Jean Svoboda

Jean Svoboda is Chief Legal Officer. Ms. Svoboda joined PHEAA in March 2019 as Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Board Secretary. Her responsibilities include overseeing and managing the Legal Services Division and serving as PHEAA's Board Secretary.

Prior to joining PHEAA, Ms. Svoboda was in-house counsel for several financial institutions including M&T Bank, Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc., and Sterling Financial Corporation. She was also a partner at the law firm of Shumaker Williams PC.

Ms. Svoboda previously focused her practice areas in transactional matters, particularly mergers & acquisitions, divestitures, securitizations, fintech, financial reporting, public disclosure, corporate governance, risk management, regulatory affairs and compliance. Ms. Svoboda received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska and her Juris Doctorate degree from Creighton University School of Law.