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Mark E. Rose has been named chief executive officer of Grubb & Ellis Co., a provider of real estate services based in Northbrook, Ill.Mr. Rose, 41, was most recently chief operating officer and chief financial officer of the Americas at Jones Lang LaSalle. He spent 12 years with Jones Lang and its predecessor companies, Grubb & Ellis said. G&E can be found on the Web at http://www.grubb-ellis.com.

Patrick Mize has been named chief financial officer of MortgageTree Lending, a national mortgage banking company based in Modesto, Calif.Mr. Mize was most recently the CFO of a regional mortgage bank, where he "fostered a shift of his departments' focus from compliance-driven 'technicians' to customer-driven, service-focused professionals," MortgageTree said. The company can be found online at http://www.mortgagetreelending.com.

Michael Detwiler has been named chief executive officer of Mortgage Cadence, a Denver-based mortgage lending platform provider.Mr. Detwiler has been president of the company since 1999. "By focusing Mortgage Cadence on its position as a pure lending product company, we can maintain our leadership position as the only true services-oriented, end-to-end lending platform," he said. Mortgage Cadence offers technology such as proprietary workflow and rules automation for the back office as well as a Web-based loan origination system, the company said.

Arthur Prieston, chairman of The Prieston Group risk management consulting company, has been tapped to serve as spokesman for the National Home Equity Mortgage Association on issues relating to mortgage fraud.The association said Mr. Prieston will work with NHEMA president Jeffrey Zeltzer to formulate issue papers on mortgage fraud for the organization's forthcoming annual conference in Scottsdale, Ariz. Citing congressional hearings last October on the rising incidence of mortgage fraud, Mr. Prieston said it was clear that "lenders are not routinely recognized as victims of mortgage fraud alongside borrowers. That has to change. It is time to begin defining and establishing legislation that will protect borrowers and lenders alike." The Prieston Group can be found online at http://www.priestongroup.com, and NHEMA can be found at http://www.nhema.org.

First American Real Estate Information Services Inc., Dallas, has announced the appointment of Andy Williams as executive vice president of client relations for First American's Mortgage Information Services Group.Mr. Williams joined First American in 1992 when the company acquired Ticor Realty Tax Services, where he held the position of vice president of sales. He then served as senior vice president of sales with WNC Insurance Services before rejoining First American in 1997 as vice president and national sales director with First American Flood Data Services, First American said. Mr. Williams held various positions with First American before being named senior vice president of client relations. First American can be found online at http://www.firstam.com.

Julie Cline has been named chief operating officer of No Red Tape Mortgage, a jumbo wholesale lender based in Sherman Oaks, Calif.Ms. Cline was most recently the company's senior vice president of operations. She was previously director of mortgage banking operations for e-Loan.com and vice president of operations at IndyMac Bank FSB, No Red Tape said. The company can be found on the Web at http://www.noredtape.com.

John U. Sepulveda, a former Clinton administration official and Freddie Mac executive, has been named chief executive officer of the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals.The San Diego-based NAHREP said Mr. Sepulveda was deputy director of the Office of Personnel Management during the latter half of President Bill Clinton's second term. He was also a senior executive at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. At Freddie Mac, he was director of industry and housing outreach and the company's chief liaison to Latino leaders and organizations, the association said.

Morrison & Foerster LLP has announced the addition of Yaacov M. Gross, a senior corporate finance attorney it termed a "pioneer" in the real estate investment trust market, as a partner in its New York office.Mr. Gross, whose practice is international and spans multiple industries, has in recent years focused primarily on real estate financing and REIT transactions, the firm said. He joins Morrison & Foerster from Wilkie, Farr and Gallagher LLP in New York, where he was a founder of that firm's real estate securities practice. "In addition to representing some of the industry's largest REITs from inception, he has been at the forefront of financing, capital formation, and merger & acquisition transactions involving REITs and other real estate-related ventures," said Karen Hagberg, managing partner of Morrison & Foerster's New York office.

Jeff McGuiness has been promoted to managing director of the Correspondent Lending Division of CitiMortgage, St. Louis.His new responsibilities will include oversight of sales, operations, pricing, and customer delivery for the correspondent channel, the company said. Mr. McGuiness was most recently director of national sales for the Correspondent Lending Division. David Schneider, president and chief operating officer of CitiMortgage, said the correspondent lending sales force grew from six to 45 individuals under Mr. McGuiness and the division's business volume doubled in two years. Mr. McGuiness also served as the company's national director of retail and corporate sales. Before joining CitiMortgage, he held senior sales and management positions with Norwest Mortgage and was president and chief operating officer of The Lazear Agency, an international literary agency in Minneapolis.

Gretchen Verdugo has been named executive vice president and chief accounting officer of Impac Mortgage Holdings Inc., a real estate investment trust based in Newport Beach, Calif.Ms. Verdugo joined Impac as senior vice president and chief accounting officer in August 1997. Impac also announced the promotions of Jim Dickinson to senior vice president of the Impac Warehouse Lending Group and Don Currie to senior vice president and director of national sales at the Impac Lending Group. Impac can be found online at http://www.impaccompanies.com.