Career moves

Freddie Mac said that David Lowman is joining the company effective May 20, as the executive vice president for the single-family business.

Ridgewood Savings Bank added home loan specialist Kathryn Wallace to its team of mortgage consultants.

U.S. Bank named Rick Aneshansel president of U.S. Bank Home Mortgage, succeeding Dan Arrigoni who will retire June 30 after 42 years in the mortgage business.

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The Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency appointed five persons to senior management positions.

Sales talent combined with strong operations that speed turn times and spur multiple referrals were among the reasons companies that contributed large numbers of highly-ranked loan officers to Origination News’ just-released 2012 survey were able do so, according to executives and LOs from those firms.

Ridgewood Savings Bank added home loan specialist Manuel Valcarcel to its team of mortgage consultants.

ProVest, a legal services firm that manages the delivery of documents for foreclosure proceedings, has expanded its operations in the Midwest region.

Colliers International named Martin Pupil to the newly created position of president for its Southwest region.

HomeTrust Bancshares said that its chief executive is stepping down after nearly 50 years at the helm.

MortgageFlex Systems is growing its implementation team and hired Dan Quartironi and Scott Campbell.

As Max Valdes retires after 25 years with the company, First American Financial Corp. is replacing him with Mark Seaton.

Mortgage Cadence promoted Jacob Petersen to chief service officer.

First American Financial Corp. said that Mark Oman has been appointed to the company’s board of directors.

Kenneth Cohen, the head of commercial real estate finance at UBS AG, is leaving to join Bank of America Corp.

Matt Nevins has joined the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association as managing director and associate general counsel with SIFMA’s Asset Management Group.

GMH Mortgage Services LLC, headquartered in Newtown Square, Pa., hired Ed Moloney as a new loan officer in its Boston branch.

The retirement of Senate Banking Committee chairman Tim Johnson at the end of next year has already prompted an elaborate guessing game about who will succeed him at the helm of the panel.

The Financial Services Roundtable is calling on the Senate to confirm Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Richard Cordray along with enacting structural reforms to the bureau that are favored by Republican senators.

Kent Conrad, the former Democratic U.S. Senator from North Dakota, has joined the board of Genworth Financial.