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Brea-ResMAE Financial Corp. said that Robert E. Dean and Richard A. Mirro have been elected as independent members to its board of directors.

Mr. Dean most recently was a senior managing director of Ernst & Young Corporate Finance LLC. Prior to joining Ernst & Young, he was a partner in the law firm of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, where he was the managing partner of the Orange County office and a member of the law firm's executive committee.

Prior to being elected to ResMAE's board, Mr. Mirro was chairman and chief executive of North American Mortgage Co. and executive vice president of Dime Savings Bank, NAMC's parent company. Before NAMC/DSB, Mirro was chairman and chief executive of Fleet Mortgage following a decade at Chase Manhattan Mortgage.

Dublin-Ellie Mae Inc. has named Craig S. Davis to the company's board of directors. Mr. Davis brings more than 25 years of senior management experience in the mortgage and financial services industry to Ellie Mae.

For the past seven years, Mr. Davis served as president of the Home Loans and Insurance Services Group for Washington Mutual.

Prior to Washington Mutual, he served as executive vice president managing mortgage origination channels for American Savings Bank and financial services for Home Savings of America.