1st Metro Names Director of Ops

Carly Fulmer has been named director of operations at 1st Metropolitan Mortgage, Charlotte, N.C., a national mortgage broker and a division of Empire Equity Group Inc.1st Metropolitan said Ms. Fulmer will continue to manage and develop its branch support and quality control departments and develop the infrastructure and operations of the company. Before joining 1st Metropolitan, Ms. Fulmer was a loan processor at 21st Century Mortgage, which specializes in mortgages for mobile and modular homes. She joined Empire in 2000 and later became head of quality control. In 2003, she developed the branch support division, which is a customer service center for 1st Metropolitan's 250 nationwide branches, the company said. 1st Metropolitan can be found online at http://www.1stmetro.com.