Career moves

Joe Schiavulli has joined National Creditors Connection Inc. as a national account manager to service the Northeast region.Schiavulli has more than 20 years of experience in the credit union and mortgage banking industries in operations, as well as sales and account management roles.

President Obama midweek signaled his intention to nominate Carol Galante to be the new Federal Housing Administration commissioner, the White House confirmed.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has enlisted former Minnesota attorney general Hubert Humphrey III to head a special effort to identify and prevent scams targeted at senior citizens.

The Collingwood Group, an advisory firm based in Washington, has added yet another industry veteran to its staff – Ray Romano, a former senior vice president of credit risk for Freddie Mac.

Texas Exchange Bank has added Lloyd Whatley, Scott E. Smith and Michele Alvarado in Houston, and Gregory Goff in Austin, as executive vice presidents.

Morgan Keegan & Co. appointed Laca Wong-Hammond to lead the real estate practice of the firm's health care investment banking group.

ServiceLink said that Jay Jacobs has joined the company as senior vice president default abstract solutions.

EMM Financial said that John Gagis has joined the company as regional sales manager in its Fairfield, N.J., office.

Mortgage Contracting Services said that Marc Hinkle has joined the company as senior vice president of strategic initiatives.Hinkle comes to MCS after more than 17 years at PHH Mortgage, most recently as vice president and servicing manager.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency appointed David Nebhut deputy comptroller for economic and policy analysis.

The online real estate auction company and loan sales advisor Auction.com hired Elizabeth O'Brien as managing director and senior vice president to lead the company's expansion into the residential mortgage notes business.

Putting together all the pieces of a total-360 mortgage data verification tool is like the race to the moon where everyone wants to win, including Equifax, says the firm’s senior vice president of mortgage services Michael Kuentz.

Cascade Bancorp in Bend, Ore., has hired former Fifth Third Bancorp executive Terry Zink to become its chief executive.

Ex-Presidents seem to love the mortgage industry. After seeing former President George W. Bush at a recent industry show in Dallas, I have now seen all the living ex-presidents in mortgage-related sightings!

Bank of America continues to say that it's committed to retail mortgage lending, but the megabank suffered another blow recently with the departure of one of its top loan producers in the nation, Kevin Budde of Southern California.

Long & Foster Real Estate Inc. said that Frank Dillow of its commercial division has been appointed to serve on the Commercial Alliance Committee of the Virginia Association of Realtors for 2012.

U.S. Mortgage Corp. appointed two new senior executives, John Korothy as vice president of credit operations and Marc Silvera as vice president of capital markets.

Prudential Mortgage Capital Co. said that Kip Kimble has joined the company's multifamily originations team.

Lennar Corp. said that Jay Mantz has joined its wholly owned subsidiary, Rialto Capital Management, to oversee the company's real estate investment management business as Rialto's president.

Auction.com named Elizabeth O'Brien as managing director and senior vice president.