Debra Hess

Ms. Debra Hess served as Chief Financial Officer of NorthStar Asset Management Group, a global asset management firm focused on strategically managing real estate and other investment platforms, from July 2011 until January 2017 and as Chief Financial Officer of NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., a real estate investment company, from July 2011 until January 2017. Additionally, from 2011 until 2015, Ms. Hess held various other positions, including Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of companies owned by Northstar Asset Management Group, including NS Income, NS Healthcare, NS Income II and NorthStar/RXR. Prior to joining NorthStar, Ms. Hess served as Chief Financial Officer of H/2 Capital Partners, a privately owned fund sponsor that invests in real estate related assets, from August 2008 to June 2011. From March 2003 to July 2008, Ms. Hess was a managing director at Fortress Investment Group, an investment management firm, where she also served as Chief Financial Officer of Newcastle Investment Corp., a Fortress portfolio company and a NYSE-listed REIT. From 1993 to 2003, Ms. Hess served in various positions at Goldman, Sachs & Co., including as Vice President in Goldman Sachs’ Principal Finance Group and as a Manager of Financial Reporting in Goldman Sachs’ Finance Division. Ms. Hess currently serves on the board of directors of AG Mortgage Investment Trust, Inc., a publicly traded mortgage REIT. She also serves on the Board of CenterPoint Properties Trust, an acquiror, developer and manager of industrial real estate and transportation infrastructure. She has been a director of Radian since March 2019.

Ms. Hess' extensive banking, finance and real estate experience gives her valuable insight into our businesses and the industries in which we operate. In addition, her roles as the Chief Financial Officer of various publicly traded companies and executive management roles with companies in the financial services and mortgage and real estate sectors provide her with significant financial, accounting and compliance expertise in areas that are valuable to the Board’s oversight responsibilities and in supporting our strategic focus. Age: 55. Radian Committees: Audit and Finance and Investment