Career moves

Glenn Brunker has been named president of Oak Street Mortgage LLC, a mortgage lender based in Carmel, Ind.Mr. Brunker was most recently executive director of marketing and retail sales of the company. He previously held executive positions at Household International, Bank One, and Boatmen's Bank. Steve Alonso, chairman and chief executive officer of Oak Street, said Mr. Brunker's assumption of the company's day-to-day operations "will allow me to more fully focus on driving strategy while identifying further growth and diversification opportunities." The company can be found on the Web at http://www.oakstreetmortgage.com.

Robert J. Rothschild has been named to the newly created position of senior vice president for commercial real estate lending at Signature Bank, New York.Mr. Rothschild, 54, was most recently vice president and group head of Long Island regional real estate lending for the Bank of New York. His 30-year banking career also included several real-estate-related finance positions with Dollar Dry Dock Savings Bank, White Plains, N.Y., and a position as vice president and team leader in real estate lending at Manufacturer's Hanover Trust. Signature can be found on the Web at http://www.signatureny.com.

LION Inc., Seattle, has announced key management changes in two of its mortgage-related businesses.Kristi Angell has been hired to run Mortgage 101, LION's lead generation business, and Sern Clementson has been promoted to president of Tuttle Risk Management Services, a LION subsidiary that provides mortgage pipeline risk management services. Mr. Clementson will also head up LION's capital markets business segment. The company can be found on the Web at http://www.lioninc.com.

CenterPoint Properties Trust, a real estate investment trust based in Oak Brook, Ill., has announced the termination of Paul T. Ahern, who had been on administrative leave from his position as executive vice president and chief operating officer of the REIT since April 15.CenterPoint gave no reason for the termination. The company also announced the promotions of Sean P. Maher to executive vice president for portfolio operations and of Neil P. Doyle to senior vice president for development. Mr. Maher was previously a senior vice president, and joined the REIT as vice president of investments in 1997. Mr. Doyle also joined the company in 1997 and became vice president for development in 1998. The REIT can be found online at http://www.centerpoint-prop.com.

Rodney M. Colombi has been promoted to executive vice president of corporate finance for New Century Mortgage Corp., Irvine, Calif., and David N. Kenneally has been promoted to senior vice president and controller.Mr. Colombi joined the company in 2002 and was most recently senior vice president of corporate development. He served previously as SVP at Countrywide Financial Corp. and held senior finance posts at H&R Block/Option One Mortgage Corp., Bank of America Consumer Lending and Trust Services, and Household, New Century said. Mr. Kenneally joined New Century in 2003 and was most recently vice president and controller. He was previously SVP and chief financial officer at Consumer Portfolio Services Inc. and held senior financial positions at LoanGenie.com and Fidelity National Financial. New Century can be found online at http://www.ncen.com.

John A. Vella has been named president and chief operating officer of Aames Investment Corp., a Los Angeles-based mortgage real estate investment trust.Mr. Vella was most recently chief sales officer for Option One Mortgage, a national subprime lender, and he previously served as Option One's chief administrative officer. Aames can be found on the Web at http://www.aames.com.

Christian Pierotti has been named to the newly created position of manager of governmental affairs at PMI Mortgage Insurance Co. Ltd., also known as PMI Europe.PMI said Mr. Pierotti will be responsible for developing PMI Europe's regulatory affairs strategy and directing all governmental lobbying efforts at the European Union and national levels. "Mr. Pierotti will initially focus on the implementation of Basel II [capital adequacy guidelines] at the EU and national level seeking to recognize appropriate capital relief for banks that transfer credit risk through mortgage insurance," PMI said. "Additionally, he will work to position mortgage insurance as a prudent means to expand covered bond loan eligibility, extending this important -- and growing -- funding tool to a broader array of residential mortgage loans."

Lenders One, a 60-company mortgage cooperative based in St. Louis, has hired a former top official at CitiMortgage to help it develop new business opportunities.Until recently, the new hire, Jeff McGuiness, was executive vice president and managing director of correspondent lending at CitiMortgage of O'Fallon, Mo. Mr. McGuiness will hold the title of EVP and will also focus on managing the co-operative's existing mortgage banking relationships. "As margins tighten for independent mortgage bankers in the future, Jeff will focus on developing strategies that independent lenders can use to ensure their success," said Lenders One president Tim Stern. Formed in 2000, the cooperative's members fund about $45 billion annually.

A number of executives who formerly worked for E*Trade's correspondent unit have joined a new correspondent division at American Home Mortgage Investment Corp.Rick Pishalski, AHMIC's new executive vice president and correspondent lending director, previously was correspondent channel senior executive and business manager at E*Trade Financial Mortgage Services; Jim Chatman, AHMIC's new vice president and Southeast account executive, previously was VP, Southeast Lending at E*Trade; Dan Ferris, AHMIC's new VP and Pacific Northwest AE, previously was VP, Southeast Lending, at E*Trade; and Brideen Gallagher, AHMIC's new VP and Northeast AE, previously was VP, Northeast lending at E*Trade. E*Trade said earlier this year that it planned to phase out its correspondent division. AHMIC can be found online at http://www.americanhm.com.

David C. Schneider has been named president of the Home Loans Division of Seattle-based Washington Mutual Inc.WaMu said Mr. Schneider, 39, will take the reins of the division from the company's chief operating officer, Steve Rotella, who has served as acting head of the operation since March. Mr. Schneider was previously president and COO of CitiMortgage Inc., St. Louis, which he joined in 2001. Before that, he was executive vice president of retail banking for Old Kent Financial Corp. and chief financial officer of Old Kent Mortgage. WaMu can be found online at http://www.wamu.com.

Alina Garcia has been named chief operating officer of the retail lending division of Wachovia Mortgage Corp., Charlotte, N.C., and David Overcast has been named chief administrative officer of the division.Ms. Garcia has held various executive posts with Wachovia and Countrywide Home Loans, and in nearly 18 years of mortgage industry experience has been responsible for loan origination, affordable housing, strategic planning, and other activities, the company said. Mr. Overcast was most recently the operational risk executive for Bank of America's mortgage division. He has worked in the financial services industry for 16 years, during which he has managed incentive compensation plans, operational risk reporting and mitigation, and other operations, according to Wachovia. Wachovia Mortgage can be found on the Web at http://www.wachovia.com.

John W. Stewart, a co-founder of Metrocities Mortgage LLC, Sherman Oaks, Calif., and former executive at Countrywide Home Loans, has been rehired by Metrocities as president of strategic initiatives.Mr. Stewart will work in collaboration with Metrocities' retail divisional presidents and senior executives in managing the company's national strategic business development plan, Metrocities said. Most recently a managing director of strategic business development at Countrywide, Mr. Stewart co-founded Metrocities in 1989 and helped form the company's Affiliated Business Arrangement joint venture program, Metrocities said.

Fannie Mae has announced the hiring of S. Jean Hinrichs, who will join the mortgage giant in July as its chief internal auditor.Ms. Hinrichs, whose title will be senior vice president for internal audit, will be charged with conducting a risk assessment and then developing and executing a comprehensive audit program, Fannie Mae said. She will also be responsible for dealing with the outside auditor, Deloitte & Touche LLP, and the company's safety-and-soundness regulator, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight. "A sound and effective internal audit function will ensure that internal audit activity is compliant with all professional and ethical standards as the company moves through the reaudit and restatement process," said Fannie Mae chairman Stephen B. Ashley. Ms. Hinrichs established a global internal audit function at Barclays Global Investors, San Francisco, where she was employed from 1997 to 2004, Fannie Mae said. She was previously vice president and general auditor of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Fannie Mae can be found online at http://www.fanniemae.com.

Robert G. Partlow has resigned his position as senior vice president and chief financial officer of Fieldstone Investment Corp., a residential mortgage banking company based in Columbia, Md., according to Fieldstone.The company said Mr. Partlow resigned for personal and family reasons. He will remain with Fieldstone until Aug. 5. The company said it has launched a search for a new CFO. Fieldstone can be found online at http://www.fieldstoneinvestment.com.

Michael W. Carrie, former chief financial officer of Flagstar Bancorp Inc., a major mortgage lender based in Troy, Mich., has resigned from Flagstar's board of directors and entered into a consulting agreement with the company.Flagstar said Mr. Carrie also resigned from the board of directors of its wholly owned subsidiary, Flagstar Bank FSB, and that he will consult with Flagstar through March 2006 to assist in the transition of the successor CFO. In addition, the company announced the appointment of Brian Tauber as an independent member of both Flagstar boards to fill the vacancies resulting from Mr. Carrie's resignation. Mr. Tauber is president and chief executive officer of Carolina Precision Plastics. Flagstar, which operates home loan centers in 27 states, can be found on the Web at http://www.flagstar.com.

Mary Salinas Durón has been named executive vice president of the national multicultural sales group of Countrywide Home Loans Inc.Ms. Durón will oversee Countrywide's House America branches and national counseling center, which provides home loan counseling and homebuyer education. The multicultural sales group provides business development and sales support for the company's various business channels, focusing on affordable loan products, sales force diversity, consumer education, and relationship building among community, faith-based, and industry organizations, Countrywide said. Ms. Durón was previously senior vice president and director of Countrywide's national emerging markets group and its House America and fair-lending efforts. She has more than 20 years of experience in community reinvestment and fair-lending programs. Countrywide can be found online at http://www.countrywide.com.

George L. Houghton Jr. has been promoted to national independent title agency director at Stewart Title Guaranty Co., a new post the company said is designed to promote a smooth delivery system for its independent agency network.Mr. Houghton, a 30-year veteran of the title industry, came to Stewart Title of Houston in 1998 as senior vice president and downtown commercial office manager. In 2000, he became vice president and district agency manager for South and West Texas. Before joining Stewart, he was president, chief executive officer, and majority owner of Fort Bend Title Co., and later worked as assistant to the president of another underwriter, Stewart said. Stewart Title's parent company, Stewart Information Services Corp., can be found online at http://www.stewart.com.

Marc Connelly has been named executive vice president for sales at LandAmerica OneStop, an online subsidiary of LandAmerica Financial Group Inc., Richmond, Va.Mr. Connelly, who is based in Alpharetta, Ga., was most recently senior vice president for sales at LandAmerica OneStop. LandAmerica Financial is a provider of real estate transaction services for mortgage lenders nationwide. It can be found online at http://www.landam.com.

Nomura Securities International Inc. has hired Jack A. Leventhal as a managing director and the head of U.S. financial institutions in NSI's investment banking division.Mr. Leventhal's responsibilities will include the expansion of NSI's financial advisory business to multinational financial institutions based in the United States and the creation of a middle-market investment banking business to U.S. financial institutions. He is based in New York. Tomoko Iino, managing director and head of investment banking at NSI, said Mr. Leventhal's "extensive background in cross-border transactions and experience in the U.S. make him a major asset to our firm as we expand our cross-border business as well as business in the U.S." Mr. Leventhal was chief executive officer and global head of financial institutions for Deloitte & Touche corporate finance in 2004 and 2005, and he also served at UBS, beginning in 1995. He was responsible for the creation and implementation of structured nonperforming loan transactions and led UBS's distressed portfolio principal investment activity in China and Japan.

Paul Mullings, a mortgage industry veteran, has been named senior vice president of single-family mortgage sourcing at Freddie Mac.Mr. Mullings joins Freddie Mac from JP Morgan Chase, where he was senior vice president of mortgage finance, and fair lending executive at Chase Home Finance. Before joining Chase Home Finance in 1997, Mr. Mullings was president and chief executive officer of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. "He led MERS during the organization's launch and successful capitalization, and was instrumental in the development of the first set of industry standards that are leading the mortgage market to a paperless process," Freddie Mac said. Before helping to launch MERS, Mr. Mullings was president and CEO of the residential mortgage division of First Interstate Bank, Los Angeles. Freddie Mac can be found online at http://www.freddiemac.com.