Maria Barker is a National Account Manager with Customer Engagement, managing customer relationships and production for several DUS lenders and managed borrowers. In prior roles at Fannie Mae, she focused on small multifamily production, debt products for subsidized affordable housing, as well as strategies to engage with high-priority borrowers. Maria also has worked on Fannie Mae’s Climate team, the Sustainable Communities Innovation Initiative, and in Multifamily Asset Management.
Before coming to Fannie Mae, she managed the multifamily affordable housing trust fund for Montgomery County, Maryland’s Department of Housing and Community Affairs. She started her career in New York City with Enterprise Community Partners making acquisition and predevelopment loans, especially for supportive housing properties. She has served on the boards of the Washington Area Community Investment Fund and the Potter’s House.
Maria graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Swarthmore College and earned a Master of Urban Planning degree from New York University.
