UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

		Date of Report (Date earliest event reported): March 31, 2008

SLM CORPORATION

DELAWARE (State or other jurisdiction of formation)		File No. 001-13251 (Commission File Number)		52-2013874 (I.R.S. employer Identification No.)

 

12061 Bluemont Way, Reston, VA 20190	20190
(Address of registrant’s principal executive offices)	(zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number including area code: (703) 810-3000

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.02  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

      On March 31, 2008, the Board of Directors of SLM Corporation appointed Howard H. Newman to the Board.

      Mr. Newman, age 60, has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Pine Brook Road Partners, LLC, a private equity firm, since 2006. From 1984 to 2006, he held various positions at Warburg Pincus, including Vice Chairman and Senior Advisor, and was a senior member of the firm’s management and investment operations. Earlier in his career, he performed energy and financial services investment banking at Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated and served as a Senior Advisor to the Long Island Power Authority. Mr. Newman currently serves on the Board of Directors of Newfield Exploration Company, and several private companies.