ALABAMA
BIRMINGHAM
Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has added Matthew Allen and John H. Bankhead V to its Birmingham loan origination team.
Allen, who will serve as an assistant vice president and senior transaction manager, brings more than 14 years of experience in the commercial real estate finance industry to his new role.
Bankhead, who will serve as a vice president, brings more than 10 years of experience in the commercial real estate and finance industries to his new role.
The company also added commercial mortgage banking veteran Hal Worth to its Raleigh, N.C., region production team.
Worth, serving as a vice president, will be responsible for the origination of debt and equity financing for public and private real estate owners.
MARYLAND
GAITHERSBURG
New America Financial Corp. has named Bill Napier as chief financial officer.
He brings to the company over 25 years of experience in business operations and has worked in a variety of financial and real estate sectors throughout his career.
Prior to joining New America Financial, Napier held positions with First Nationwide Mortgage Corp., a subsidiary of California Federal Bank, and Aurora Loan Services, a subsidiary of Lehman Brothers.
NEW JERSEY
ISELIN
HomeBridge Financial Services Inc. said that Alex Saphos has joined the company in the newly created position of investor relations advisor.
Prior to joining HomeBridge, Saphos was with Fannie Mae for nearly 30 years.
His career in mortgage finance spans more than 40 years and includes involvement in a wide range of areas, including origination, underwriting, wholesale, correspondent channel operations and secondary marketing.
NEW YORK
NEW YORK
Greystone said that Tanya Eastwood, head of its affordable housing development group, has been elected president of the Council for Affordable and Rural Housing for the 2016-2018 term.
CARH is a national nonprofit trade organization that represents the interests of over 300 companies involved in the building, development, financing, management and ownership of housing in rural areas across the country.
Eastwood has been involved with CARH for several years, including in past roles as secretary of the executive committee and as a member of the board of directors.
TEXAS
HOUSTON
InterLinc Mortgage Services has named Mike Laka vice president of business development.
Laka brings to the company nearly 20 years of experience in corporate recruiting.
Prior to joining InterLinc, he served as director of strategic growth for Guaranteed Rate.
WISCONSIN
MILWAUKEE
Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp., the principal subsidiary of MGIC Investment Corp., has promoted Leslie Malicki-Berth to business partner relationship manager.
She has more than 25 years of experience in information technology, including 15 years on both the technology and business side of MGIC's operations.
The company has also hired Garrett Hartzog as director of product development.
He comes to MGIC from the Federal Housing Finance Agency where he served as senior policy analyst.
In addition to his time at FHFA, Hartzog has 12 years of experience in mortgage banking and mortgage insurance.
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