Former Freddie Exec Goes to Green Tree

Patricia Cook, the former executive vice president and chief business officer of Freddie Mac, has been hired by Green Tree, a provider of loan servicing solutions, capital markets, and industry expertise headquartered in St. Paul, Minn., as executive vice president, business development. Ms. Cook will be responsible for directing Green Tree's business development effort as well as launching new business initiatives that are complementary to Green Tree's core servicing platform. Prior to joining Freddie Mac in August 2004, she served as managing director and chief investment officer for fixed income at JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management. Prior to that, she held similar positions at Prudential Investment Management and Fisher Francis Trees & Watts.