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Bethesda, Md.—Walker & Dunlop Inc. has hired Keith L. Melton as vice president, FHA Finance in its newly opened Nashville, Tenn. office. Melton will run Walker & Dunlop’s Nashville office along with David Strange, who joined the company in December. Melton will focus on multifamily and healthcare loan originations utilizing FHA financing. Prior to joining Walker & Dunlop, Melton was an FHA originator with Deutsche Bank Berkshire Mortgage Inc. He originated loans under all FHA programs during his seven-year tenure with the firm. Prior to Deutsche Bank, Melton was a commercial lender for Fifth Third Bank and First American National…

Axiometrics Inc., a provider of data and analysis on the multifamily housing sector, recently announced that Keith Walters has been appointed chief operating officer. Walters was an outside director of Axiometrics prior to becoming the company’s COO. Previously, Walters was president and COO of IT managed services provider Sagiss LLC. While at Sagiss, he led the company through a complete change in its business delivery model, gaining recognition for the company in the MSPMentor 100 as one of the top IT-managed service providers in the U.S. Prior to Sagiss, he served as vice president and general manager of Global Program and…

Charlotte, N.C.—Crescent Resources’ board of managers has appointed Todd Mansfield as president and chief executive officer of the company. Mansfield previously served as lead director for the company and brings three decades of experience to the post. During his career, Mansfield has overseen deployment of more than $5 billion in development and real estate investment capital. He was president of Bio-Logical Capital of Denver and will transition to membership on its board of directors. His experience also includes serving as chairman and chief executive officer of Crosland and as executive vice president of Disney Development Co., where he led the…

New York—Centerline Capital Group, a provider of real estate financial and asset management services for affordable and conventional multifamily housing, has hired Jonathan Price as assistant vice president in the Mortgage Banking division. Price will be assisting the head of the Alternative Capital Group, Kevin Smith, in analyzing and sourcing debt and equity for a variety of asset classes for Centerline’s clients. Prior to joining Centerline, Price worked in corporate real estate for Kaiser Permanente, where he managed a portfolio of 59 buildings in the Mid-Atlantic region. Previously, he was an acquisitions associate for Guardian Realty Investors,LLC, a private REIT…

Boston—CBRE/New England has announced that Simon Butler and Biria St. John have re-joined its Boston office as executive vice presidents and partners to lead the Multi-Housing Group in New England. They are 18-plus-year veterans of the business exclusively specializing in multi-housing investment sales and will join forces with Bill Moylan and Chris Angelone, who lead the CBRE/New England Capital Markets in Boston. The addition of Butler and St. John further solidifies CBRE/New England as the leading investments sales team in the Northeast. Butler and St. John were recently executive directors with Cushman & Wakefield Inc.’s Capital Markets Group. Prior to…

Denver—HFF (Holliday Fenoglio Fowler LP) is opening a full-service office in Denver with an immediate focus on debt placement, equity placement, loan sales and investment sales. Day-to-day operations of the Denver office will be led by Eric Tupler, who joins HFF as a senior managing director. Joining him is Managing Director Mark Fallon, who has worked out of HFF’s Chicago office since November 2010 and specializes in loan sale advisory transactions. Executive Managing Director Jody Thornton, a member of HFF’s Executive Committee, is overseeing the Denver office expansion from HFF’s Dallas office. Tupler, a former vice chairman at CBRE Capital…

National energy services firm Conservation Services Group (CSG) has named Tina M. Bennett president. Bennett will run CSG’s day-to-day operations and oversee the company’s executive committee. She will also serve as an “ex officio” member of CSG’s board of directors.

Lutherville, Md.—Resident feedback provider SatisFacts has announced a number of new hires and promotions. Joe Summers has joined SatisFacts as vice president of sales/East Region. He previously served as account and sales management executives with CallSource, Valet Waste and Primedia (HPC). In a related announcement, Jeff Proebstle has been promoted to senior vice president of sales, where he will oversee the company’s national sales organization. He joined SatisFacts in 2005, and has been responsible for building and overseeing the company’s national sales effort.  In addition, Brian Barfield has been promoted to regional vice president of sales/Southeast. Lia Nichole Smith has…

McKinley announced that Kristin A. Berg has joined McKinley as VP & managing director of Residential Asset Management.