Career advancement

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.

The industry veteran will be responsible for a division with a mortgage portfolio of almost $1.1 trillion in unpaid balances.

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

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

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

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