Sector: Financials
Director information for ELLINGTON FINANCIAL INC (data for year 2026)
| Name | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Smernoff | Chief Accounting Officer | 49 | ["Chief Accounting Officer since April 2018","Former Controller","Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants","B.S. in Accounting and Finance from Boston College"] | [] | 2026 |
| Edward Resendez | Director | 69 | ["Former President and Chief Operating Officer of NuBridge","Former Vice Chairman, President and Chief Operating Officer of Cherrywood","Former Senior Vice President-Chief Lending Officer of Kinecta Federal Credit Union","Former Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of ResMAE Financial Corporation","Former President of Long Beach Mortgage Company","Various management positions at Long Beach","Experienced in mortgage lending business"] | [] | 2026 |
| Laurence E. Penn | Chief Executive Officer, President & Director | 64 | ["Chief Executive Officer and President of the Company","Executive Vice President of Manager","Vice Chairman of EMG","Senior portfolio manager primarily responsible for investments in Agency RMBS","Managing Director at Lehman Brothers","Co-head of CMO origination and trading","Trained in structured transaction modeling","Master of Advanced Study in Mathematics from Cambridge University","B.A. in Mathematics from Harvard University","Experience in mortgage securities business"] | ["Investment and Risk Management Committee"] | 2026 |
| Lisa Mumford | Director | 62 | ["Former CFO of the Company","CFO experience at EARN","Managed accounting and financial reporting processes","CFO of ACA Financial Guaranty Corporation","Chief Accounting Officer of ACA Capital Holdings, Inc.","CFO and Controller at ACE Guaranty Corp.","Certified Public Accountant","B.B.A. in Accounting from Hofstra University","M.S. in Finance from Baruch College"] | [] | 2026 |
| Mark Tecotzky | Co-Chief Investment Officer | 64 | ["Co-Chief Investment Officer since March 2008","Vice Chairman—Co-Head of Credit Strategies of EMG","Former senior trader at Credit Suisse","B.S. from Yale University"] | [] | 2026 |
| Michael W. Vranos | Co-Chief Investment Officer | 64 | ["Co-Chief Investment Officer since June 2009","Chairman from inception in 2007 until August 2018","Founder and Chief Executive Officer of EMG","Senior Managing Director of Kidder Peabody"] | [] | 2026 |
| Ronald I. Simon, Ph.D. | Chairman of the Board | 87 | ["private investor","financial consultant","expertise in finance","senior officer positions","directorships of public companies"] | ["Audit Committee","Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee"] | 2026 |
| Stephen J. Dannhauser | Director | 75 | ["Former Chairman of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP","Experience in business strategy and operations","Director of Hydra Industries Acquisition Corp.","Graduated with honors from the State University of New York at Stony Brook","J.D. with honors from Brooklyn Law School","Involved in various pro bono and philanthropic matters"] | ["Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee"] | 2026 |
