Career moves

Also, Geneva Financial, Homespire boost secondary market teams and NFM Lending hires a strategy officer from Fannie Mae.

Also, Gateless taps former Freddie Mac executive as COO and Nations Lending and Geneva Financial expand their networks.

Also, loanDepot adds recent HUD official to board, Cherry Creek names CTO, Homebot taps former Ellie Mae executive to lead enterprise sales and Stewart Title hires, promotes team members across the U.S.

This is the third major executive hire at the company amid an industry-wide push to attract more minorities to its ranks.

Also, Envoy Mortgage and Anchor Loans hire chief officers, Evolve expands in eMortgage, NMB launches digital platform, commercial lenders Trez Capital and Walker & Dunlop aim for Western growth and more.

Also, digital platforms LenderClose, Reggora, UpEquity continue 2021 growth, Evolve gains a VP in E-Notary Seal acquisition and former NewRez CEO becomes board chairman at Keystone Funding.

Also, Freddie Mac elects a former NY Fed leader to its board, Cenlar hires a servicing veteran and NewDay USA gains a tech officer.

The long-time title and mortgage technology industry executive wants to reduce the number of public company boards he serves on.

Also, commercial financiers Arbor Management, DLP Real Estate, Greystone, Walker & Dunlop enhance their leadership teams, plus more industry moves

Between terms as Federal Housing Commissioner — where he oversaw Radian's government-run competitor — he served on the private mortgage insurer's board.

The departures of Bryan Schneider and Peggy Twohig come as the Biden administration's nominee to run the consumer bureau awaits Senate confirmation.

Also, MBA adds to its advocacy team, Grandbridge builds out its originations network, Bravo Capital gets new underwriting leadership and more industry changes.

The former senior vice president and credit officer takes over the role that Andrew Bon Salle left at the end of 2020.

Nonprofits connecting Historically Black Colleges and Universities to mortgage career education courses seek to increase the number of Black professionals in the field, who in turn may help to increase homeownership among underserved populations.

DeVito takes over on June 1, replacing interim CEO Mark Grier, who returns to his seat on the government-sponsored agency's board.

Also, Roostify names new CTO, Elite Digital gets a new partner, and Mortgage Contracting announces leadership changes.

Also, Reggora signs former Ellie Mae CEO Jonathan Corr to its board while Plaza Home Lending, Mortgage Network and Boston National Title name new staffers, leadership changes

Also: Cherry Creek, Guaranteed Rate, Plaza Home, RoundPoint, Sprout, Waterstone, Incenter Appraisal Management add new faces to their rosters.

The market appears to be undergoing a shift away from refinances and remote operations, but the top producers interviewed for this article don’t plan to abandon either any time soon.

Gene Thompson goes to deciding what the company's next steps are, rather than implementing them.