Combating Racial Bias In The Mortgage Industry Through Data, Technology and Diversity
A Webinar presented by Veros and Valligent
One of the mortgage industry’s biggest challenges is identifying and preventing potential racial bias in the home valuation process. In this webinar, the Veros and Valligent team will share the results from its five-city research study examining the housing markets in Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, Philadelphia and Los Angeles and the use of AVMs as a tool to identify potential racial bias in home valuations. Additionally, the team will explore other initiatives driving transparency, diversity and positive change in the home valuation process.
You will discover:
- The data and insight behind the research study that shows the proven potential of AVMs as a non-bias tool in home valuations
- How to leverage technology that assists in identifying potential bias terms in appraisals
- Steps underway to increase diversity and education for new appraisers entering the industry
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Moderated By:

Brian Fluhr
Vice President of Marketing - Veros Real Estate Solutions
Brian “The Bald & Bold Marketer” Fluhr is the vice president of marketing at Veros. Brian oversees branding, demand generation and product marketing for all Veros solutions. He is also the leader and biggest fan of the Veros Marketing Team! Prior to joining Veros, Fluhr delivered high impact results as the vice president of marketing for two distinct First American Financial companies: DataTrace and DataTree. Before that, Fluhr was the Product Marketing Director at CoreLogic. Fluhr began his career on the frontlines at several advertising agencies in Orange County, CA. Brian invites you to connect with him on LinkedIn
Vice President,
Marketing
Presented By:

Eric Fox
Chief Economist and Sr. Vice President of Data Modeling
Eric Fox, Chief Economist and Sr. Vice President of Data Modeling, provides expert leadership in predictive technologies, economic modeling methodologies, and collateral valuation forecasting. He brings more than 30 years of experience to his role, including statistical and econometric modeling, probabilistic life methodology development, statistical training, probabilistic design software development, and probabilistic financial analysis.
Fox has published more than 20 technical papers on probabilistic and statistical methods. He received his master's degree in statistics and a bachelor's degree in mathematics and economics from Purdue University.
Chief Economist and Sr. Vice President of Data Modeling

Reena Agrawal
Research Economist
Reena Agrawal received her PhD in Economics from Vanderbilt University and MA in Economics from The Ohio State University and has several years of industrial experience in economic research and analysis.
Research Economist

Jeffrey Hogan
Vice President, Valuations
Jeff Hogan has over 30 years’ experience as a state-certified real estate appraiser. Jeff is our principal expert and leader for all matters related to residential property appraisals and valuation solutions. This includes the development and enhancement of our automated appraisal-scoring tools, analytic products, portals and systems. His responsibilities also include reviewing and analyzing real estate property valuation data, evaluating product performance, and recommending rule modifications.
Before joining Veros, Jeff was a senior reviewer appraiser for the Banc of California. He has held appraisal leadership roles in various large financial institutions including Bank of America and Citigroup. He received his bachelor's degree from Cal State Fullerton University and his MBA from the University of Redlands. Jeff also holds the SRA and AI-RRS designation with the Appraisal Institute.
Vice President,
Valuations

Jeremy McCarty
Chief Executive Officer / Founder of Valligent Technologies
As co-founder of Valligent, Jeremy is leading the company in revolutionizing residential property valuation through use of expert systems technology and advanced analytics. Drawing on 30+ years in the appraisal industry, Jeremy has been a leader in developing next generation property valuation products and has spearheaded a variety of breakthroughs in technologies and processes that are driving fundamental transformation of the mortgage industry. Jeremy has led Valligent’s development of a propriety patent pending valuation process that is significantly altering the status quo by dramatically reducing cycle times and decreasing costs while increasing quality standards. Jeremy’s focus is to measure accurate valuation turn times in minutes, rather than the industry standard of weeks.