Mary Waters Joins Farmer Mac as VP of Corporate Relations

Mary Waters Joins Farmer Mac as VP of Corporate Relations 


WASHINGTON, July 14  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Federal Agricultural
Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac), the Congressionally chartered secondary
market for agricultural real estate and rural housing mortgage loans, has
announced that Mary Waters has joined the company as Vice President - Corporate
Relations.

"I am delighted that Mary is joining Farmer Mac to lead our government
relations and producer group outreach efforts as well as manage other important
external corporate relationships," said Farmer Mac CEO Henry D. Edelman. 
"Continuing developments at Farmer Mac have made it important for us to have an
experienced professional managing these important corporate functions.  Mary
brings with her a tremendous amount of Washington experience working with
Members of Congress and the agricultural community."

Most recently, Ms. Waters served as Assistant Secretary, Congressional
Relations at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, having been nominated by
President Bush in April 2001.  At USDA, Ms. Waters led USDA's interaction with
Congress on successful passage of Administration priorities including the 2002
Farm Bill, Trade Promotion Authority, the Healthy Forests Act and the Child
Nutrition Act.

Before joining the Bush Administration in 2001, Ms. Waters served as Senior
Director and Legislative Counsel for ConAgra Foods.  From 1982-1986, she served
as the Legislative Assistant for U.S. Representative Larry J. Hopkins of
Kentucky and worked on agricultural policy for the 1985 Farm Bill. Ms. Waters
was the Director of the Agricultural Task Force for the House Republican
Research Committee from 1981-1982.

Ms. Waters received a Bachelors degree from the University of Illinois and a
Juris Doctor degree from George Mason University School of Law.

Farmer Mac is a stockholder-owned instrumentality of the United States
chartered by Congress to establish a secondary market for agricultural real
estate and rural housing mortgage loans, and to facilitate capital market
funding for USDA-guaranteed farm program and rural development loans.  Farmer
Mac's Class C and Class A common stocks are listed on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbols AGM and AGM.A, respectively.  Additional information
about Farmer Mac is available on Farmer Mac's website at
http://www.farmermac.com/. 

DATASOURCE: Farmer Mac



CONTACT:  Jerome Oslick of Farmer Mac, [phone]



Web site:  http://www.farmermac.com/ 

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