PennyMac, Veterans United, Movement and Lower make leadership moves
Published July 14, 2026 6:00 AM
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Veterans United Home Loans appoints new c-suite members
Veterans United Home Loans promoted Kelley Frink to chief operations officer, a newly expanded role extending her oversight across the company's full business operations. Frink joined Veterans United in 2013 and was named chief financial officer in 2019. Under her financial leadership, the company financed more than $26 billion in home loans in 2025.
The lender also appointed Nicole Galloway as chief financial officer. Reporting to Frink, Galloway will manage the company's financial operations and contribute to long-term financial planning. She most recently served as CFO for Permanent Equity, a private equity firm, from 2023 until joining Veterans United.
The lender also appointed Nicole Galloway as chief financial officer. Reporting to Frink, Galloway will manage the company's financial operations and contribute to long-term financial planning. She most recently served as CFO for Permanent Equity, a private equity firm, from 2023 until joining Veterans United.
Finance of America adds three executives
Finance of America Reverse announced the appointments of Colm Murphy as chief brand officer, Jordan Baucum as senior vice president of communications and Mike Urban as chief product officer.
Murphy joined from Publicis Groupe, where he served as global chief strategy officer for Citi, following leadership roles at Bloomberg Media. Baucum brings financial services and communications experience from Customers Bank, First Republic Bank and Chevron.
Urban has experience building and scaling product organizations across financial services, most recently serving in leadership roles at Best Egg and Barclaycard.
Murphy joined from Publicis Groupe, where he served as global chief strategy officer for Citi, following leadership roles at Bloomberg Media. Baucum brings financial services and communications experience from Customers Bank, First Republic Bank and Chevron.
Urban has experience building and scaling product organizations across financial services, most recently serving in leadership roles at Best Egg and Barclaycard.
PennyMac names Scott Sauer to board of trustees
PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust appointed Scott Sauer to its board of trustees. Sauer brings more than three decades of financial sector experience to the role. He spent nearly 20 years as an audit partner at Deloitte & Touche LLP, where he specialized in complex financial transformations, public offerings and mergers for clients across the banking, fintech and asset management sectors.
Sauer also serves on the board of directors for the West Point Association of Graduates, where he chairs both the audit and compensation committees.
Sauer also serves on the board of directors for the West Point Association of Graduates, where he chairs both the audit and compensation committees.
Movement Mortgage adds to operations leadership
Movement Mortgage announced two senior operations hires: April Norman as senior vice president, national underwriting manager, and Traci Harding as senior vice president, national operations services. Norman joined from CrossCountry Mortgage, where she served as senior vice president of underwriting and led a national underwriting operation spanning hundreds of underwriters across more than 700 branches.
Harding returned to Movement after nearly nine years as senior vice president and director of credit risk and loan quality. She has more than 25 years of mortgage experience, including leadership at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage.
Harding returned to Movement after nearly nine years as senior vice president and director of credit risk and loan quality. She has more than 25 years of mortgage experience, including leadership at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage.
Lower names new executive vice president, divisional president
Lower announced Nino Saso as executive vice president, divisional president, where he will lead the company's retail growth strategy and recruit loan officers and teams nationwide. Saso brings nearly four decades of mortgage industry experience spanning sales, recruiting, marketing and operations. He joined from U.S. Mortgage Corporation, where he served as chief production officer and scaled the company's national production platform.
MeridianLink welcomes two new members to c-suite
MeridianLink appointed John Wiseman as chief revenue officer and Adam Gray as chief transformation officer. Wiseman brings more than three decades of leadership experience across financial technology, data and analytics. He served in the same role at Addepar, Real Capital Analytics and FactSet, where he drove sustained revenue growth and led the adoption of innovative platform solutions.
Gray will lead cross-functional initiatives focused on delivering investments in innovation, growth, mergers and acquisitions and AI-driven transformation. He joined from Stax Payments, where he helped drive a company-wide transformation, and previously led corporate development and transformation initiatives at Abrigo.
Gray will lead cross-functional initiatives focused on delivering investments in innovation, growth, mergers and acquisitions and AI-driven transformation. He joined from Stax Payments, where he helped drive a company-wide transformation, and previously led corporate development and transformation initiatives at Abrigo.
CSBS taps Erin Van Engelen as NMLS ombudsman
The Conference of State Bank Supervisors announced Erin Van Engelen, Consumer Finance Bureau chief for the Idaho Department of Finance, will serve as the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System & Registry ombudsman. Van Engelen will serve a two-year term providing state regulators and the industry a neutral venue for discussing NMLS and State Examination System issues and policies. She previously served as chair of the NMLS policy committee.
Foundation Mortgage appoints new executives
Foundation Mortgage Corporation, a wholesale non-QM lender, welcomed five new executives. Kenny Peskin and Marc Schwaber were hired as senior vice presidents of sales. Peskin has extensive leadership experience in mortgage sales, national account development and channel expansion. Schwaber has nearly four decades of mortgage industry experience, including leadership roles across mortgage banking, production, business development and executive management.
Foundation also promoted Scott Wood and Frank Curry to senior vice president of sales. The company appointed Mohammad Elqanni as senior vice president of credit policy, Justin King as vice president of closing and funding operations and Matt Carucci as vice president of training and support.
Foundation also promoted Scott Wood and Frank Curry to senior vice president of sales. The company appointed Mohammad Elqanni as senior vice president of credit policy, Justin King as vice president of closing and funding operations and Matt Carucci as vice president of training and support.
MBA taps new associate vice president of membership
The Mortgage Bankers Association named Marlana Scott Voycik as associate vice president of membership. She will lead MBA's residential and commercial membership engagement strategy and manage the member relations team.
Voycik most recently served as multicultural market growth manager at Movement Mortgage. Prior to that, she was senior director of housing initiatives at CrossCountry Mortgage, following an earlier tenure at MBA as director of member engagement. She also held the role of client and community engagement manager in the single-family division at Freddie Mac.
Voycik most recently served as multicultural market growth manager at Movement Mortgage. Prior to that, she was senior director of housing initiatives at CrossCountry Mortgage, following an earlier tenure at MBA as director of member engagement. She also held the role of client and community engagement manager in the single-family division at Freddie Mac.
Click n' Close welcomes Merv Govender chief information officer
Click n' Close, a multistate mortgage lender serving wholesale, correspondent and retail channels, appointed Merv Govender as chief information officer. He will lead the company's technology development and deployment strategy, with a focus on building tools that support its lending operations and third-party origination channels, while overseeing cybersecurity, infrastructure and AI adoption.
Govender brings more than 27 years of technology leadership experience across the banking, gaming and healthcare industries, where he led large-scale technology transformations in highly regulated environments and helped organizations operationalize AI for efficiency and decision-making.
Govender brings more than 27 years of technology leadership experience across the banking, gaming and healthcare industries, where he led large-scale technology transformations in highly regulated environments and helped organizations operationalize AI for efficiency and decision-making.
Address Realty names Eddie Sturgeon chief growth officer
Address Realty appointed Eddie Sturgeon as chief growth officer to lead the company's national expansion strategy. Sturgeon will oversee the growth of the brokerage's footprint and support the rollout of AddressUSA.com, a consumer property search platform. He brings more than 18 years of industry experience to the role. Prior to joining Address Realty, Sturgeon held growth leadership roles at Remax and Realty One Group.
Dovenmuehle taps Ann Morey as head of product
Dovenmuehle Mortgage named Ann Morey as its head of product. In this role, Morey will oversee the company's product management function, including strategic vision, roadmap development and cross-functional alignment. She brings more than 15 years of experience leading digital product and technology teams across financial services, logistics and government sectors.
Morey joined Dovenmuehle from Tria, formerly known as Softrams, where she served as vice president of product delivery managing a team of more than 200. Prior to her time at Tria, Morey was a director of product for cloud platforms with the U.S. Air Force and held product management roles at XPO Logistics and First Data.
Morey joined Dovenmuehle from Tria, formerly known as Softrams, where she served as vice president of product delivery managing a team of more than 200. Prior to her time at Tria, Morey was a director of product for cloud platforms with the U.S. Air Force and held product management roles at XPO Logistics and First Data.
Certainty Home Lending announces four new hires
Certainty Home Lending made four new hires to expand its Spanish-speaking market presence. The lender added Miguel Hawkins as senior vice president of emerging markets and Ivan Ramirez and Midelvia Chavez as vice presidents of mortgage lending in the Atlanta metro area.
The company also named Elvira Rodriguez as producing branch manager in Las Vegas. Hawkins has served clients in the mortgage industry for 20 years and specializes in assisting Spanish-speaking borrowers in communities lacking a large Hispanic presence. Chavez and Rodriguez also have experience serving Spanish-speaking communities.
The company also named Elvira Rodriguez as producing branch manager in Las Vegas. Hawkins has served clients in the mortgage industry for 20 years and specializes in assisting Spanish-speaking borrowers in communities lacking a large Hispanic presence. Chavez and Rodriguez also have experience serving Spanish-speaking communities.
Arch Capital Group appoints CEO of global mortgage unit
Arch Capital Group promoted Michael Schmeiser to CEO of Arch Global Mortgage Group. Schmeiser joined Arch in 2017 and has served as president and CEO of Arch U.S. Mortgage since 2019.
PMSI names John Walsh CEO
PMSI, a provider of residential mortgage investor reporting and accounting solutions, appointed John Walsh as CEO. Walsh brings more than three decades of executive leadership in mortgage servicing technology, real estate analytics and information services. He joined from PMSI's board of directors, where he served as an independent member, and previously was CEO of Lereta, DataQuick, which was acquired by CoreLogic, and Del Mar Database, which is now part of ICE Mortgage Technologies.
Dynex Capital welcomes Douglas Neal as independent director
Dynex Capital, a real estate investment trust focused on mortgage assets, announced that Douglas Neal has been appointed as an independent director to its board of directors. Neal spent more than 20 years in investment banking, including as a senior managing director at Merrill Lynch, where he was a founding member of the firm's real estate banking group and advised on more than $50 billion of mergers and acquisitions, public offerings and capital raising transactions.
Neal currently manages real estate investments and advises early-stage property technology companies. He also serves as an independent board member of Burroughs & Chapin Company, a privately owned real estate company.
Neal currently manages real estate investments and advises early-stage property technology companies. He also serves as an independent board member of Burroughs & Chapin Company, a privately owned real estate company.
Place taps Emily Paquette as chief strategy officer
Place, a real estate business services and technology platform, appointed Emily Paquette as chief strategy officer. She will lead the company's consumer growth strategy, including development of its consumer content platform and strategic acquisitions. Paquette brings more than a decade of experience building and scaling media, marketplace and growth businesses. She joined from Inman, where she served as chief executive officer of the real estate media and events brand.
SingleSource appoints Noah Meier as chief appraiser
SingleSource Property Solutions, a provider of residential property services, announced Noah Meier has joined the company as chief appraiser. Meier will oversee expansion of the company's valuation services and quality assurance protocols. He began his appraisal career in 2004 at a New Jersey-based appraisal company, working as a field appraiser before moving into appraisal management. Prior to joining SingleSource, Meier held roles at Xome and ServiceLink and worked as an independent fee appraiser.
Westcor Land Title welcomes Midwest agency representative
Westcor Land Title Insurance Company hired Maggie Koebele as an agency representative in the Midwest. Koebele will support agents across Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. She has a decade of experience in marketing, business development and client relations. Her career began in the title industry, where she worked across production, closing and operations. Koebele went on to lead the sales division of a small marketing agency in Minneapolis before founding The Social Collective, a boutique digital marketing agency serving clients across real estate, title, financial services and small business sectors.
Center for Affordable Housing Lending names senior fellow
The Center for Affordable Housing Lending appointed Julia Gordon as senior fellow, the first appointment in a new Housing Supply Research & Fellowship Program. Gordon will focus on obstacles to affordable homeownership, including increasing the supply of starter homes and addressing the cost of property insurance.
She most recently served as assistant secretary for housing and federal housing commissioner at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, where she led the Federal Housing Administration and its $1.5 trillion mortgage insurance portfolio. Gordon also was president of the National Community Stabilization Trust and held senior roles at the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Center for American Progress and the Center for Responsible Lending.
She most recently served as assistant secretary for housing and federal housing commissioner at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, where she led the Federal Housing Administration and its $1.5 trillion mortgage insurance portfolio. Gordon also was president of the National Community Stabilization Trust and held senior roles at the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Center for American Progress and the Center for Responsible Lending.
