Career moves

Bridget Michelle Clark, the founder of Homeowners Mortgage Enterprises died on May 25 after a prolonged illness. She was 54 years old.

Ellie Mae, the mortgage technology vendor, has hired 20-year industry veteran Harry Gardner as vice president of electronic strategies.

United Bank of Glastonbury, Conn., has hired three experienced former Bank of America mortgage bankers in West Springfield, Mass.

Stephanie Dombrowski takes advantage of the reputation credit unions have as community institutions but offers customers the advantages of dealing with a larger bank or thrift that makes portfolio loans.

Carrington Mortgage Services has opened its fifth retail lending branch in Virginia as part of its effort to originate more loans to borrowers with lower credit scores.

Amerisave Mortgage Corp., Atlanta, said that Ed Abufaris has been named president.

Taylor Capital in Chicago is no longer looking to sell its mortgage banking operation.

RECOVCO, a national due diligence firm and mortgage quality control and valuation service provider, named former Digital Risk executive Randy Lightbody as its new CEO.

The company is using proprietary automation to support the channel. Jeff Walsh, who formerly was involved in another wholesale startup, heads the new operation.

Wingspan Portfolio Advisors promoted Eshna Ghosh to the newly created position of senior vice president for business development.

Jose Gonzalez, the first Hispanic president of a Federal Home Loan Bank, envisions eventually allowing new categories of lenders like REITs to join the system, but wants membership to stay as it is for now.

Paul Bognanno, Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines

Mark Cohen took advantage of referral relationships built over 29 years, along with high demand for jumbo financing in Beverly Hills, to become 2013's top originator.

The homebuilder's mortgage unit, which mostly serves new homebuyers, has acquired retail originator Pinnacle Mortgage as part of an effort to spread the mounting costs of compliance over more loans.

David Norris led Nationstar's Greenlight Loans direct lending unit and will be chief executive officer of a similar division that dominates loanDepot's business.

Charles H. Keating, whose leadership of a California savings and loan made him the face of a banking crisis and a millstone around the politicians who tried to help him, has died. He was 90.

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta has appointed Bank of Georgetown Chairman Michael Fitzgerald to its board of directors.

Commerce Mortgage appointed 28-year industry veteran Shabi Asghar as president of its wholesale real estate lending.

Edward DeMarco will step down from the Federal Housing Finance Agency nearly five years after becoming its acting director.

Colony American Homes has appointed Beth O'Brien as president of its single-family lending unit.