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Priscilla Almodovar was appointed to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of the New York State Housing Finance Agency, the State of New York Mortgage Agency, and their affiliated Agencies and subsidiaries, on January 25, 2007.
Ms. Almodovar served as the Deputy Policy Director for Eliot Spitzer’s gubernatorial campaign from January 2005 until November 2006. During the campaign, she had primary responsibility for various areas, including health care and housing. She then coordinated the housing transition effort for the Governor-Elect’s transition.
Ms. Almodovar began her career in 1990 at White & Case LLP, a major international law firm based in New York City. She was named partner of the Firm in 1998. Ms. Almodovar’s practice focused on matters relating to capital markets and complex financial transactions. She has broad transactional experience, including securities offerings, banking, project finance and securitizations. Her clients included a range of domestic and international issuers, underwriters, commercial banks, as well as insurers and investment funds.
Ms. Almodovar also served as the Administrative Partner for the Firm’s New York Office’s Capital Markets practice.
Ms. Almodovar graduated from Hofstra University in 1987, where she was Phi Beta Kappa, and from Columbia Law School in 1990, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.
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