Ms. Mumford served as the Chief Financial Officer of Ellington Financial Inc. ("Ellington Financial"), previously a publicly-traded asset management company, and as CFO of Ellington Financial Management LLC (Ellington Financial's external manager), from October 2009 through her retirement in March 2018. Ms. Mumford also served as the Chief Financial Officer of Ellington Residential Mortgage REIT, a publicly-traded real estate investment trust, from April 2013 until her retirement in March 2018. From August 2008 to October 2009, Ms. Mumford served as Chief Financial Officer of ACA Financial Guaranty Corporation, a monoline bond insurance company, and prior to this, from 2003 until August 2008, Ms. Mumford served as the Chief Accounting Officer of ACA Capital Holdings, Inc. ("ACA"). Prior to joining ACA, and beginning in 1988, Ms. Mumford was with ACE Guaranty Corp., a financial guaranty company, where she held the positions of Chief Financial Officer and Controller. Ms. Mumford currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Ellington Financial. She has been a director of Radian since February 2020.
Having recently retired, Ms. Mumford brings contemporary and highly valuable C-suite level experience and insight that is expected to benefit the Board in overseeing virtually all aspects of our business. Her extensive public company experience in finance and real estate management provides her with valuable knowledge about the industries in which we operate, and her ongoing service on another public company board will provide additional perspectives on board leadership and governance that are expected to complement the Board's collective strengths. In addition, her past experience as the Chief Financial Officer of a publicly-traded insurer provides her with extensive risk management experience, which is a core area of focus for Radian. Age: 56.