Mark L. Heleen Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

Mark J. Heleen is senior vice president and deputy general counsel and responsible for all of the company’s legal matters for the financing and derivative transactions.

Before joining Sallie Mae in 1998, Mr. Heleen worked as an attorney for PNC Bank and Tucker Arensberg, PC in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.

Mr. Heleen received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Bucknell University and a J.D. degree from the University of Pittsburgh.