Washington, D.C. — The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) today announced that Sarah Dumont Merchak will join the Agency as its Director of Legislative Affairs.
Merchak joins FHFA from USAA, where she was Director of Federal Government Relations. Prior to that, she held various public policy and strategic advocacy positions at TwinLogic Strategies, managing a broad portfolio of technology and finance issues; Visa, where she focused on global payments and technology policy; and the Smith-Free Group, covering banking and housing finance issues.
Merchak was a professional staff member on the Senate Banking Committee, advising members on legislative and regulatory domestic banking issues. She has also worked as a legislative staffer for several members of the House Financial Services Committee and began her career on the House Financial Services Capital Markets, Securities and Government Sponsored Enterprises Subcommittee. Merchak has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Belmont Abbey College.
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