda has taught thousands how to succeed in the Mortgage Industry business, and has written many manuals used for training mortgage professionals. She also writes informative articles for popular mortgage industry magazines and current customer database. You can join our database on our website at www.mtgtna.com.

Linda developed an in-depth Mortgage Processing training program for Arizona Mortgage Bankers Association from 1994 to 1996 which help meet the demand for trained processors. When Linda moved to Nevada, she joined the Mortgage Brokers Association, becoming Education Chair Person from 1999 to 2001. As Education Chair Person she established the educational program for the Mortgage Brokers Association in Nevada which set the foundation for legislation requiring loan originator licensing. She was elected as the Southern Nevada Vice-President in 2003. She was then elected as President of the Nevada Mortgage Brokers Association in 2004 turning an ailing association around and generating income and membership to levels never before reached in the association. Linda is a strong supporter of industry associations serving as a member and board positions.

In 2000, Linda met Roger Rothberg who was also involved in educating and improving the mortgage industry. She joined Roger teaching mortgage lending classes at the Community College of Southern Nevada. In 2003, they formed Silver State Trainers Corporation and started to develop additional beginner classes to train new comers to the industry. In 2005, Linda and Roger started Mortgage Trainers of North America to expand the offerings to experienced loan originators requiring CEU credit for state licensing.

Roger Rothberg (Vice President of Education & Instructor)

Roger has been in the Mortgage Industry for over 40 years, beginning as a Loan Officer in 1963 for a major California Savings and Loan. His experience of having lived through the major law changes in the industry including the development of the secondary market give him invaluable insight to the industry. His background in retail conventional lending, small commercial lending, residential construction and permanent loans, loan servicing, wholesale conforming and non-conforming lending gives him a hands-on in-depth base of knowledge of the mortgage industry few can offer today.

Roger is currently the Vice President of Education for Mortgage Trainers of North America, a Division of Silver State Trainers Inc. As VP of Education for Mortgage Trainers of North America, Roger is responsible for training live classes, class development, writing textbooks, scheduling classes and training instructors. Roger is a valuable asset to the mortgage industry continuing to develop additional courses for Mortgage Professionals, delivering his classes in an honest and clear fashion. During the mid 1970's, Roger opened his own mortgage brokerage in Southern California giving him a strong working knowledge of managing a mortgage company. After closing his brokerage in the late 1980's, Roger went into wholesale lending working for several major conforming and non-conforming mortgage bankers over the years.

In 1998, Roger developed a mortgage-training program for the College of Southern Nevada (now known as College of Southern Nevada). This relationship has grown over the years, and continues today with the "Mortgage Lending Series" as one of the most thorough training classes for new comers to the mortgage lending industry. The Series focuses on teaching professionalism and essential industry knowledge. The Series has realized an estimated 50% of the students successfully have entered the Mortgage Lending Industry.

Roger has successfully taught thousands how to succeed in the mortgage industry, and has co-authored the book "'Mortgage Lending Basics" and "The Secret of Mortgage Lending Success". His many years of experience working in the industry along with his training skills makes his instruction superior to other offerings. Yet even with all his knowledge, Roger is able to present the classroom information in an easy to understand manner for new comers to the industry. His real world knowledge and clear explanations come across in his presentation given to each student. This gives a strong foundation of industry knowledge and skills necessary for the student and their professionalism needed to succeed.

In 2000, Roger met Linda Williams who was also involved in educating and improving mortgage industry professionalism. Linda joined Roger teaching mortgage lending classes at the Community College of Southern Nevada. In 2003, they formed Silver State Trainers Corporation and started to develop additional beginner classes to train new comers to the industry. In 2005, Linda and Roger started Mortgage Trainers of North America to expand the offerings to experienced loan originators requiring "Continuing Educational Units" credit for Nevada state licensing.

Roger's previous positions as Education Director for Nevada Association of Mortgage Brokers in 2004, and Director of Education for American Institute of Mortgage and Real Estate in 2005 gives Roger the experience to understand what students need to become successful in the Mortgage Industry. Roger's high ethics and integrity ensures the students will be instructed on how to become a Mortgage Professional, and not just another Loan Originator.

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