The National Association of Professional Employer Organizations announced this month it hired a director of federal government affairs. Mortgage Search & Acquisition named a new managing director.

NAPEO named Cheryl Gannon as director of federal government affairs. Gannon has more than two decades of experience as a Washington lobbyist, and most recently served as director of government relations and policy for the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare.

Mortgage Search & Acquisition named Chris Meyer as managing director of its new Phoenix office. Meyers has 30 years of experience in executive recruiting. Mortgage Search & Acquisition is an executive recruitment firm specializing in the mortgage banking and financial services industry.