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Gregory S. Tornquist has been appointed president and chief operating officer, Stephen W. Gozdan has been appointed chief financial officer and Jeanne M. Bader has been appointed director of loan administration

Al Crisanty has been promoted to executive vice president, national production manager, for American Brokers Conduit (ABC) in Melville, New York. Myron Hendry has been named executive vice president and chief operations officer for Countrywide Insurance Group in Calabasas, California.

Dan Gaudreau has been promoted to executive vice president of national closing operations for Lenders First Choice (LFC) in Simi Valley, California. Lisa Binkley has been named executive vice president, risk strategy and policy development, for Rapid Reporting Verification Co. in Fort Worth, Texas. Sharon Stone has been named chief operating officer at 1st Service Solutions Inc. in Grapevine, Texas.

Steve Kropper has been appointed to the board of directors for New Homes Realty Inc. in Boston. Colleen Hernandez has been named president and executive director of The Homeownership Preservation Foundation in Minneapolis. Robin Warren has been appointed senior adviser with Mavent Inc. in Irvine, California. Mark A. Amacher has been named chief marketing officer for ZC Sterling in Atlanta.

Richard D'Albert has been named treasurer; Joseph M. Donovan, Jason HP. Kravitt, Daniel W. Stachel and Marty Rosenblatt have been named executive vice presidents; and Jon Bottorff. Diane Citron. Ralph Daloisio, Steve Etherington, Mike Hall, Jerry Hamstead, Steve Kudenholdt, Louis Lucido, Gail McDonnell, Chris Pink. Tom Reese, Jeremy Reifsnyder, Michael Rieger, Mani Sabapathi, David Spector, Gregg Silver and Glenn Votek have been elected to the board of directors of the New York-based American securitization Forum (ASF).

Marty Frame has been named chief information officer for Fidelity National Real Estate Solutions in Jacksonville, Florida. David M. McNeill has been appointed director, origination, for Hypo Real Estate Capital Corporation (HRECC) in New York.

Simone Lagomarsino has been named president and chief executive officer, and Jasiri Daire has been named manager of mortgage loan sales for Kinecta Federal Credit Union in Manhattan Beach, California.

Shamik Daru has been appointed director, accounting; Boris Deychman has been appointed director, debt and derivative price verification; and Matthew Baber has been appointed vice president, price verification, with Washington, D.C.-based Fannie Mae.

Robert Cole has been named managing director, head of trading; and John Glessner has been named director, senior trader-MBS, for Minneapolis-based GMAC-RFC Securities.

Kevin Walsh has been named director of CMBS investments; Bev Casanova has been named vice president in the special servicing group of CMBS; Jo Rathbun has been named vice president of fund investment management; and Devin Chen has been promoted to vice president of fund investment management with McLean, Virginia-based The J.E. Robert Companies (JER).

Brian Abrams has been named managing director, and Andrew Burke and Linday Stroud have been named vice presidents with Perseus Realty Partners in Washington, D.C.

Jim Gorzalski has been appointed senior vice president and division executive for strategic sourcing; J. Timothy Grant has been appointed senior credit officer, community lending and development; Vijay Bhasin has been appointed first vice president and senior manager, credit modeling; Douglas J. Aguiar has been appointed first vice president, retail marketing; Helen Wang has been appointed first vice president and senior group product manager; and Charles A. Therriault has been appointed project manager, home loans finance, for Seattle-based Washington Mutual Inc.

Alec Burger has been appointed senior vice president in the Dallas office of Stamford, Connecticut-based GE Real Estate's North America Debt Division. William D. Kaiser has been named senior vice president-operations for Radian Guaranty Inc. in Philadelphia. Robert Brown has been appointed senior vice president of retail production for Ivanhoe Mortgage in Orlando, Florida.

Kevin Raney has been promoted to senior vice president in the direct-to-consumer, residential mortgage lending channel of First NLC Financial Services LLC in Deerfield Beach, Florida. David C. Haithcock has been appointed senior vice president-Western regional operations in the southern California office of the Washington, D.C.-based Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA).

Jodi L. Shirk has been named senior vice president, Beth A. Bossert has been promoted to senior vice president, Thomas R. Busch has been promoted to vice president and Shelly A. Rider has been promoted to assistant vice president for American Home Bank NA in Mountville, Pennsylvania.

Irvine, California-based Option One Mortgage Corporation's Diversity Council has awarded scholarships to Luis Benites in the Rancho Cucamonga, California, office; Melissa Blank, Charles Campbell. Michael Moradshahi and Nan Stothard in the Irvine office; Suzanne DeBorja and Cory clayton in the Jacksonville, Florida, office; Melanie Kitchens in the Phoenix office; and Rebecca Lalande in the Charlotte, North Carolina, office.

Steve Barton has been promoted to vice president-retail division; Tracy Tran has been promoted to vice president of operations; Johnny Cobb has been appointed lead recruiter; Joe Parker has been appointed branch manager for the McKinney, Texas, office; Susan Denton has been appointed branch manager for the Bedford, Texas, office; JJ. Wilson has been appointed branch manager for the Decatur, Texas, office; and Chris Gandy, Patricia Thibeaux, Joan Tien and Greg Galvan have been named senior loan officers in the Frisco, Texas, office of Frisco-based Maverick Residential Mortgage Inc.

Michael G. Nassy has been promoted to vice president of national real estate underwriting for NCB FSB in Washington, D.C. John DesMarteau has been appointed regional vice president for the Midwest territory, and Quang To has been appointed regional vice president for the Broker Direct Division for Brea, California-based ResMAE Mortgage Corporation.

Alex Cole has been named vice president, business development, Home Construction Lending Division, in Pasadena, California; Carla Wise has been named senior vice president, default risk management, in Pasadena; David Brown has been promoted to vice president, business development, and Maureen Connaughton has been named vice president, in the Home Construction Lending Division in Petoskey, Michigan; and Jamey King has been promoted to vice president, real estate professional channel, Home Construction Lending Division, in Greenville, South Carolina, for Pasadena, California-based Indymac Bank.

Diana Donahue and Norma Thibault have been named business development managers for the Connecticut region; John Platania has been named business development manager for the New Jersey region; Gray Arthur Barrera, Jeffrey Powell and Cristina Werdal have been named business development managers for the New York region; and Eric J. Felice has been named business development manager for the Carmel, New York, region for Indymac Bank's Wholesale Lending Division.

Patti A. Vollmer has been promoted to regional vice president, South Bay (California), for Los Angeles-based American Business Bank. Lisa Donahue has been appointed assistant vice president for client relations for Pittsburgh-based General American Corporation's (GAC's) GATORS product line.

Stephanie N. Beckner and Toae A. Kirn have been named associates with Feiwell & Hannoy PC in Indianapolis. Terrence J. O'Malley and David S. Mitchell have been named partners in the corporate department of New York-based Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP.

Fritz Hawkins has been promoted to general sales manager of The Keyes Company in Miami. Franklin Gray has been named senior investment officer in the Conway, Arkansas, office of Chevy Chase, Maryland-based CapitalSource Mortgage Finance LLC.

Victor Halbach III has been named client service manager for the Life of the South (LOTS) Financial Institution Group in Jacksonville, Florida. James W. Young has been named national account director in Dallas for Santa Ana, California-based The First American Corporation's Client Relations Division.