Early registration is now closed.

Date: Thursday, February 18, 2010
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Location: Venable LLP, 575 7th Street NW, Washington, DC 20004
Directions: Metro; Gallery Place/Chinatown (green, red, yellow)

Cost*:
$25 - WHF Associate Members
$35 - WHF Government/Public Sector Members
$40 - WHF Private Sector Members
$50 - non-members

Our distinguished speaker: Edward DeMarco, Acting Director, FHFA

Program Description: Mr. DeMarco will discuss ongoing challenges in regulating Fannie and Freddie as well as reform possibilities being considered by the administration.  He will also discuss oversight of the Federal Home Loan Bank System and some recent innovations therein.

Speaker Bio: On August 25, 2009 President Obama designated Edward J. DeMarco the Acting Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the 12 Federal Home Loan Banks effective September 1, 2009.  Mr. DeMarco was appointed Chief Operating Officer and Senior Deputy Director for Housing Mission and Goals for FHFA in 2008 after enactment of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, the legislation that established FHFA.  Mr. DeMarco joined the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO), a predecessor agency to FHFA, in October 2006 as its Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Director.  He came to OFHEO from the Social Security Administration (SSA) where, as Assistant Deputy Commissioner for Policy, he led SSA’s policy, research, and statistics functions.  Before joining SSA in 2003, Mr. DeMarco was Director of the Office of Financial Institutions Policy at the U.S. Department of the Treasury where he oversaw analyses of public policy issues involving government sponsored enterprises and other financial institutions. Prior to his ten-year tenure at the Treasury Department, he worked at the U.S. General Accounting Office for seven years. Mr. DeMarco received a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland and a B.A. in Economics from the University of Notre Dame.

Due to the weather we have extended the early registration deadline to 3:00 pm, Wednesday, February 17, 2010. Payment made after the early registration deadline and on-site registrations will be charged an additional fee of $10. On-site registrations will be accommodated on a space-available basis only. Cancellation will not be accepted after 5:00pm, Monday, February 15, 2010. No shows will be billed. Call 703-683-4742 with questions.