Career advancement

Also, Inlanta names its CEO, American Financial welcomes back a past president and Deephaven keeps growing.

Also, Academy Mortgage promotes COO to president, Movement focuses on diverse lending and Guaranteed Rate opens new branches on the coasts.

Also, Gateless promotes its own to chief technology officer, Panorama Mortgage Group announces new brand, Lower appoints its first CFO and more.

Also, AI-platform Gateless names industry veteran as its first president, new CDFI and non-QM lender Champions Funding begins operations and Farmer Mac welcomes back board chair.

Current deputy general counsel Wendell Chambliss steps up to the newly created officer position, with the appointment coming after a similar recent hire by Fannie Mae.

Also, loanDepot promotes within its marketing division, BSI Financial aims to grow lending operations and NAREB appoints executive director.

Zeenat Sidi will lead mello, which will develop lending products and house the parent company’s other mortgage-related businesses.

Affordable housing and legal expert Sharifa Anderson returns to the government-sponsored enterprise after prior roles at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh and HUD.

Panorama Mortgage Group and Hunt Mortgage also appoint COOs, SitusAMC adds to its title sales team and non-QM lender Sprout finds head of TPO business with internal promotion.

Heidi Mason takes over as head attorney of the government-sponsored enterprise from Jerry Weiss, who had been in the position on an interim basis.

Also, InstaMortgage, SitusAMC, Mortgage Network add experienced sales leaders, Greystone expands its CMBS platform and Popular Bank finds new head of residential lending.

Also, Guaranteed Rate and Amerifirst Home Mortgage focus on Western expansion, Notarize adds chief officers and Timios names new president.

Also: The MBA gets two new vice presidents, Sagent adds a sales veteran and the Amherst Group hires an MBS portfolio manager.

Also, PennyMac appoints new managing director as its COO steps down, and Cenlar, Deephaven grow their business development teams.

Chryssa Halley, who has been with the company since 2006, was named CFO and Jim Holmberg was named controller.

Guaranteed Rate and Planet Home name technology officers, while several companies ramp up efforts in reverse mortgage lending.

Also, Consolidated Analytics names former Cenlar leader COO, Revolution Mortgage moves into new states and Regions finds an affordable housing expert.

Sue Barber takes over the position after leading its Northeast division.

James Campbell joins a bank whose mortgage operations generated $178 million in third-quarter revenue.

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