Washington, D.C. – Ginnie Mae announced key appointments to the team this week as part of the government corporation’s continued work to advance its mission in affordable housing finance and build its operations and policy capacity.

Laura M. Kenney joins Ginnie Mae as a career executive, serving as Senior Advisor for Strategic Operations as the search for a permanent Chief Operating Officer commences. Kenney will report to Ginnie Mae President Alanna McCargo. Kenney was most recently Executive Director in the Digital Direct Chief Operating Office at Morgan Stanley. Previously, she led E*TRADE’s efforts to design and implement a future-state regulatory reporting platform. She has more than 15 years of experience in housing finance and risk management, also having held leadership roles at JPMorgan Chase and Fannie Mae.

“I am thrilled to continue to build out our executive leadership team with a seasoned housing finance risk and operations professional like Laura. We are grateful for her willingness to serve our country in this role, and at a time when we are managing varied risks in the housing market while evolving our strategy, strengthening our governance, and improving our operational infrastructure for the future,” said President McCargo.

Ginnie Mae also announced the political appointment of Britt Van as Special Advisor to the President. Van will help shape the public policy and engagement strategy aimed at key intergovernmental stakeholders and Congress. She joins Ginnie Mae with 10 years of Capitol Hill, public policy, and financial services experience, most recently serving as Policy Director for the New Democrat Coalition in the U.S. House of Representatives. In that capacity, she led a vast policy portfolio on issues such as economic development, climate, housing, tax, and infrastructure for the coalition of roughly 100 members of Congress.

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About Ginnie Mae

Ginnie Mae is an entirely government-owned corporation that attracts global capital into the housing finance system to support homeownership for veterans and millions of homeowners throughout the country. Ginnie Mae’s mortgage-backed security (MBS) programs directly support housing finance programs administered by the Federal Housing Administration, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Public and Indian Housing, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Housing Service. Ginnie Mae is the only MBS to carry the explicit full faith and credit of the United States Government.