Maureen Rude

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Board Member

Maureen Rude retired as the executive director of the Montana Homeownership Network, dba NeighborWorks Montana in December 2019. She led a team that works with partnerships delivering homebuyer education and counseling services, Resident Owned Communities and supervised the lending operations in Great Falls. Prior to becoming the executive director Maureen was the Statewide Operations Director for eight years. Maureen worked for Fannie Mae for nearly eight years prior to joining NeighborWorks Montana, first as Director of the Montana Partnership Office and then as Director of Housing Finance Agency business development. Prior to her work at Fannie Mae, Maureen was the Executive Director of the Montana Board of Housing and Administrator of the Housing Division for over five years. Maureen has significant housing finance experience, and enjoys working with all aspects of the housing industry, including homebuyer education, counseling, finance and development. Maureen has served on numerous boards and planning committees over the years. She currently serves on the Board of Opportunity Bank of MT and is the Audit Committee Chair. Maureen is a graduate of the first-ever class of Leadership Montana as well as Achieving Excellence in Community Development through Harvard and NeighborWorks America and is a Certified Housing Development Professional.