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The Team

Bankers Asset Management (BAM) recognizes that service is the key to success. BAM's personalized approach, combined with innovative marketing and management, has enabled the company to develop a reputation for consistently achieving and exceeding client expectations. BAM places a premium on competence, efficiency and teamwork. Clients appreciate BAM's aggressive marketing and proficient service.

Ann Ball, President/CEO

Ann Ball, President and CEO of Bankers Asset Management, presents an impressive record with over 39 years of real estate, REO, and asset management experience. Ann began her career in 1972 in Dallas, TX, and formed Ball Asset Management in 1992. In 1998, Ann relocated to Little Rock, AR and joined forces with Lisa Crye in a strategic alliance to form Bankers Asset Management, Inc., a woman-owned and woman-managed REO asset management company specializing in the disposition of foreclosed properties nationwide.

Ann Ball has taken BAM to remarkable heights of success using her extensive REO Asset Management experience and continues to evolve and expand BAM under her leadership and direction. Ann believes in supplying the highest level of service in order to meet client needs, especially in complex and challenging real estate markets. During her tenure in the default industry, Ann has overseen the successful disposition of thousands of assets without liability nor claim against the firm or BAM’s clients, while consistently meeting and/or exceeding all key performance metrics.

Ann oversees BAM’s client development, retention and satisfaction, setting company standards, reducing controllable loss severities, and increasing sales velocity, facilitated by BAM’s diversified supplier-vendor chain. Ann believes in providing our clients customized service with honesty, integrity and unmatched Southern hospitality which has earned her long-standing reputation in the default servicing industry.

Richard Johnston, Senior Vice President

Richard Johnston, Senior Vice President, joined Bankers Asset Management in 2003. Richard's experience includes establishing the process workflow, policies, and procedures for the management and liquidation of bank-owned properties nationwide. He instituted quality control measures to ensure client satisfaction and managed the Outsourcing Division, which outsources thousands of drive-by BPOs per month.

Prior to 2005, Richard was the REO Manager and Executive Broker for Crye-Leike Central Arkansas REO Division. He managed five REO Specialist and 12 independent real estate agents with an average of 450-500 transaction closed each year. He specialized in the management and liquidation of bank-owned properties for numerous asset management companies, including Fannie Mae, Premiere Asset Services, Aurora Loan Servicing, Regions Bank, GMAC, AHMSI, Coldwell Banker REO, NationStar, Precision, First American, AssetLink, REO Solutions, HSBC, Regions, Nations First, and Arvest Mortgage.