MURIEL BOWSER
MAYOR
November 6, 2020
The Honorable Phil Mendelson
Chairman
Councilofthe DistrictofColumbia
John A. Wilson Building
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 504
Washington, DC 20004
Dear Chairman Mendelson:
In accordance with section 2 ofthe Confirmation Act of 1978, effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law
2-142; D.C. Official Code 1-523.01), and pursuant to section 6 of the Health Benefit Exchange
Authority Establishment Act of 2011, effective March 2, 2012 (D.C. Law 19-94; D.C. Official
Code 31-3171.05), I am pleased to nominate the following person:
Mr. Ramon Richards
Iris Street NW
Washington, DC 20012
(Ward 4)
for appointment as a voting member of the District of Columbia Health Benefit Exchange
Authority Executive Board, replacing Nathaniel Beers, fora term to end July 6, 2024,
Enclosed, you will find biographical information detailing the experience of the above-mentioned
nominee, together with a proposed resolution to assist the Council during the confirmation process.
I would appreciate the Council's earliest consideration of this nomination for confirmation. Please
do not hesitate to contact me, or Steven Walker, Director, Mayor's Office of Talent and
Appointments, should the Council require additional information.
Sincerely,
lurpel Bowser
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airman Phil Mendelson
at the requestofthe Mayor
A PROPOSED RESOLUTION
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
To confirm the appointment of Mr. Ramon Richards to the District of Columbia Health Benefit
Exchange Authority Executive Board.
RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this
resolution may be cited as the "Health Benefit, Exchange Authority Executive Board Ramon
Richards Confirmation Resolution of 2020".
Sec. 2. The Councilofthe District of Columbia confirms the appointment
Mr. Ramon Richards
Iris Street NW
Washington, DC 20012
as a voting memberofthe District of Columbia Health Benefit Exchange Authority Executive
Board, pursuant to section6 ofthe Health Benefit Exchange Authority Establishment Act of
2011, effective March 2, 2012 (D.C. Law 19-94; D.C. Official Codeg 31-3171.05), replacing
Nathaniel Beers, for a term to end July 6, 2024.
Sec. 3. The Council of the District of Columbia shall transmit a copy of this resolution,
31 upon its adoption, to the nomince and to the Officeofthe Mayor.
Sec. 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
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Ramon Richards
Mr. Ramon Richards is the Senior Vice President of Integrated
Technology Solutions at Fannie Mae in Washington, D.C.
Mr. Richards is a seasoned executive with over 19 years of
experience leading large organizations and delivering on
complex program initiatives to address critical business
priorities. At Fannie Mae, Mr. Richards has excelled in executive
leadership roles across a diverse range of business. sectors such
as Director, VP of Finance and Corporate Functions, VP and
Senior VP of Securitization and Credit Technology, and Senior
VPofIntegrated Technology Solutions. Through his many
executive roles at Fannie Mae since 1999, he has come to thrive on building high performance
teams, developing talent, and collaborating with stakeholders.
He is a proven collaborator who has experience scaling emerging technologies across the
Enterprise and has demonstrated success developing strategie plans and leading execution
programs. In his current role, Mr. Richards provides technology leadership and software
engineering support across Fannie Mae's Single Family. Multifamily, and Finance divisions by
managing an organization with 1800+ staff members and annual budgets over $400 million.
A Ward 4 resident, Mr. Richards obtained a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Morehouse
College, and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of
Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Richards went on to cam his Master of Business
Administration from the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
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Ramon James Richards
SUMMARY
OF QUALIFICATIONS
A seasoned executive with over 19 ycars of experience leading large organizations and delivering on
complex program initiatives to address critical business priorities. Thrives on building high performing
teams, developing talent and collaborating with stakeholders. Focuses on driving an innovative culture to
maximize business and customer value.
* Recognized forexecutive leadership and Proven collaborator and stakeholder manager
management capabilities + Experience scaling emerging technologies
+ Demonstrated successdeveloping strategic across the Enterprise
plans and leading execution programs + Focus on proactive development of internal
+ Proficiency indeliveringlargescaletechnology talent and active recruiting
initiatives on time and within budget + Extensive experience implementing agile and
+ Effectively managesand optimizesvendor scaled delivery methodologies
partnerships
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Senior Vice President - Integrated Technology Solutions July 2018 to Present
Fannie Mae, Washington D.C.
Responsibilities include providing technology leadership and software engineering support across Fannie
Mae's Single Family, Multifamily and Finance divisions. Managing an organization with 1800+ staff
members and annual budgets over $400M.
+ Establishing software engineering practices that focus on adoptionofcloud services and delivering
capabilities using microservices, Application Program Interfaces (API) and emerging technologies.
+ Leading execution programs to deliver significant new target state capabilities thatwill transform
Securitization, Treasury, Finance and Multifamily businessareas.
+ Delivered Technology Strategy with a focus on Digital Transformation and partnered with key leaders
to define the roadmap and 2019 priorities.
Senior Vice President - Securitization and Servicing Technology July 2017 to July 2018
Fannie Mae, Washington D.C.
Responsibilities included providing technology leadership for the Securitization & Servicing organization
and the establishment of the Intelligent Automation capability for the Enterprise. Managing an
organization with 500+ staff members and annual budgets over$125M.
+ Successfully completed development and testing for the multi year initiative to. replace Fannie
Mae's securitization platform with a new solution under development by the Common Securitization
Solutions (CSS), a Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac joint venture
+ Successfully created an enterprise Robotics Process Automation (RPA) capability to automate and
reduce costs for manually intensive processes. To date, over 60 processes have been automated.
+ Successfully led a multi year initiative to deliver a new target state for Fannie Mae's Servicing
capabilities, which include Master Servicing, Loss Mitigation and Expense Management.
 + Member of the Diversity Advisory Council (DAC), the council was tablished to define and
execute on Diversity & Inclusion priorities for Fannie Mac.
Vice President - Securitization and Credit Technology March 2012 to June 2017
Fannie Mae, W: shington D.C,
Dual responsibilities included lead for the Securitization & Credit technology organization and the
execution lead for the Securitization transformation program that includes delivering new business
capabilities and integrating with the platform developed by the Common Securitization Solutions (CSS), a
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac joint venture. Managing an organization with 500+ staff members and
annual budgets over $125M.
+ Led the definition of Fannie Mac 's integration strategy with Common Securitization Platform
(CSP) and multi year execution roadmap to enable the new Uniform Mortgage Backed Security.
+ Completed application development to integrate with CSP and deliver new Issuance, Disclosure
and Bond Administration capabilities, including enhancing 30 apps and creating 7 new apps.
+ Partnered with the Enterprise Shared Services organization to deliver new capabilities including
automationofenvironment provisioning, test automation, Test Data Management capability and
Continuous Integration/Deployment capabilities.
+ Built an execution organization that consists of 25 agile development teams, offsite data
conversion and development factory that supports distributed agile projec
+ Successfully delivered multiple new business capabilities for the Securitization business including
ability to securitize a new mortgage product and the new Enterprise Settlement Service.
Member of Fannie Mae 's Culture Steering committee responsible for implementing programs to
achieve target state culture goals. For example, co-led effort to launch the Enterprise Principal
Program, which defined new job rolesforindividual contributors with specialized skills.
+ Participated as a faculty member fora Harvard University Director Development Program for top
performing Fannie Mae directors.
Vice President - Finance & Corporate Functions March 2010to March 2012
Fannie Mae, Washington D.C
Responsible for strategic technology direction, solution delivery and production support for Corporate Finance,
Servicing, Legal, Human Resources and Audit business units. Managed a 250-person organization,
responsible for 130 applications including 25 finance systems that support the generation of financials for a $3
trillion book ofbusiness. The servicing platform is responsible for monthly processing of18 million loans.
+ Reduced monthly finance close execution by 25% in 2010 by enhancing finance systems
+ Outsourced production support for 25 applications across two business units to a Managed Services
Provider (MSP) while continuing to meet all service levels during the transition
+ Addressed multiple business challenges by maintaining and developing End User Computing (EUC)
solutions, led the developmentofthe industry-leading conceptofan EUC Factory including defining the
required services and selecting a strategic partner. The factory provided high quality development
services, which were adopted by the Enterprise.
Led effort to implement a Corporate Subledger solution using Oracle software and IBM hardware that
enabled Fannie Mae to consolidate 30 subledger systems into a centralized solution
Director & Various Roles September 1999 to February2010
Fannie Mae, Washington D.C
+ Led the development initiatives to automate key components of the 10K Financial Report
Forecasting processes; resulting in a significant reduction of manual activities
+ Lod $20M initiative toenhance two restatement accounting systems, the efficiencygains from this
project lead to an a to the securities
Accounting production support model including reduction of data corrections and manual pro
leading to an annual savings of4M
EDUCATION
Master of Business Administration, Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia,
PA, May2008
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering - Telecommunications, Georgia Institute of
Technology, Atlanta, GA, Aug 1999
Bachelorof Science in Mathematics, Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA, May 1999
ACTIVITIES & AWARDS
Executive Development Programs
+ Massachusetts Institute of Technology Exec Education, Leadership Courses 2017-2018 (2 s
+ Harvard Business School Exec. Education, Leadership Courses 2014-2016 (5 sessions)
+ Stanford Design School, Design Thinking Course, July 2016
Dr. Christopher T Jones Legacy Award- Distinguished Engineer Award from BEYA 2019
David Steward Legacy Award- Distinguished Engineer Award from BEYA 2018
CIO magazine's CIO Executive Council annual "Ones to Watch Award" 2012
Memberofthe Executive Programs at Gartner - 2014 - present
Board Member, Treasurer, Communities In Schools - January 2014 - present
Chairmanofthe Board, Peer Health Exchange - March 2015 - March 2016
Chairmanofthe Board, Reach for College! - 2009-2012
Participant, Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT) Career Advancement Program, 2011
 GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Executive Office of Mayor Muriel Bowser
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WASHINGTON
Office of the General Counsel to the Mayor
To: Ronan Gulstone, Steve Walker
From: Betsy Cavendish
Date: October 7. 2020
Subject: Legal sufficiency review of Resolution nominating Diane Claire Lewis and
Ramon Richards to the Health Benefit Exchange Authority Executive Board
This is to Certify that thisottice nasreviewed the above-referenced legislation
and found it to be legally unobjectionable.If you have any questions in this regard, please do not
hesitate to call me at 202-724-7681
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