J. Christopher Hoeffel has been named president of the Commercial Mortgage Securities Association for 2008-2009. Mr. Hoeffel, a managing director at JP Morgan Chase, succeeded Leonard Cotton, vice-chairman of Centerline Capital, at the conclusion of CMSA's June convention, the association reported. He has been on the CMSA board of governors for the past six years. Mr. Hoeffel joined JP Morgan Chase in June after the acquisition of Bear Stearns & Co., where he had been global co-head of the Commercial Mortgage Department. Mr. Hoeffel previously worked for Eastdil Realty Inc. in New York and Walker & Dunlop Inc., a commercial mortgage banking firm in Washington.
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