Ex-FBI Director Joins Fannie Board

Louis J. Freeh, a former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has been elected to the board of directors of Fannie Mae.Mr. Freeh, who will serve on the board's compliance and compensation committees, is president of Freeh Group International LLC, a Delaware-based practice of former federal judges and former senior FBI leaders who provide legal, governance, investigative, litigation, and risk management services. Mr. Freeh served as general counsel, corporate secretary, and ethics officer at MBNA Corp., as well as vice chairman of MBNA America Bank NA from 2001 to 2006, Fannie Mae said. Before serving as director of the FBI from 1993 to 2001, he was the U.S. district judge for the Southern District of New York from 1991 to 1993. Fannie Mae can be found online at http://www.fanniemae.com.