Beth A. Wilkinson

Overview

Beth A. Wilkinson, 45, has been Executive Vice President-General Counsel and Corporate Secretary since February 2006. Prior to joining Fannie Mae, Ms. Wilkinson was a partner and Co-Chair, White Collar Practice Group at Latham & Watkins LLP, from 1998 to 2006. Before joining Latham, she served at the Department of Justice as a prosecutor and special counsel for U.S. v. McVeigh and Nichols from 1996 to 1998. During her tenure at the Department of Justice, Ms. Wilkinson was appointed principal deputy of the Terrorism & Violent Crime Section in 1995, and served as Special Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General from 1995 to 1996. Ms. Wilkinson also served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of New York from 1991 to 1995. Prior to that time, Ms. Wilkinson was a Captain in the U.S. Army serving as an assistant to the general counsel of the Army for Intelligence & Special Operations from 1987 to 1991. Ms. Wilkinson serves on the board of directors of Equal Justice Works.