Michael Ruiz
Director
Supplier Diversity
Michael Ruiz is Fannie Mae’s Director of Supplier Diversity. He reports to the Vice President for Procurement and leads Fannie Mae’s efforts to consider and utilize diverse-owned suppliers in its business activities. Ruiz’ portfolio includes outreach, advocacy, education, sourcing, and reporting.
Prior to joining Fannie Mae in 2010, Ruiz was the President/CEO of the Northern California Minority Supplier Development Council, an organization charged with the certification of minority-owned businesses and the facilitation of productive relationships between said businesses and Fortune 1000 corporations. His extensive background in non-profit executive leadership and community development includes positions as Executive Director of an inner-city YMCA, Small Business Manager at one of Chicago’s largest non-profit affordable housing developers, and the founding Executive Director of Accion Chicago, a start-up affiliate of an international micro-lending organization.
Michael has a Bachelor of Arts in history from Yale University, a Master of Business Administration from the University of Illinois at Chicago, a Certificate in Urban Planning and Policy (Urban Developers Program) from the University of Illinois at Chicago and is an alumnus of Leadership San Francisco. A career community development champion of Puerto Rican descent who was born & raised in Chicago, Michael currently resides in Manassas, VA with his wife, Dr. Kimberly Jones-Ruiz and their three children.