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Brian Hurley has been named president of Stewart Title of California, San Diego, a subsidiary of Houston-based Stewart Information Services Corp.Stewart Title of California said Mr. Hurley will take over as president on Jan. 1, succeeding Allan Wasserman, who will continue in his role as group president of Stewart Title Co. and regional manager for Stewart Title Guaranty Co. Mr. Hurley was a founder and is currently president and chief executive officer of InterCity Capital Corp. and InterCity Escrow Services, two Stewart companies specializing in timeshare escrow, title, deed-in-lieu, foreclosure, portfolio management, and development consulting services. The parent company can be found on the Web at http://www.stewart.com.

The PMI Group Inc. has named Lincoln Rees the head of customer management for its Australian subsidiary.Mr. Rees was previously head of sales and service at PMI Mortgage Insurance Ltd. (PMI Australia). His new responsibilities will include developing strategic partnerships and customer alliances, and overseeing sales relationships, marketing, underwriting, and claims services, the company said.

Simone Lagomarsino has been named chief financial officer and chief administration officer at Metrocities Mortgage LLC, Sherman Oaks, Calif.Ms. Lagomarsino was most recently managing director for diversification, planning, and deployment at Countrywide Bank NA, a subsidiary of Countrywide Financial Corp. She was previously president and chief executive officer of Hawthorne Savings and executive vice president and CFO at First Plus Bank, Metrocities said. Ms. Lagomarsino also held senior-level positions with Imperial Financial Group, Ventura County National Bank, Prudential Securities, Premier Bank, and City National Bank. Metrocities Mortgage can be found on the Web at http://www.metrocitiesmtg.com.

John Bollman has been named executive vice president and manager of the Retail Production Division of National City Mortgage, Miamisburg, Ohio.Mr. Bollman replaces Buck Bibb, who was named chief executive officer of the company earlier this year. Mr. Bollman joined National City Corp. in 1996 as a result of the Integra Mortgage acquisition, where he was senior vice president of secondary marketing. He has held various positions at the vice president and senior vice president levels since then, National City said. Since 2004, Mr. Bollman has held the position of executive vice president of the NCM Advantage, a major loan origination initiative. The company can be found on the Web at http://www.nationalcitymortgage.com.

Shelby Sherard has been named executive vice president and chief financial officer of Grubb & Ellis Co., a provider of real estate services based in Northbrook, Ill.Ms. Sherard, 35, was most recently CFO of SiteStuff Inc., a Web-based procurement company focused on the real estate industry. Grubb & Ellis also announced the promotions of Jean Kennedy to senior vice president and chief accounting officer and Donald Olinger to senior vice president for finance and treasury. The company can be found on the Web at http://www.grubb-ellis.com.

Debbie Ferruzzi has been promoted to executive vice president for corporate strategy at Equity Office Properties Trust, a Chicago-based real estate investment trust.Ms. Ferruzzi, 45, has more than 23 years of commercial real estate experience. She was most recently senior vice president for corporate strategy. She joined Equity Office in 1998 as executive adviser to the chief executive officer. Before that, she was senior vice president in the Capital Markets Group for Equity Group Investments. Equity Office can be found online at http://www.equityoffice.com.

J. Brian King has been named practice manager for the consumer lending and mortgage banking practice of BenchMark Consulting International, Atlanta.Mr. King was most recently a national sales manager at a division of Wolters Kluwer Financial Services. Before that, he served as senior vice president of sales and business development at Info-One/VARDS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wachovia Corp. Mr. King was previously senior vice president of business development at Wachovia Bank, and director of product development and marketing at Home Equity USA, a division of FleetBoston Financial. BenchMark can be found online at http://www.benchmarkinternational.com.

Brad Copeland has been named senior executive vice president and chief credit officer at Umpqua Bank, Roseburg, Ore., where he has overseen the bank's mortgage, credit quality, and special assets divisions since 2000.Mr. Copeland was most recently executive vice president and chief credit officer at the bank, which is a subsidiary of Umpqua Holdings Corp. Before joining Umpqua, he was EVP and credit administrator of VRB Bancorp and Valley of the Rogue Bank from 1998 until their merger with Umpqua in 2000, the bank said. Umpqua can be found online at http://www.umpquaholdingscorp.com.

Greg L. Cox has been named co-chief investment officer and senior portfolio manager at Capri Real Estate Securities, Chicago.Mr. Cox was most recently the portfolio manager with the University of Texas Investment Management Co. and the UT Investment Office. He managed a public real estate portfolio for the two institutions from April 1993 through the end of September 2005, Capri said. Thomas S. Dreyer, Capri's chief executive officer and co-CIO, said Mr. Cox will enable Capri to offer its first "long-only" real estate investment trust product as part of its recently launched U.S. REIT strategy.

Christopher P. Mundy has been appointed executive vice president and chief investment officer of Washington Real Estate Investment Trust, Rockville, Md.Mr. Mundy was most recently EVP of strategic planning and operations at Equity Office Properties Trust, where he supervised five regional business units in the Eastern United States from 2000 to 2004. Before that, he spent nine years in EOP's Washington, D.C., office, most recently as senior vice president of the Eastern Division. Washington REIT invests in income-producing properties in the greater Washington/Baltimore metropolitan region. It can be found on the Web at http://www.writ.com.