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Date: Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Time: 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Location:  K&L Gates LLP, 1601 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20006
Directions: Metro, Farragut North (Red) and Farragut West (Orange and Blue)

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

Our distinguished speaker: Michael J. Williams, President and CEO, Fannie Mae

Program Description: Mr. Williams will be discussing building sustainability in the housing finance system.

Speaker Bio: Michael J. Williams is Fannie Mae's President and Chief Executive Officer. He is also a member of the company's Board of Directors.

Prior to his appointment as CEO, Mr. Williams was Fannie Mae's Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer responsible for the functions of Technology, Enterprise Operations, Human Resources, Community and Charitable Giving, Compliance and Ethics, Corporate Facilities and Security, and Corporate Procurement. During this time, Mr. Williams also oversaw the bolstering and restructuring of the company's foreclosure prevention and loss mitigation operations. He also led the company's efforts to carry out the Obama Administration's Making Home Affordable loan refinance and modification initiatives. In addition, Mr. Williams executed the company's transition to conservatorship in September, 2008.

Previously, Mr. Williams served as Executive Vice President - Regulatory Agreements and Restatement, where he was responsible for fulfilling all Fannie Mae obligations under the company's agreements with its former regulator -- the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight -- and for managing the overall effort to restate its financial statements.

Before that, Mr. Williams was president of Fannie Mae eBusiness, responsible for developing and implementing e-commerce strategy while delivering a broad set of new solutions for customers. Previously, he served in several areas in the company, where he focused on the development of technology tools including Desktop Originator®, Desktop Underwriter®, fanniemae.com, eFannieMae.com, MORNET®, and MORNETPlus®.

Prior to joining Fannie Mae in 1991, Mr. Williams was Senior Manager, Strategic Systems Practice for KPMG Peat Marwick's information technology consulting group, where he was responsible for the definition, design, and development of executive information and decision support systems. Prior to that, he was with the DuPont Company.

Mr. Williams has a master of business administration in finance and a bachelor of science from Drexel University.

*RSVP: The early registration deadline is 5:00 pm, Monday, July 26, 2010. Payment made after this date and onsite registrations will be charged an additional fee of $10. Onsite registrations will be accommodated on a space-available basis only. Cancellation will not be accepted after 5:00 pm, Monday, July 26, 2010.  No shows will be billed.  Call 703-683-4742 with questions.