Sutherland Asset Management Corporation announced that Carole Mortensen has been appointed Chief Operating Officer, a new position in the company. As COO, Ms. Mortensen will have responsibility for the company's operating units, marketing and capital markets execution. She will report directly to Chief Executive Officer Thomas Capasse. Ms. Mortensen has worked for Waterfall Asset Management, the external manager of Sutherland, since 2011. Most recently, Carole served as Managing Director of the Capital Markets team focused on consumer asset-backed transactions and contributed to the successful reverse merger transaction resulting in Sutherland REIT going public.