More chairs are open and the music has yet to stop at the Mortgage Bankers Association which has had more than its share of turnover in recent months.

The latest staffers to announce their departures are Jan Sternin, senior vice president for commercial and multifamily products and Chris Oswald, the director of state government affairs.

Continuing its efforts to rebuild its depleted lobbying bench, the group is head-hunting for a new senior vice president for advocacy. That job had essentially been part of Senior VP for Government Affairs Steve O'Connor's portfolio, but O'Connor, who lacks Capitol Hill experience, is being shifted to a new senior vice president for public policy and industry relations slot -- a post reminiscent of the one he had before being promoted two years ago.