Jacob "Jake" Williamson is the Acting Head of Single-Family. Reporting to Co-President Brandon Hamara, Jake leads the company's Single-Family business division, including the teams responsible for providing consistent and reliable liquidity to the single-family mortgage market, facilitating access to affordable homeownership.
Previously, Jake was the Senior Vice President for Single-Family Collateral & Quality Risk Management. In this role, Jake oversaw all end-to-end collateral, loan quality, and servicing capabilities, including front-end collateral policies, property valuation risk management, servicing, insurance and title policies, and loan quality control for credit and collateral. He also managed condominium standards, servicer oversight, and Real Estate Owned (REO) disposition.
Earlier, Jake was Vice President – Single-Family Collateral Risk Management, overseeing foreclosure and REO functions. He also held roles in REO Fulfillment and Operational Analysis, and REO Sales. Before joining Fannie Mae in 2006, Jake was a Quantitative Analyst at GMAC-RFC.
Jake holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Louisiana Tech University and a Graduate Business Analytics Certification from Southern Methodist University. He also completed extensive coursework toward a Master of Arts in Applied Economics and participated in SMU's data mining academic team.
