Former Fannie Mae Executive Robert J. Levin Joins Ellie Mae's Board of Directors

PLEASANTON, CA —September 22, 2009—Ellie Mae^®, the award-winning software and service provider offering comprehensive business solutions for mortgage bankers, brokers, and other mortgage originators, announced today that former Fannie Mae executive Robert Levin has joined its board of directors.

Mr. Levin had been with Fannie Mae from 1981 to early 2009.  As executive vice president and chief business officer for Fannie Mae, he had been responsible for overseeing and integrating the organization’s single-family mortgage business, mortgage portfolio business, mortgage-backed securities business and housing and community development efforts.  During his 28 year tenure with Fannie Mae, he also served as the organization’s interim chief financial officer, executive vice president of marketing, senior vice president of marketing and mortgage-backed securities, and senior vice president for corporate finance.  Levin is a member of the board of trustees of Morehouse College, and a past board member of the National Alliance to End Homelessness.  

“Ellie Mae has demonstrated a leadership role in applying technology to bring quality, integrity and efficiency to the mortgage origination process, and has been central to the industry’s efforts to eliminate paper and wasteful redundancy from loan processing,” says Levin.  “The company is a major player in the industry, and has continued to innovate, even in a challenged market.  This is an organization that will continue to play a key role in shaping the future of the industry as the market recovers and in the years beyond.  I’m very proud to be on the board and to be part of these visionary leadership efforts.” 

“Ellie Mae’s success is the result of the contributions of all those involved with our organization — customers, partners, employees and board members,” says Sig Anderman, Ellie Mae’s founder and CEO. “What we accomplish has always been based on collaboration. We’re fortunate to have attracted some of the best minds in the mortgage industry, and as we welcome Robert Levin to the board of directors, we look forward to the contributions that his industry knowledge, experience and foresight will bring.”  

About Ellie Mae, Inc.
Ellie Mae is an award-winning provider of software and services for the mortgage industry, offering comprehensive business solutions for mortgage bankers, mortgage brokers and lenders. The company's key offerings include the flagship Encompass^® Mortgage Management Solution, Encompass CenterWise™ websites and electronic document management, and Encompass Closer document preparation services. More than 100,000 mortgage professionals use the Encompass Mortgage Management Solution. A recipient of the prestigious Inman Award as the most innovative company in the mortgage industry and acknowledged as a top technology service provider by Mortgage Technology magazine, Ellie Mae is recognized for developing technology that links the many parties critical to the mortgage origination industry through its patented ePASS^® technology. One quarter of the nation's more than $2 trillion in new mortgages originated every year utilize Ellie Mae’s ePASS technology, enabling mortgage companies to easily and securely conduct electronic business transactions with dozens of leading lenders and thousands of settlement service providers.  Ellie Mae was founded in 1998 and is based in Pleasanton, California. To learn more about Ellie Mae, visit www.EllieMae.com or call 877.355.4362. 

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