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Jerry Weiss

Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer

Jerry Weiss was named executive vice president and chief administrative officer in July 2010. Weiss is a member of Freddie Mac's management committee and reports directly to CEO Charles "Ed" Haldeman, Jr.

Weiss manages the services and operations of Freddie Mac's Strategy; External Relations, including Government and Industry Relations, Public Relations and Corporate Marketing, Corporate Relations and Housing Outreach, and Internal Communications; Human Resources; and Models, Mission and Research organizations. Weiss has overall responsibility for managing the company's regulatory affairs and strategies and he serves as the company's senior executive liaison to the Federal Housing Finance Agency and the U.S. Department of the Treasury. In 2009, Weiss became responsible for overseeing the company's activities related to the President's Making Home Affordable Program (MHA), including Freddie Mac's MHA – Compliance organization, which manages the compliance review function of the MHA mortgage loan modification program as financial agent to the U.S. Treasury. Weiss joined Freddie Mac as senior vice president and chief compliance officer in October 2003.

Weiss has more than 25 years experience in the financial services industry. Prior to Freddie Mac, Weiss was most recently first vice president and Global Head of Compliance at Merrill Lynch Investment Managers (MLIM) from 1990 to 2003. 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 serves on the Board of Directors of Northern Virginia Family Service, and as a member of its Audit and Governance Committees.

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 The 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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