Kathy Hopinkah Hannan

Kathy Hopinkah Hannan, Ph.D., C.P.A. was elected to serve as an independent director of Annaly in February 2019. Dr. Hannan is a former Global Lead Partner, National Managing Partner and Vice Chairman of KPMG, LLP, the U.S. member firm of the global audit, tax and advisory services firm KPMG International. Dr. Hannan has over 30 years of industry experience and held numerous leadership roles during her distinguished career with KPMG. From 2015 until 2018, Dr. Hannan served as a Senior Advisor for KPMG’s Board Leadership Center and National Leader Total Impact Strategy and, from 2009 until 2015, as KPMG’s National Managing Partner of Diversity and Corporate Responsibility. Dr. Hannan previously served as the Midwest Area Managing Partner for KPMG’s Tax Services. While at KPMG, Dr. Hannan also founded the KPMG Women’s Advisory Board. In addition to her roles at KPMG, as a Native American Indian and member of the Ho-Chunk Nation Tribe, Dr. Hannan served on President George W. Bush’s National Advisory Council on Indian Education. Currently, Dr. Hannan serves on the Board of Directors of Otis Elevator Co. and Blue Trail Holdings and Carpenter Technology Corporation, is Chairman of the Board of Trustees and a member of the Executive Committee of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, is a Trustee of the Committee for Economic Development in Washington D.C., and is an active member of Women Corporate Directors. From 2014 to 2020, Dr. Hannan served as Chairman of the Board & National President for Girl Scouts of the USA. Dr. Hannan received a Ph.D. in Leadership Studies from Benedictine University and a B.A. from Loras College. She is also a graduate of the Chicago Management Institute at the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business and the Institute of Comparative Political & Economic Systems at Georgetown University.