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Stergios "Terry" Theologides

Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
Terry Theologides

Terry Theologides is Fannie Mae's Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer. He reports to the President and Chief Executive Officer and is a management committee member. Theologides is responsible for leading our Communications & Public Affairs, Economic & Strategic Research, Legal, Marketing, and Mission & Impact functions. In this role, he leads alignment of strategy and public engagement for our work providing liquidity, stability, and affordability to the housing finance market.

Theologides joined Fannie Mae in 2019 as Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, overseeing the Legal Division and Government & Industry Relations function until his promotion to CAO in late 2023.

A corporate and securities lawyer by training, Theologides came to Fannie Mae with nearly two decades of experience as a general counsel and executive officer of NYSE- and Nasdaq-listed public companies, primarily in financial services and other regulated industries.  He served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary at CoreLogic, Inc., where he helped lead the company’s spinoff from First American Financial. Before that, he served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Morgan Stanley’s U.S. residential mortgage businesses. He also served nearly nine years as General Counsel of a NYSE-listed mortgage REIT.

During his career, Theologides has led public companies in public and private equity and debt offerings, spin-off and M&A transactions. He has also been active in housing finance and consumer data policy issues, including having served as a member of the Federal Reserve Board's Consumer Advisory Council and as chair of the Consumer Data Industry Association. He began his career as a corporate and securities lawyer at O’Melveny & Myers, LLP.

Theologides has a Juris Doctor from Columbia Law School, and a Bachelor of Arts in Public and International Affairs from Princeton University. He serves on the Board of Directors for Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C.