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Geraldine Hayhurst

General Counsel

Geraldine Hayhurst is General Counsel for NewPoint and is responsible for all legal matters affecting the Company.  Geraldine is also a member of NewPoint’s Executive Committee.  

Prior to joining NewPoint, Geraldine had a distinguished 16-year career at Freddie Mac where she was most recently Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Mortgage Securities and Strategic Corporate Initiatives. During her tenure, Geraldine was responsible for developing, negotiating and executing several market-leading multifamily transactions and led deal teams on hundreds of real estate securitizations and complex financings. Geraldine was also a trusted advisor to Freddie Mac executive management and served as David Brickman’s chief of staff when David was President and CEO of Freddie Mac.

Prior to joining Freddie Mac, Geraldine worked in the Division of Trading and Markets at the Securities and Exchange Commission and in private practice with Shearman & Sterling and Clifford Chance. Geraldine holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Finance) degree from Loyola University, Chicago and a J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center.