Ann Marie Petach, Senior Managing Director, is a member of BlackRock Solutions. Prior to joining the BlackRock Solutions group, Ms. Petach was the Chief Financial Officer of BlackRock. Prior to joining BlackRock in 2007, Ms. Petach was Vice President, Treasurer at the Ford Motor Company. She began her career in 1984 at Ford, where her responsibilities were global and included pension asset management, actuarial studies, banking, funding for Ford and Ford Credit and risk management. In addition, Ms. Petach worked at two former joint ventures between Ford and Volkswagen, in Europe as Treasurer of AutoEuropa and in Brazil as Assistant Treasurer of AutoLatina Ms. Petach is a member of the Financial Accounting Foundation. Ms. Petach earned a BA degree in business and Spanish from Muhlenberg College in 1982 and an MBA degree from Carnegie Mellon University in 1984.