Hope Mehlman

Biography

Hope Mehlman serves as Ally’s Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer and as the company’s Corporate Secretary.  In her role, Mehlman is responsible for all regulatory, governance, and legal matters.  She oversees the organization’s legal, compliance, corporate affairs, government relations, environmental sustainability, and corporate secretarial teams, as well as the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) program.

Before joining Ally, Mehlman was Discover Financial Services’ Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary.  Earlier, she served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Bank of the West, Corporate Secretary of BNP Paribas USA, and Executive Vice President, Corporate Secretary, Chief Governance Officer, Deputy General Counsel, and Senior Compliance Officer of Regions Financial.  Prior to Regions, Mehlman was a Partner at Adams and Reese LLP, with a focus on various issues affecting financial institutions’ operations.

Mehlman received her J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law, her LLM in Taxation from New York University School of Law, and her B.A. from Cornell University.