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Alberding is married to Kelly Welsh, EVP and General Counsel of Northern Trust Corporation (Nasdaq - NTRS), a financial holding company.<ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Kelly+R.+Welsh+to+Join+Northern+Trust+as+General+Counsel.-a062854911 Kelly R. Welsh to Join Northern Trust as General Counsel]</ref>  Northern Trust gave a controversial home loan to then-Senator Barack Obama at a significantly discounted rate, which Obama claims he got no special treatment on.  According to the Washington Post, "In Obama's case, he received a lower rate than the average offered at the time in Chicago for similarly structured jumbo loans."<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/01/AR2008070103008.html "Obama Got Discount on Home Loan", Washington Post July 2, 2008]</ref>  In addition to Obama's direct ties to Alberding as a fellow board member at Joyce Foundation, Welsh also donated $1,500 to Obama's campaign coffers just one month before Obama was given his home loan in June 2005.<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&pageId=77971 THE AUDACITY OF DECEIT, PART 2 Obama's sweetheart-deal home loan]</ref>

Alberding is married to Kelly Welsh, EVP and General Counsel of Northern Trust Corporation (Nasdaq - NTRS), a financial holding company.<ref>[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Kelly+R.+Welsh+to+Join+Northern+Trust+as+General+Counsel.-a062854911 Kelly R. Welsh to Join Northern Trust as General Counsel]</ref>  Northern Trust gave a controversial home loan to then-Senator Barack Obama at a significantly discounted rate, which Obama claims he got no special treatment on.  According to the Washington Post, "In Obama's case, he received a lower rate than the average offered at the time in Chicago for similarly structured jumbo loans."<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/01/AR2008070103008.html "Obama Got Discount on Home Loan", Washington Post July 2, 2008]</ref>  In addition to Obama's direct ties to Alberding as a fellow board member at Joyce Foundation, Welsh also donated $1,500 to Obama's campaign coffers just one month before Obama was given his home loan in June 2005.<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&pageId=77971 THE AUDACITY OF DECEIT, PART 2 Obama's sweetheart-deal home loan]</ref>