Pamela Hughes Patenaude, who formerly served as deputy secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, is joining the board of directors of Habitat for Humanity International, the organization announced Monday. Patenaude resigned from HUD in December 2018 after spending more than a year as the second-in-command at HUD.

Craig Phillips, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin’s top housing advisor and the point person for reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, has left his position before achieving any major changes at the mortgage giants. “Mnuchin simply lacks the time and energy needed to advance a housing finance reform plan,” Jaret Seiberg, Managing Director at Cowen Group, said in a note …

Gateway First Bank has named Tiffany Sizemore Bank Secrecy Act officer. In this role, Sizemore will oversee the development and implementation of the newly merged company’s compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act on a state and federal level.

The Senate confirmed two appointments to the Department of Housing and Urban Development Thursday, approving the President Donald Trump’s nominations of Seth Appleton as assistant secretary of Policy Development and Research and Hunter Kurtz as assistant secretary of Public and Indian Housing.

LoanLogics recently expanded its executive team, welcoming two new leaders to the company, including Elizabeth Green and Paul Vancheri. Green has been appointed to the position of chief collateral office and Vancheri will now serve the company as its executive vice president of technology.

Collateral valuation and appraisal management company Class Valuation has hired Tim Staudenmaier as its new director of Digital Strategy. Staudenmaier will focus on technology and processes that support the modernization of valuation and collateral risk assessment.

Eric Blankenstein was a senior official at the CFPB when racially charged blog posts from his past emerged, sparking outrage – and an internal investigation – at the agency last year. Now, Blankenstein has landed a new role within the Trump administration, joining HUD’s Office of General Counsel as a senior counsel tasked with working on Ginnie Mae matters.

Quicken Loans Mortgage Services recently appointed Austin Niemiec as the company’s new executive vice president. Niemiec, who began his career with QLMS 10 years ago, will be taking over for former senior vice president David Schroeder. Quicken Loans President and COO Bob Walters said QLMS couldn’t be in better hands as it writes the next chapter of its story.