Georgia

Macon

LBA Ware has hired Brian Jordan as director of product management.

Jordan brings to the firm 13 years of product experience at global data aggregation and analytics firms serving the banking and financial services sectors.

Immediately before joining LBA Ware, he was a lead product manager at LexisNexis Risk Solutions.

Illinois

Chicago

Essex Realty Group Inc. has expanded its South Side Chicago team with the addition of new associate, Erica Trejo.

Trejo, who started with the firm as an intern in November 2019, will be responsible for asset valuation, market research and marketing for the team.Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh

Mortgage Connect has named Gabe Minton chief information officer.

Prior to Mortgage Connect, Minton was EVP, Chief Information Officer at Guild Mortgage.

He has also served as the senior vice president and chief information officer at PHH Mortgage and prior to that, served in senior management, strategy and technology positions with Black Knight's ServiceLink, Motivity Solutions, Accenture Mortgage Cadence and the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Virginia

Richmond

Capital Square, a national investment sponsor specializing in tax-advantaged real estate investment offerings, has appointed Marc Slavny as executive vice president of capital markets.

Slavny brings 26 years of experience in the securities industry to his new role at Capital Square.

Most notably, he established the alternative investment division for J.P. Turner & Co.

Washington

Bellevue

Evergreen Home Loans has appointed Dan Starelli as regional manager of Northern California.

In this role, he will be responsible for overseeing the daily operations and growth of branches in Northern California.

Starelli, who has over 30 years of retail mortgage industry experience, was most recently a sales manager for Cardinal Financial Co.