Sharifa Anderson

March 2022 - Bridge Partners is pleased to announce the appointment of Sharifa Anderson as Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer at Fannie Mae

Chartered in 1938, Fannie Mae advances equitable and sustainable access to homeownership and quality, affordable rental housing for millions of people across America. As one of the largest financial institutions in the world, Fannie Mae has the ability and responsibility to promote a fairer housing system and to combat discriminatory housing policies.

As Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, Sharifa is a member of Fannie Mae’s Management Committee and serve as the company’s first Chief D&I Officer in this newly created role. The role signifies Fannie Mae’s sustained commitment to promoting supplier diversity, enabling opportunities for minority- and women-owned firms in capital markets, and fostering an accessible, inclusive workplace that attracts, develops, and retains diverse talent.

Sharifa will lead Fannie Mae’s ongoing efforts to create measurable, positive diversity and inclusion outcomes across the enterprise and with Fannie Mae’s suppliers, business partners, and the people and communities it serves.

Most recently, Sharifa served as the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh. Sharifa holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, a Master of Arts in Public Policy from Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Law and Society from Hood College. She is active with the Pennsylvania Bankers Association, where she has served on the Board of Directors and the association’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Group.