Ronald Allan Rosenfeld | |
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Chairman of the Federal Housing Finance Board | |
In office December 14, 2005 – December 31, 2008 |
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President | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Alicia R. Castaneda |
President of the Government National Mortgage Association | |
In office July, 2001 – December 14, 2009 |
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President | George W. Bush |
Succeeded by | Robert M. Couch |
Oklahoma Secretary of Commerce | |
In office 1997–1998 |
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Governor | Frank Keating |
Preceded by | Dean Werries |
Succeeded by | Howard Barnett, Jr. |
Personal details | |
Occupation | Businessman |
Ronald Allan "Ron" Rosenfeld is an American politician and housing expert. Rosenfeld has previously served in numerous U.S. federal and Oklahoma state government positions relating to housing. He served as Chairman of the Federal Housing Finance Board and President of the Government National Mortgage Association under President of the United States George W. Bush and as Oklahoma Secretary of Commerce under Governor of Oklahoma Frank Keating.
Rosenfeld graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and received his law degree from Harvard. He then began a career in real estate development and investment banking. In 1981, Rosenfeld became a partner for Prescott, Ball and Turbent, a regional investment banking firm headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. When that firm was acquired by Kemper Financial Services, Rosenfeld became that firm's Executive Vice President.
In 1989, Republican Vice President of the United States George H.W. Bush was elected President, defeating Democratic Governor of Massachusetts Michael Dukakis. Following Bush's inauguration, Rosenfeld was appointed by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Jack Kemp as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Housing with the Federal Housing Administration. While with the FHA, Rosenfeld had responsibility for overseeing both single family and multifamily housing programs of the FHA. He was later appointed as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Corporate Finance with the Department of the Treasury by Treasury Secretary Nicholas F. Brady in 1992.