{"id":955016,"date":"2026-04-27T16:20:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T20:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T16:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T20:20:11","slug":"sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\/","title":{"rendered":"Sallie Mae Announces Senior Leadership Appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

Sallie Mae Announces Senior Leadership Appointments<\/b><\/p>\n

Chief Financial Officer Peter Graham and Chief Operational Officer Kerri Palmer <\/i>Named Co-Presidents of the Company<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

NEWARK, Del.–(BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)–
\nSallie Mae\u00ae (Nasdaq: SLM), formally SLM Corporation, today announced it has named Chief Financial Officer Peter Graham and Chief Operational Officer Kerri Palmer Co-Presidents of the company. Reporting to Chief Executive Officer Jon Witter, Graham and Palmer will partner to ensure alignment and execution of the company\u2019s strategy. Graham and Palmer collectively oversee the company\u2019s commercial businesses within their respective areas of responsibility, following the recent retirement of the company\u2019s Chief Commercial Officer.<\/p>\n

\nGraham has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2023 overseeing finance, accounting, and treasury activities, as well as equity and fixed-income investor relations. As Co-President and Chief Financial Officer, Graham will also oversee strategic partnerships and emerging lines of business.<\/p>\n

\nPalmer has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Operational Officer, and President of Sallie Mae Bank since 2023. She previously served as Chief Risk Officer and Chief Risk and Compliance Officer for the company. As Co-President and Head of Financial Services, Palmer will lead the company\u2019s core private education loan business as well as credit and operations.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cPete and Kerri are exceptional leaders with deep experience who are helping drive our strong performance and disciplined growth strategy,\u201d said Jon Witter, Chief Executive Officer, Sallie Mae. \u201cAs CEO, I remain fully focused on leading the company, and these appointments will further strengthen our ability to execute our strategy with depth and continuity as we deliver for our customers and shareholders.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nThe appointments of Graham and Palmer as Co-Presidents reflect the company\u2019s continued commitment to providing growth opportunities for its leaders to support the organization\u2019s long-term success.<\/p>\n

\nFor more information visit www.salliemae.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sallie Mae<\/b> (Nasdaq: SLM) believes education and life-long learning, in all forms, help people achieve great things. As the leader in private student lending, we provide financing and know-how to support access to college and offer products and resources to help customers make new goals and experiences, beyond college, happen. Learn more at SallieMae.com<\/a>. Commonly known as Sallie Mae, SLM Corporation and its subsidiaries are not sponsored by or agencies of the United States of America.<\/p>\n

\nCategory: Corporate and Financial<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

View source version on businesswire.com: <\/span>https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260427101118\/en\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Media
\n<\/b>
media@salliemae.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Investors
\n<\/b>
IR@salliemae.com<\/a><\/p>\n

KEYWORDS:<\/b> Delaware United States North America<\/p>\n

INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:<\/b> Professional Services Education Other Professional Services Finance Other Education Continuing Banking<\/p>\n

MEDIA:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Logo<\/b><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Logo\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sallie Mae Announces Senior Leadership Appointments Chief Financial Officer Peter Graham and Chief Operational Officer Kerri Palmer Named Co-Presidents of the Company NEWARK, Del.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Sallie Mae\u00ae (Nasdaq: SLM), formally SLM Corporation, today announced it has named Chief Financial Officer Peter Graham and Chief Operational Officer Kerri Palmer Co-Presidents of the company. Reporting to Chief Executive Officer Jon Witter, Graham and Palmer will partner to ensure alignment and execution of the company\u2019s strategy. Graham and Palmer collectively oversee the company\u2019s commercial businesses within their respective areas of responsibility, following the recent retirement of the company\u2019s Chief Commercial Officer. Graham has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2023 overseeing finance, accounting, and treasury activities, as well as … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “Sallie Mae Announces Senior Leadership Appointments”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-955016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nSallie Mae Announces Senior Leadership Appointments - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sallie Mae Announces Senior Leadership Appointments - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sallie Mae Announces Senior Leadership Appointments Chief Financial Officer Peter Graham and Chief Operational Officer Kerri Palmer Named Co-Presidents of the Company NEWARK, Del.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Sallie Mae\u00ae (Nasdaq: SLM), formally SLM Corporation, today announced it has named Chief Financial Officer Peter Graham and Chief Operational Officer Kerri Palmer Co-Presidents of the company. Reporting to Chief Executive Officer Jon Witter, Graham and Palmer will partner to ensure alignment and execution of the company\u2019s strategy. Graham and Palmer collectively oversee the company\u2019s commercial businesses within their respective areas of responsibility, following the recent retirement of the company\u2019s Chief Commercial Officer. Graham has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2023 overseeing finance, accounting, and treasury activities, as well as … Continue reading "Sallie Mae Announces Senior Leadership Appointments"\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-27T20:20:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=bwnews&sty=20260427101118r1&sid=flmnd&distro=nx&lang=en\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Newsdesk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Newsdesk\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979\"},\"headline\":\"Sallie Mae Announces Senior Leadership Appointments\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-27T20:20:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":430,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cts.businesswire.com\\\/ct\\\/CT?id=bwnews&sty=20260427101118r1&sid=flmnd&distro=nx&lang=en\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sallie Mae Announces Senior Leadership Appointments - Market Newsdesk\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cts.businesswire.com\\\/ct\\\/CT?id=bwnews&sty=20260427101118r1&sid=flmnd&distro=nx&lang=en\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-04-27T20:20:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cts.businesswire.com\\\/ct\\\/CT?id=bwnews&sty=20260427101118r1&sid=flmnd&distro=nx&lang=en\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cts.businesswire.com\\\/ct\\\/CT?id=bwnews&sty=20260427101118r1&sid=flmnd&distro=nx&lang=en\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sallie Mae Announces Senior Leadership Appointments\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Market Newsdesk\",\"description\":\"Latest Business News in Real Time\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979\",\"name\":\"Newsdesk\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Newsdesk\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/newsdesk\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sallie Mae Announces Senior Leadership Appointments - Market Newsdesk","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sallie Mae Announces Senior Leadership Appointments - Market Newsdesk","og_description":"Sallie Mae Announces Senior Leadership Appointments Chief Financial Officer Peter Graham and Chief Operational Officer Kerri Palmer Named Co-Presidents of the Company NEWARK, Del.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Sallie Mae\u00ae (Nasdaq: SLM), formally SLM Corporation, today announced it has named Chief Financial Officer Peter Graham and Chief Operational Officer Kerri Palmer Co-Presidents of the company. Reporting to Chief Executive Officer Jon Witter, Graham and Palmer will partner to ensure alignment and execution of the company\u2019s strategy. Graham and Palmer collectively oversee the company\u2019s commercial businesses within their respective areas of responsibility, following the recent retirement of the company\u2019s Chief Commercial Officer. Graham has served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 2023 overseeing finance, accounting, and treasury activities, as well as … Continue reading \"Sallie Mae Announces Senior Leadership Appointments\"","og_url":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\/","og_site_name":"Market Newsdesk","article_published_time":"2026-04-27T20:20:11+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=bwnews&sty=20260427101118r1&sid=flmnd&distro=nx&lang=en","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Newsdesk","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Newsdesk","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\/"},"author":{"name":"Newsdesk","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979"},"headline":"Sallie Mae Announces Senior Leadership Appointments","datePublished":"2026-04-27T20:20:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\/"},"wordCount":430,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=bwnews&sty=20260427101118r1&sid=flmnd&distro=nx&lang=en","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\/","url":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\/","name":"Sallie Mae Announces Senior Leadership Appointments - Market Newsdesk","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=bwnews&sty=20260427101118r1&sid=flmnd&distro=nx&lang=en","datePublished":"2026-04-27T20:20:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=bwnews&sty=20260427101118r1&sid=flmnd&distro=nx&lang=en","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=bwnews&sty=20260427101118r1&sid=flmnd&distro=nx&lang=en"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/sallie-mae-announces-senior-leadership-appointments\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sallie Mae Announces Senior Leadership Appointments"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/","name":"Market Newsdesk","description":"Latest Business News in Real Time","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/#\/schema\/person\/482f27a394d4fda80ecb5499e519d979","name":"Newsdesk","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a0d0bd5b0f0ca12a265a459b13169dac35f33776d8501eda5e68844a366f2f46?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Newsdesk"},"url":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/author\/newsdesk\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=955016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=955016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=955016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=955016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}