NEW YORK, Dec. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- MFA Financial,
Inc. (NYSE: MFA) announced today that its Board of Directors
has elected Lisa Polsky to its Board
effective January 1, 2020.
Ms. Polsky has served as a member of Deutsche Bank AG's U.S.
Board since 2016, and she is a member of the Board of Trustees of
Guardian Life's Variable Products Trust, where she chairs the Audit
Committee. Ms. Polsky also served on the Board of Directors
of Piper Jaffray from 2007 to 2016,
where she chaired the Audit Committee and the Compensation
Committee. She also recently served as a Senior Risk Advisor
to each of AQR Capital Management LLC, an investment management
firm, and Ultra Capital, a venture capital firm. Prior
thereto, Ms. Polsky served as Chief Risk Officer at CIT, a
financial holding company, from 2010 to 2016, and she was Chief
Risk Officer of Morgan Stanley earlier in her career.
Ms. Polsky began her career building derivative trading and
hedge fund businesses at Citibank and Bankers Trust. Ms.
Polsky holds a B.S. in International Business and Economics from
New York University.
"We couldn't be more pleased to welcome Lisa to the MFA Board,"
said George H. Krauss, MFA's
Chairman of the Board. "Lisa's extensive experience in
portfolio management, trading and enterprise risk management will
bring significant benefits to MFA's Board, management team and
shareholders."
With the addition of Ms. Polsky, who will be filling the vacancy
created by the resignation of Richard J.
Byrne from the Board effective as of December 31, 2019, MFA's Board will
continue to be comprised of eight directors, seven of whom are
independent and three of whom are women.
MFA Financial, Inc. is a real estate investment trust primarily
engaged in the business of investing, on a leveraged basis, in
residential mortgage assets, including residential mortgage-backed
securities and residential whole loans.
Contact:
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InvestorRelations@mfafinancial.com
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212-207-6488
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www.mfafinancial.com
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