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l Primary Residential Mortgage Inc. (PRMI) has named Burton Embry as the company’s new senior vice president of quality assurance and industry relations. 43
l Jo Ann Kruse has been named chief operating officer of Matt Martin Real Estate Management LLC (MMREM).
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l Wingspan Portfolio Advisors has named Aaron Luburich to the newly created position of senior vice president for business development.
l Freedom Mortgage Corporation has appointed industry veteran Donald Hard as the company’s first vice president of business development for its retail division, and Lee Ann Dalessandro as the company’s
l DocMagic has announced that Melanie Feliciano, chief compliance officer, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Electronic Signature & Records Association (ESRA). DocMagic has also announced that the firm’s Director of eServices, Tim Anderson, has been elected to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s MISMO Residential Governance Committee. l United Shore Financial Services (USFS) has announced that Barbara Yolles will become the company’s first-ever chief strategy officer. l Real Estate Mortgage Network Inc. (REMN) has announced the addition of seven new mortgage loan originators, including: Andy Pickel in Wilmington, Del.; Deborah Sorbo in continued on page 49
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l Kate Davis has joined the QMiS Systems team after a decade of mortgage operations experience as pre-funding manager.
l Norcom Mortgage has announced the addition of wholesale account executive Lisa Zapatka. Clifton Rhea has been named branch manager at Norcom Mortgage’s latest office in Towson, Md.
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l Richard S. Donine has been named senior vice president, national marketing director for First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation (FGMC).
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pressing topics were discussed, including the demographics of the homeowner and rental populations of the future, how to increase liquidity and transparency in the mortgage-backed-securities markets, the future needs for rental housing financing and how to best improve credit availability. Among the highlights were remarks by Gene Sperling, director of the National Economic Council and assistant to the President for economic policy. Speaking on behalf of the administration in his remarks he said, “It is crucial that we address the fundamental flaws in the system while preserving the policies that are working now in the recovering market.” The principal goal of the CoreLogic and Urban Institute strategic alliance is to enable Urban’s Housing Finance Policy Center to enhance its analytical work with high integrity datasets provided by CoreLogic. In support of this objective, the Urban Institute will produce data-driven reports, policy analyses and white papers that will inform public policy. In addition, the alliance will enable the companies to co-sponsor ongoing D.C.-based discussion seminars to encourage debate of pertinent housing policy questions.