Sector: Financials
Director information for MFA FINANCIAL INC (data for year 2026)
| Name | Position | Age | Qualifications and Experience | Committee Memberships | Filing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Small | Director | 48 | ["Extensive experience in the investment banking industry","Expertise in corporate finance","Experience advising boards of directors and senior management teams on capital markets transactions","Experience in mergers and acquisitions","Experience in strategic matters"] | [] | 2026 |
| Craig L. Knutson | Chief Executive Officer | 66 | ["Chief Executive Officer since August 2017","CEO and President from August 2017 to September 2024","Co-CEO of MFA in July 2017","President and Chief Operating Officer in January 2014","Executive Vice President from 2008 to 2013","Senior Executive Vice President of CBA Commercial, LLC","President and Chief Operating Officer of ARIASYS Inc.","Various positions in mortgage trading and finance departments","Started career in Investment Banking Department of E.F. Hutton & Company Inc.","Holds an M.B.A. from Harvard University","Holds an A.B. (magna cum laude) from Hamilton College"] | [] | 2026 |
| Laurie S. Goodman | Director | 70 | ["Institute Fellow at the Housing Finance Policy Center","founded the Housing Finance Policy Center","Senior Managing Director at Amherst Securities Group, L.P.","head of Global Fixed Income Research at UBS","senior fixed income research positions at Citicorp, Goldman Sachs, and Merrill Lynch","mortgage portfolio manager at Eastbridge Capital","Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York","director of Arch Capital Group Ltd.","published more than 200 articles in professional and academic journals","co-authored and co-edited five books","inducted into the Fixed Income Analysts Hall of Fame in 2009"] | ["underwriting oversight","audit","nominating and governance"] | 2026 |
| Lisa Polsky | Director | 69 | ["extensive risk management experience","substantial service on the boards and committees of other public and private companies in the financial services sector","experience with corporate governance","experience with finance","B.S. in International Business and Economics from New York University"] | ["audit committee"] | 2026 |
| Richard C. Wald | Vice Chairman and a management (non-voting) member | 66 | ["Chief Regulatory Officer of Emigrant Bank since 2009","Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Emigrant Mortgage Company and Emigrant Funding Corporation since 2011","Adjunct Professor of Law at the Zicklin School of Business of Baruch College since 2013","Former associate with Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Jacobson (1986-1992)","Former Honors Program Attorney with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (1984-1986)","Received J.D. from Boston University School of Law","Received B.A. from State University of New York at Stony Brook"] | [] | 2026 |
| Robin Josephs | Director | 66 | ["significant knowledge of the specialty finance and real estate industries","extensive experience in the investment banking industry","expertise in public and private real estate finance and equity capital markets","substantial service on the boards and committees of other public companies","experience with corporate governance, finance and other related matters"] | ["audit committee","nominating and governance committee","investment committee"] | 2026 |
| Sheila A. Stamps | Director | 68 | ["extensive experience in the banking and financial services industry","significant knowledge of finance and the U.S. capital markets","experience as a senior executive with strategy, risk and business development expertise","substantial service on the boards and committees of other public companies","experience with corporate governance and other related matters"] | ["audit committee"] | 2026 |
