Steve Deggendorf

Senior Director, Market Insights Research @Fannie Mae

Washington, DC, US

Lead corporate market research to develop actionable insights across the value chain (consumers, lenders, investors, technology players) in close partnership with businesses to guide key new goal and initiative development and the multi-year strategic plan. • Design and lead highly visible primary market research to obtain strategic insights into consumers, lenders, investors, Big Tech and fintechs through one-time, custom studies and ongoing tracking research including the National Housing Survey, Mortgage Lender Sentiment Survey, and the annual Single-family and Multifamily lender experience surveys. • Lead proprietary analyses to drive key business decisions and strategy: ESG, minority and low- and moderate-income renters and buyers, racial equity, digital business transformation, climate risks, single-family rental, mortgage shopping and understanding, and consumer segmentation. • Analyses amplified through major media outlets (Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Bloomberg), academic partnerships (Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, UC Berkeley Terner Center for Housing Innovation), financial organization discussions (Goldman Sachs, Chase, Wells Fargo, Quicken and fintechs). Highly effective in media interviews and stakeholder meetings.

Virginia Tech

BS, Electrical Engineering

University of California, Berkeley

MSEE, Electrical Engineering

University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

MBA, Finance