Career moves

Prior to joining Wingspan, she was senior vice president and national accounts executive for First American Mortgage Services.

The company looks to take advantage of the shift to a purchase mortgage market.

He has been president since 2002 and will become CEO on Dec. 7.

HFF said that Jeffrey Harris has joined the firm as a managing director in its Atlanta office to focus on debt placement and equity transactions.

Ben Anderson produced $180 million in mortgages last year, according to Origination News.

Martin Attea will replace a departing executive, and manage the consumer and mortgage verticals.

The privately held financial services firm specializing in real estate, lending and banking, appointed Marguerite Brogan as managing director in New York.

Wil Armstrong applies lessons learned while working for Mother Teresa to being the chief executive of a mortgage technology firm.

The company has hired a former Bear Stearns executive to lead the effort and plans to grow through acquisitions.

Nationwide Title Clearing said that Myron Finley has been appointed co-chairperson of the Property Records Industry Association Business Processes and Procedures Committee.

Bill Dallas looks to leverage the lessons he learned from his previous efforts working with mortgage brokers.

The former chairman of the Mortgage Bankers Association will handle industry strategy for the risk management company.

The trade group’s vice president for single-family research will replace Jay Brinkmann early next year.

Jeremy Diamond says in an email he is resigning after 12 years at the company, one of the REITs hit hard by speculation about reduced Federal Reserve bond buying.

The New York Attorney General has selected mortgage securities expert Chad Johnson to serve as chief of the AG’s Investor Protection Bureau.

His successor, Jose Ramon Gonzalez, has served on the board of directors since 2004 and he joined the management team on Tuesday as the executive vice president.

Massella is moving over to Envoy from Caliber Funding, where he was senior vice president of wholesale lending.

Embrace Home Loans has started a correspondent lending channel, its first venture into third-party originations.

Residential mortgage lender MCS Mortgage Bankers has made an addition to its senior leadership team by naming Barbara Kapps as the company’s new chief financial officer.

Citigroup has hired Barbara Desoer, the former head of mortgages for Bank of America, to help run its retail bank.