Career moves

Arbor Commercial Mortgage named Trevor Leslie Smith as director of lending in its Boston office.

CoesterVMS appointed Robert Chasteen as its new senior vice president of operations.

In just a few days the Labor Department will release its monthly employment report. Here’s a prediction: the mortgage brokerage sector will show an increase in jobs.

Inlanta Mortgage promoted Robin Hughes to funding manager from the position of compliance and quality control analyst.

Washington Trust hired Timothy Pickering as senior vice president of commercial real estate lending.

Neil Bader, the national retail sales manager for Total Mortgage Services, has parted ways with the company after less than nine months on the job.

Mark Adelson, a veteran mortgage-backed securities researcher and former chief credit officer at Standard & Poor’s, has left his research post at S&P

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau promoted Kelly Thompson Cochran to head its Office of Regulations.

Bank of Oklahoma hired former Fannie Mae executive Elliot Salzman as vice president in charge of correspondent lending.

Lancaster Pollard hired David Lacki as managing director of the firm’s affordable housing group.

The federal regulatory monitor of the $25 billion robo-signing settlement with the nation’s five mega-servicers has recruited five directors to help manage the Office of Mortgage Settlement Oversight.

Morrison & Foerster can't say it hired the attorney who wrote the CFPB's rulebook. But it picked up the guy who started the job.

Residential Capital Corp./GMAC Mortgage has hired Steve Hewins as vice president in charge of vendor strategy and governance.

Allonhill hired Shelly Schwieso as managing director of sales.

Friends of Traditional Banking, the SuperPAC created by a group of state associations last spring, has taken the next step, narrowing its sights to seven races—three in the Senate and four in the House.

360 Mortgage Group hired John Swanson as an account executive in its Western region.

HFF said that Scott Hall has joined the firm as a managing director in its San Diego office.

Michael Alexander is able to combine a high level of personal customer service with low fees to keep his clients satisfied and coming back.

Titan Lenders Corp. added mortgage banking executive Debora Aydelotte to its executive team.

Default management has taken on a new urgency since the housing market crashed in early 2008.