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28 MOVERS & SHAKERS Got something to share with us? Send it to Editor@DSNews.com. HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN RE-ELECTED U.S. Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) was re-elected as Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee for the upcoming 115th Congress. is will be his third term as chairman of that committee, having originally been elected to that position in 2012 for the 113th Congress. Hensarling, 59, was also elected to an eighth term as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives to represent the Fifth District of Texas. As a leader in Congress, Hensarling has long fought for financial reform and has been a vocal critic of federal bailouts for financial institutions at the expense of taxpayers. EVP AND CFO OF ELLIE MAE TO STEP DOWN Ellie Mae has announced that its EVP and CFO, Edgar Luce, has notified the company of his intention to resign from his position of CFO, effective on April 1, 2017, according to an 8K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Luce has been Ellie Mae's CFO since 2005 and has previously served in executive positions with Sanarus Medical, a medical device company; ComView Corporation, a cardiology-imaging software company; Biex, Inc., a healthcare company; and Penederm, Inc., a public dermatology and products company. Ellie Mae's Board of Directors has appointed Matthew LaVay, who currently serves as the company's SVP of Finance, to the position of CFO effective on the date of Luce's resignation. LaVay has been Ellie Mae's SVP of Finance since 2014. Before joining Ellie Mae in 2012 as VP, Corporate Comptroller, he served as VP, Corporate Comptroller for Taleo Corporation; Corporate Controller and Senior Director of Finance for Scientific Learning Corporation; and Corporate Comptroller for Weisel Partners Group. In his career—which spans more than 25 years—LaVay has served in various leadership positions with Salesforce.com; PeopleSoft, Inc.; and Arthur Andersen LLP. THE COLLINGWOOD GROUP ANNOUNCES PROMOTION e Collingwood Group announced the promotion of Meg Burns to partner. She will join the firm's Management Committee and will lead the Business Advisory practice. She will also be responsible for the firm's long-term strategic development. Burns has more than two decades of experience in the housing industry. Before joining e Collingwood Group as a managing director, she served as Senior Associate Director for Housing and Regulatory Policy at the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). She also served as FHFA's Senior Associate Director for Congressional Affairs and Communications. In addition, Burns has served in key positions with the Federal Housing Administration and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. "A change in leadership in Washington, D.C., offers a great opportunity for all of us to be intellectually honest about what's working well and what's simply not. In the last go- around in 2008, the policy establishment neglected to address one of the most vexing challenges for the housing finance system as a whole: the extensive regulatory framework that creates tremendous complexity, inconsistency, and conflict." —Meg Burns, Partner, The Collingwood Group INDUSTRY VETERANS JOIN HUD TRANSITION TEAM President-elect Donald Trump named two new members to his transition team for HUD, Shawn Krause and Jimmy Kemp. Krause is EVP with Quicken Loans, having joined the Detroit-based lender in 1991 as a loan processor and later serving in several different leadership positions. In her current role as EVP, she leads Quicken's government advocacy program; her team works alongside lawmakers, regulatory agencies, and other influencers in Washington, D.C. Quicken is the country's largest underwriter of single-family mortgage loans insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), which is part of HUD. Kemp is the son of Jack Kemp, who was HUD Secretary in the George H.W. Bush Administration. Kemp established strategic consulting firm Kemp Partners in 2002 in Washington, D.C., to provide government relations and corporate affairs, according to his official bio. He has gone before Congress, the White House, and other federal agencies to represent his diverse clientele, which includes many Fortune 500 companies. In 2009 after his father's death, Kemp established the Jack Kemp Foundation, a non-profit with the goal of developing and engaging leaders. ALTERRA HOME LOANS NAMES VP Terence Murray has joined Alterra Home Loans as the new Western Division Sales & Expansion VP, responsible for managing and supporting Alterra's retail production and expansion in the company's Western region. Murray brings more than a decade of mortgage industry experience to Alterra. Prior to joining Alterra Home Loans, Murray worked at Prospect Mortgage, LLC as Regional Sales Expansion Manager, where his responsibilities included bringing $350 to $400 million in annual closed loan production. His efforts Keep up with who's doing what and who went where

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