Career moves

Grandbridge Real Estate Capital promoted Jon E. Boone to senior vice president and head of asset management.

The Mortgage Bankers Association nominated Bill Emerson to be its vice chair for the 2014 membership year.

Thirty-year conventional mortgage-backed securities prepayment speeds came in 3% faster in the latest month, including a surprising 6% increase in certain Fannie Mae Home Affordable Refinance Program coupons and vintages.

Richard Dorfman, the head of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association’s securitization group, is leaving the organization.

Steve Campbell will be responsible for overseeing all of ProVest’s technological responsibilities, including managing technology infrastructure planning and deployment.

Equity Loans has formally announced its entry into the wholesale origination sector.

The Center for American Progress appointed former Rep. Brad Miller, D-N.C., as senior fellow for economic policy.

FirstClose hired Chip Caldwell to manage the company’s Southeast territory.

JPMorgan Chase named former U.S. Treasury Department official Darius Kingsley as co-general counsel of mortgage banking.

BuckleySandler hired Benjamin Olson, the former deputy assistant director for the office of regulations at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, to expand the firm’s government enforcement and regulatory practice.

Asset Management Specialists has retained Distressed Asset Logistics as a consultant to broaden their business.

Mackie Wolf Zientz & Mann, a default legal services provider to the mortgage banking and financial services industries, is expanding its business operations into Tennessee.

The Federal Savings Bank hired C.J. Taglivia as vice president of operations at its new Manhattan-based flagship mortgage production and sales office.

Ellington Management Group is looking to get into the loan production business and towards that end it has hired former GMAC Mortgage executive Steven Abreu as head of mortgage originations.

BNY Mellon Wealth Management is rolling out a two-year recruiting campaign that aims to double its wealth management sales force.

Richard Hartnack, the former vice chairman and head of consumer and small business banking at U.S. Bancorp, has joined the board of directors of Freddie Mac.

Fay Servicing is seeking to hire experienced mortgage professionals living in the greater Chicago area.

Citigroup is replacing Sanjiv Das, the chief executive of its mortgage unit, with private bank head Jane Fraser.

Citigroup is replacing Sanjiv Das, the chief executive of its mortgage unit, with private bank head Jane Fraser.

After hiring more than 50 new employees since January, Churchill Mortgage is restructuring its business management hierarchy.