Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency One Beacon Street, Boston MA 02108 Tel 617.854.1000 | TDD 617.854.1025 | FAX 617.854.1029 www.masshousing.com Contact: Eric Gedstad: 617.854.1079 egedstad@masshousing.com Eric Berman: 617.854.1843 eberman@masshousing.com MassHousing Names Joaquim Regional Business Development Officer for Southeastern Massachusetts BOSTON – September 13, 2005 – MassHousing announced today that its Home Ownership Business Development Group has hired Goretti Joaquim as a Regional Business Development Officer for Southeastern Massachusetts including the Cape and Islands "Goretti's mortgage banking and loan underwriting experience will be a great asset as she works to increase the number of lenders in Southeastern Massachusetts who can offer MassHousing's affordable mortgage products," said Peter Milewski, MassHousing Business Development Director "Goretti is the seventh and final member of our new business development team, and we are very lucky to have her." In her position at MassHousing, Joaquim will be responsible for promoting MassHousing’s products and programs with new business partners in Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, Norfolk, and Plymouth counties Prior to joining MassHousing, Joaquim was a Sr Mortgage Account Executive at Genworth Mortgage Insurance Prior to that, she was an Underwriting Manager at First Federal Savings Bank of America for more than 12 years Joaquim graduated from Southeastern Massachusetts University with a bachelor's degree in business management She is a member of the Rhode Island Mortgage Bankers Association and is very active in both the Massachusetts and Rhode Island chapters of the ALS Foundation Joaquim is also involved with the Share Foundation in Dartmouth, MA Joaquim lives in Dartmouth with her husband and daughter About MassHousing The Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, now doing business as MassHousing, is the leading provider of affordable housing in Massachusetts Since 1970, MassHousing has provided more than $8.7 billion in financing for more than 80,000 units of mixed-income rental housing and over 43,000 mortgage loans for first-time home buyers For more information, visit the MassHousing website at www.masshousing.com ### Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency One Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108 TEL: 617.854.1000 TDD: 617.854.1025 FAX: 617.854.1029 www.masshousing.com