Career moves

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.

Alfred DelliBovi, head of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, has submitted his resignation after 21 years as president.

National lender hires more than 30 let go by Green Tree, one of several lenders leaving the market.

Kimberly Swyka has joined Mortgage Network Inc. as a loan originator in the company’s Elkton, Md., branch.

Keith Pedigo, who led efforts to modernize the Department of Veterans Affairs home loan guarantee program, has joined The Collingwood Group, founded by a former FHA commissioner.

Tjarksen brings 30 years of industry experience to Kiser Group.

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors named Robert Niemi the new ombudsman of the National Mortgage Licensing System and Registry.

Mortgage Network in Danvers, Mass., has opened its first office in neighboring Rhode Island.

A founding executive of the upstart company is leaving his post as executive vice president.

Carrington Mortgage Services appointed Harold Michaud as area manager for Northern California.

ZVN Properties hired industry veteran Lynn Effinger to serve as executive vice president of business development.

Education is a big part of Siomara Barboza's job, whether it's showing her largely Hispanic clientele how to build credit histories or helping referral sources understand the qualified mortgage rule.