Mary K. Bush has served three U.S. Presidents and is widely recognized for her innovative and ground-breaking work in international finance, both in and out of government.  She has negotiated policy positions on behalf of the U.S. Government with senior officials globally and has managed major financial transactions in world capital markets for commercial and financial institutions.

Since 1991, Ms. Bush has been President of Bush International, LLC, a firm that advises governments and companies on capital markets and business development strategies.  During the 1990’s, she also hosted “Markets and Technology,” a nationwide cable television program on global business and economic matters.  She is a frequent speaker on business and financial issues; is periodically a guest commentator on financial market matters on PBS’s NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, CNN and America’s Voice Network.  In 2006, President Bush appointed her Chairman of the HELP Commission.  

She was Managing Director of the Federal Housing Finance Board from 1989-1991, where she oversaw the management, regulation, capital structure, as well as the $1 billion of monthly funding of the Federal Home Loan Banks.  Prior to that, she served as the Vice President of International Finance at Fannie Mae.  Under her leadership, Fannie Mae became a major, active issuer of debt and mortgage-backed securities in Asia and Europe.

Ms. Bush was appointed by the President and Senate-confirmed in 1982 and 1984, as Alternate Executive Director to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Board.  She led the development of the Structural Adjustment Facility that channeled several billion dollars from the IMF and World Bank to countries that enacted free market, business-friendly reforms.

In 1982 and 1983, Ms. Bush was the Executive Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department. In New York in the 1970’s, she managed relationships with Fortune 500 clients of Bankers Trust, Citibank and Chase Manhattan Bank.

Boards on which she serves include: Mortgage Guaranty Corporation (Chairman, Audit Committee), the Pioneer Family of Mutual Funds (Chairman, Policy Administration Committee), Brady Corporation and Briggs & Stratton Corporation.  Ms. Bush also serves on the Kennedy Center Community Advisory Board and on the Governing Council of the Independent Directors Council.  Former Boards include Texaco, Inc., NationsBank Trust Company, Millennium Chemicals, Inc., March of Dimes and the Hoover Institution.