Ann Hambly

Ann Hambly created 1st Service Solutions in 2005 recognizing the need for a borrower advocate in commercial real estate. Hambly has over 30 years of commercial real estate servicing experience and has served as the CEO of servicing for Prudential, Bank of New York, Nomura, and Bank of America.  In 2011 she was recognized as one of the most influential woman in commercial real estate by National Real Estate Investor.  She has also been recognized as one of the top 25 CEOs across all industries in a book called True Leaders. She has been at the forefront of setting industry standards for commercial real estate and has led many initiatives for industry groups that included attorneys, rating agencies, master and special servicers, trustees, and bondholders.

Hambly is sought after as a featured speaker for conferences that include CMBS borrowers, lenders, and attorneys. She is currently on the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s ‘think tank’ for commercial real estate and was recently asked to do a presentation to the Federal Reserve about some of the problems in the CMBS industry and commercial real estate in general.

She has led CLE courses for attorneys and has been a featured speaker for groups as large as 4,000.  She is also a frequent author of articles for publications like Wall Street Journal, France, Scottsman Guide, Globe Street, Hotel News Now and others.

Hambly was the Chair of the Commercial Board of the MBA in 2003. In that role, she had the opportunity to present industry changing events to the House of Representatives, Congress and other leaders in our Nation.  She is currently a member of the prestigious Real Estate Roundtable and the NAIOP I Capital Markets Forum.  She has served on many boards in addition to the MBA including:  CMSA, (CREFC), NMHC and RECRA. She also led the CEO Servicer Roundtable for many years which included the CEOs of all the major servicing organizations in the Nation.