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29 FALCON CAPITAL ADVISORS EXPANDS LEADERSHIP TEAM Falcon Capital Advisors has hired industry veteran Walter Allen as Managing Director, Natisha Dawson as its new Director of Finance, and has promoted Ken Yoo to the role of COO. Allen will be responsible for business development across Falcon's major practice areas: financial institutions, government advisory services, and its eMortgage consulting practice. Allen is a recognized industry veteran and digital business strategy leader with more than 20 years of experience utilizing technology solutions to drive transformational business initiatives in both the government and private sector. Prior to joining Falcon, Allen was the President of HouseAmp, a fintech company where he managed and oversaw all aspects of the operation. Prior to HouseAmp, Allen spent nearly 13 years with data and technology leader CoreLogic, most recently as VP of Government Solutions working directly with federal government clients and agencies. Earlier, he was the VP of Global Capital Markets where he oversaw a team of product specialists and subject matter experts focused on key financial services customers and the Rating Agencies. Dawson brings more than 20 years of finance and leadership expertise to Falcon. As Director of Finance, she will be responsible for leading all finance and accounting matters in the firm. Prior to joining Falcon, she was the Founder and CFO of e Griffin Way, a firm designed to provide outsourced finance and accounting services to small- and mid-sized businesses. Previously, she held executive financial roles at large, global marketing, public relations, and communications firms. As COO, Yoo oversees Falcon's daily operational and administrative functions. Yoo's areas of oversight at Falcon include daily operational supervision, strategic planning, M&A planning and integration, IT and physical infrastructure management, and governance/risk/compliance activities. Yoo has more than 25 years of senior leadership experience in banking, housing finance, consulting risk management and regulatory oversight. During his tenure at Falcon Yoo has been responsible for managing teams, relationships and projects for both commercial and government agency clients. Yoo's involvement in those engagements have included initiatives related to program management, asset management, risk management and quality control, data analytics, grant and loan administration, and financial analysis for the housing, financial services, and healthcare industries. DALLAS VIT NAMED FAY SERVICING'S CIO Dallas Vit has been named CIO of Fay Servicing. With more than 15 years of experience in the industry, Vit will lead the technology team for the organization, including application development, technology infrastructure, information security, and data management. "Dallas brings with him a progressive track record in technology solutions coupled with a diverse acumen across capital markets, analytics, asset management, operations, loan servicing, and originations," Fay Servicing's President Kimberly Hare said. "We are thrilled to have Dallas Vit as a part of our team." Fay Servicing is a mortgage servicer with more than 130,000 residential and commercial customers across the United States. Most recently, Vit served as the Chief Information Officer for Roosevelt Management Company, a New York–based investment management firm, where he was instrumental in developing and scaling technology and analytical solutions for Rushmore Loan Management Services. At Fay, Vit will leverage the breadth and depth of his experience to continue to drive the firm's customer-centric and data driven approach to providing mortgage loan solutions to help borrowers across the country. "It's exciting to join a firm with a solid foundation and such diversity in their business model," Vit said. "is team has a great reputation in the servicing business and their ancillary companies give us great opportunities!" BRETT MURPHY JOINS WALKER & DUNLOP'S HUD PRODUCTION TEAM Walker & Dunlop Inc. has expanded its HUD Production team in Chicago with the addition of Brett Murphy, who will be responsible for growing the FHA senior housing business, utilizing Walker & Dunlop's platform across HUD, GSE, bridge, and investment sales. "We are pleased to welcome Brett to the team at Walker & Dunlop," said Dana Wade, Chief Production Officer Walker & Dunlop's FHA Finance team. "His skills and expertise will translate well into his new role, and I believe he will play an important part in our continued growth and ability to maintain the leadership positions that we've earned with Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and HUD." Before joining Walker & Dunlop, Murphy was a Director at Lancaster Pollard, a Lument legacy firm, where he was responsible for originating and leading seniors housing and healthcare transactions, including tax-exempt bond offerings, proprietary lending, HUD/ FHA, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and USDA financing programs. Prior to joining Lument in 2013, he worked at Banco Santander and also held positions at Wells Fargo and State Street Bank & Trust. KAROL VILLAVICENCIO TO MANAGE COMPLIANCE FOR REGCHECK RegCheck by Asurity Technologies LLC has named mortgage loan compliance veteran Karol Villavicencio to its team as Director of RegCheck Product Management and Operations. RegCheck is a Software-as-a- Service (SaaS) solution that enables loan officers and compliance specialists to accelerate loan closings with greater confidence and accuracy. Leveraging the advantages of innovative technology and deep domain expertise, it rapidly identifies root cause compliance failures in loan applications and pinpoints the specific data gaps that need to be addressed throughout the loan Journal

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