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Usha Chaudhary joined United Way of America in April of 2005 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In this role, she is responsible for overseeing all accounting and financials management functions of UWA and its subsidiaries as well as membership compliance and financial accountability functions of the 1,326 member United Way organizations. Given her extensive experience in financial management, strategic planning, risk management, and operational re-engineering, she has already made numerous controls and operational improvements in UWA since joining the organization.
Prior to joining UWA, Usha was with Freddie Mac for nearly 20 years and held a variety of positions in the areas of finance, operations, risk management, technology development, and strategy development and execution. Most recently as Vice President in the Investments and Capital Markets Division, she managed all control and operations functions for Freddie Mac's $700 billion investment portfolio, dealing with fixed income (mortgage and non-mortgage), debt (short-term, MTNs, Dollar and FX-denominated Reference Notes), and derivative (swaps, swaptions, futures, caps, floors, etc.) securities. She managed a staff of 200 and a budget of $120 million.
Usha is a Board member of Carpenter's Shelter, a homeless shelter in Alexandria, Virginia and was previously a Board member of Women's Mortgage Industry Network, a group focused on developing and promoting leadership and development opportunities for women in the mortgage industry.
Usha is a Certified Public Accountant and has also completed the Stanford Executive Program from Stanford University. She is a graduate from St. Stephen's College in New Delhi, India with a BA in English Literature. | 