Kimberly Johnson
Kimberly H. Johnson is Fannie Mae’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), reporting to the President. Ms. Johnson is responsible for leading technology, data, enterprise models, operations, the enterprise program management office, and resiliency. Ms. Johnson is also a member of the Management Committee, Fannie Mae’s leadership team. As COO, she is charged with continuing the innovation work already underway throughout the company. Previously, Ms. Johnson served as Fannie Mae’s Chief Risk Officer until March 2018. In this role, she oversaw the company’s governance and strategy for global risk management. Prior to that, Ms. Johnson held several other key leadership positions, including Deputy Chief Risk Officer, Senior Vice President for Multifamily Capital Markets and Pricing, Vice President for Capital Markets – Multifamily, and Vice President for Credit Risk, Enterprise Risk Management. Before joining Fannie Mae in 2006, Ms. Johnson was a Director at Credit Suisse, where her responsibilities included financial institution fixed-income sales coverage of hedge funds, money managers, and U.S. government-sponsored entities. Earlier, she was a U.S. Equity Trader at D.E. Shaw & Co. Ms. Johnson has a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Princeton University and a Master of Business Administration in finance from Columbia Business School.