The Chattanooga Mortgage Bankers Association has released its list of its top producers for 2016. The criteria for the production awards included Gold ($10 million), Platinum ($15 million) and Diamond ($20 million). The recipients in each category were:
 Gold
 Joe Collins, Bank of Cleveland
 Cheryl Owens, Caliber Home Loans
 Debby Daniels, Caliber Home Loans
 Juan Hansford, Caliber Home Loans
 Chad Harris, Cunningham Mortgage
 Don Oakes, Cunningham Mortgage
 Karen Sims, Cunningham Mortgage
 Michelle Tennyson, Cunningham Mortgage   
 Stacy Woods, Cunningham Mortgage
 Tom McNeill, First Bank Mortgage
 Jill Green, FSG Bank
 Dale Kolbus, Mortgage Investors
 Rodney Long, Mortgage Investors
 Jordan Talley, Mortgage Investors
 Nathan Guerrero, Mortgage South
 Kelly Calhoun, People’s Home Equity
 Shannon McDaniel, People’s Home Equity
 Janet Hillis, PrimeLending   
 Charity Kincaid, PrimeLending
 Shay Robins, PrimeLending   
 Rita Haynie, Southern Heritage Bank
 Kim Daniel, SunTrust   
 Cathy Eakin, SunTrust
 Cindy Gilliam, SunTrust
 Denise Walden, SunTrust
 Sheena Corbett, Synovus Mortgage
 Platinum
 Traci Hamilton, Bank of Cleveland
 Brian Kniegge, Caliber Home Loans
 Dale Whaley, Caliber Home Loans
 Gaye DeMars, First Volunteer
 Mary Slakie, Mortgage Investors
 Herb Pettit, SunTrust
 Jill McLean, Synovus Mortgage
 Ryan Hulton, United Community Bank
 Diamond
 Tammy Self, Bank of Cleveland
 Holly Walsh, BB&T
 Vickie Phillips, Churchill
 Chris Shoemaker, First Bank Mortgage
 Sherri Boland, First Bank Mortgage
 Darren Strickland, FSG Bank
 Terre Webb, MIG
 Lindsey Wood, MIG
 Brian Currier, Movement Mortgage
 Christina Lane, Movement Mortgage
 James Bruce Dodd, People’s Home Equity
 JoAnna Otero, People’s Home Equity
 Greg DeMars, PrimeLending
 Joe Womack, Southern Heritage Bank
 Joy Akins, Southern Heritage Bank
 Lane has been named Mortgage Banker of the Year. Woods has received the Community Lending Award.
 The CMBA has also announced its new officers and directors for 2017: Pettit, president; Michael Reed, vice president; McLean, treasurer; Kincaid, secretary; Ryan Hulton, Chad Harris, Sheena Corbett, Gross and Wright, directors; and Lisa Lanik, affiliate director.