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Troy Gotschall has been named president and chief executive officer of Encore Credit Corp., a taxable subsidiary of ECC Capital Corp., an Irvine, Calif.-based real estate investment trust that originates and invests in residential mortgage loans.Mr. Gotschall was most recently president of Long Beach Mortgage Co., a subsidiary of Washington Mutual that specializes in nonconforming loans. He joined Long Beach Mortgage as a branch manager in 1990. Encore Credit can be found on the Web at http://www.encorecredit.com.

Wayne Lee has resigned as chief executive of Ameriquest Mortgage Co. and president of its affiliate Argent Mortgage Co., the Orange, Calif.-based Ameriquest has announced.In a statement issued by the company, Mr. Lee said he is leaving after 15 years "to take on new challenges and explore new opportunities." Ameriquest Capital Corp., the parent company of ACC Capital Holdings, said its president, Aseem Mital, will become chief executive of ACC Capital. In that role, Mr. Mital will be responsible for the activities of Ameriquest Mortgage and Argent Mortgage. Mr. Mital has been president of ACC since 2004 and has a background in financial services, capital markets, and technology, with over 19 years of combined industry experience. Ameriquest previously disclosed that it is negotiating with regulators in 25 states over its retail lending practices.

The Senate Banking Committee has approved by voice vote the nomination of Brian Montgomery to be the new commissioner of the Federal Housing Administration.If confirmed by the full Senate, Mr. Montgomery will get to run a federal mortgage insurance agency that is facing declining single-family loan production and rising loan defaults. He told members of the banking committee during his confirmation hearing that the FHA needs to do a better job of marketing itself as an option for low-income homebuyers. In response to questions about his housing experience, the nominee stressed that he has "proven himself as a very capable manager and a steady leader" in leading the White House's effort to revamp the space program following the space shuttle Columbia disaster and in coordinating federal responses to wildfires in California and hurricanes in Florida. "If confirmed, I hope to bring those same skills to the Office of Housing," Mr. Montgomery testified. Mr. Montgomery currently works in the White House as a deputy assistant to the president.

The American Securitization Forum has announced the newly elected officers of its executive committee.The newly elected officers, announced at the organization's 2005 annual meeting in New York, are: Greg Medcraft, managing director and global head of securitization at Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking, chairman; Diane Wold, a managing director at GMAC-RFC, deputy chairman; and Sanjeev Handa, a managing director at TIAA-CREF, secretary. All three will serve three-year terms, while other newly elected executive committee members will serve one-year or two-year terms. The new term begins on July 1. The American Securitization Forum can be found online at http://www.americansecuritization.com.

Paul Aanonsen has been named to head the multifamily loan origination business of Prudential Mortgage Capital Co., Newark, N.J.Mr. Aanonsen, a principal based in Prudential Mortgage's office in McLean, Va., has originated more than $2 billion in loans through Prudential's various capital sources, including Fannie Mae programs, the company said. Prudential Mortgage is the commercial mortgage loan business of Prudential Financial Inc. It can be found on the Web at http://www.prudential.com/mortgagecapital.

The Mortgage Bankers Association has announced the leadership of its 2006 Commercial Real Estate/Multifamily Finance Board of Governors, which focuses on commercial/multifamily real estate finance policy issues and initiatives.The COMBOG officers are: Kieran Quinn, president and chief executive officer of Atlanta-based Column Financial, chair; Ed Hurley, managing director of Charlotte, N.C.-based Wachovia Securities, vice chair; and Ed Padilla, CEO of Minnesota-based NorthMarq Capital Inc., vice chair. The MBA also announced the nomination of Mr. Quinn as its vice chair-elect. He will be elected by MBA members at the association's annual convention in October. The MBA can be found online at http://www.mortgagebankers.org.

Todd Sims has been named chief information officer for the Stewart Real Estate Information region, which includes both Stewart Mortgage Information and REIData Inc. entities.Mr. Sims was one of the founding members of the RealEC real estate electronic commerce exchange, and as senior vice president he also managed technical client relationships with large lenders and service providers, the company said. Mr. Sims formed Quest Technical Services Inc. in 2002, providing contract development services as well as permanent and contract labor technical placement services. SMI can be found online at http://smi.stewart.com.

Antonio F. Faria has been named president of Doral Money Inc., a New York-based subsidiary of Puerto Rico-based Doral Bank that specializes in commercial and construction mortgage lending.Before joining Doral, Mr. Faria was president and chief executive officer of the Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico, president and CEO of the Economic Development Bank for Puerto Rico, and Puerto's Rico's commissioner of financial institutions. Before entering the public sector, Mr. Faria had more than 25 years of experience in Puerto Rico's banking industry, Doral said.

James R. Follain has been named senior vice president for mortgage valuation at Fidelity National Information Services' Hansen Quality, a provider of automated valuation, collateral risk, and appraisal review products based in Jacksonville, Fla.Mr. Follain will be responsible for building statistical models that assess the probability of mortgage default and estimate how much money the lender or investor would lose if the loan were to default, the company said. Mr. Follain, who has nearly 30 years of experience in mortgage finance and analytics, was most recently senior economist at the Federal Reserve Board, where he analyzed mortgage provisions of the Basel II Accord. Before that, he served as senior director of capital management and policy, single family capital development at Freddie Mac.

Lisa A. Payne, chief financial officer of Taubman Centers, has been named to the additional post of vice chairman of the real estate investment trust, and William S. Taubman has been named its chief operating officer.Taubman said Ms. Payne has been its CFO since she joined the REIT in 1997. Before that, she was vice president of Goldman Sachs' investment banking division. Mr. Taubman has been executive vice president of the REIT since 1994. He was previously employed by Oppenheimer & Co. Both executives are members of Taubman's board of directors. The company can be found on the Web at http://www.taubman.com.