Marti Tirinnanzi

President and CEO, Financial Standards Inc.

Marti Tirinnanzi has notable accomplishments in the field of corporate finance, specifically financial risk management, hedging strategies using derivatives contracts and financial instrument accounting. She was named by Futures Magazine as one of the Top 25 Most Influential People based on her work with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to promote transparency and central clearing of derivatives contracts.

Her recent project work involves developing a means to hedge the credit risk of 30-year residential mortgages and securities without relying on guarantees from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. She is also involved in designing currency-hedging programs for affordable housing development in emerging economies where local currency is illiquid and foreign investment is USD or Euro denominated.

She earned her M.S. in business from The Johns Hopkins University and B.A. in liberal arts from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. She serves on the Board of Directors of CDT, a national multifamily and affordable housing hybrid REIT, and on the Board of the Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind.