JERRY WEISS
SVP of Compliance, Regulatory Affairs and Mission
Chief Compliance Officer
Jerry Weiss was named senior vice president of Compliance, Regulatory Affairs and Mission and chief compliance officer in April 2009. He is a member of Freddie Mac's leadership team and reports directly to CEO Charles E. "Ed" Haldeman, Jr.
Weiss is accountable for overseeing Freddie Mac's compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and related controls that govern the company's business and mission activities. He is also responsible for Freddie Mac's ethics and business practices program. Weiss also leads a team dedicated to the cross-divisional integration and management of regulatory affairs and oversees efforts to coordinate Freddie Mac's oversight services. In April 2009, Weiss became responsible for overseeing both the company's affordable housing mission and activities related to the President's Making Home Affordable Program. Weiss joined Freddie Mac as senior vice president and chief compliance officer in October 2003.
Prior to Freddie Mac, Weiss worked at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) from 1990 to 2003, most recently as first vice president and Global Head of Compliance. From 1982 to 1990, Weiss was with a national law practice in Washington, D.C., where he specialized in securities regulation, investment management and corporate finance matters.
Weiss graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the State University of New York at Binghamton with a B.A. in political science and earned his law degree from George Washington University.
Freddie Mac was established by Congress in 1970 to provide liquidity, stability and affordability to the nation's residential mortgage markets. Freddie Mac supports communities across the nation by providing mortgage capital to lenders. Over the years, Freddie Mac has made home possible for one in six homebuyers and more than five million renters.
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