Chris Mayer

Chief Executive Officer at Longbridge Financial

Speaker

Dr. Christopher Mayer is CEO of Longbridge Financial and a leading voice in housing finance, with a career spanning academia, public policy, and capital markets. Since 2013, he has guided Longbridge from a startup to one of the top two reverse mortgage lenders in the U.S., driving product innovation and scalable growth. Professor Emeritus at Columbia Business School and former Federal Reserve economist, Mayer has testified six times before Congress and been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, CNBC, and NPR, among many media outlets. His work focuses on helping older Americans access home equity through responsible, transparent solutions that support financial security in retirement. He holds a PhD in Economics from MIT.