Jeffrey Simmons has accepted the position as a loan officer of The Rose Hill Group of WNY LTD (RHG). Simmons graduated from SUNY Oswego in 2006 with a bachelor's degree in Finance. He went on to serve in the commercial division of Alliance Bank in Syracuse. Daniel Monte, president of RHG, said, "Jeff is a great addition to an already strong team here in the upstate New York markets. We are very excited to have him join our company." RHG is a full service commercial mortgage brokerage firm and has been active in all areas including Albany, Buffalo, Hudson Valley, North Country, Rochester, Saratoga, and Syracuse. RHG's upstate correspondent life company lenders include Allstate Life Insurance Company, American Equities, CUNA Mutual / Members Capital, Delaware Investments (Jefferson Pilot), Genworth Financial, National Life of Vermont, Nationwide Life Insurance Company, Ohio National Financial Services, and Protective Life Corporation. RHG is a member of Strategic Alliance Mortgage, LLC (SAM). SAM, established in 1998, now includes 21 independent commercial banking firms consisting of over 40 offices with more than 156 mortgage originators in the United States. SAM members collaborate to present the most advantageous real estate capital markets execution to their clients. Members utilize a web-based proprietary system to communicate and exchange cutting-edge trends from across the country to provide their members with optimal real estate financing solutions.