President Biden taps Goldsmith Romero to become next FDIC Chair

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On June 13, President Biden announced Christy Goldsmith Romero as his nominee for FDIC Chair. Goldsmith Romero most recently served as a Commissioner at the CFTC since 2022, where she sponsored the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee examining cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, digital assets, and blockchain technologies. Goldsmith Romero spent 12 years at the Treasury where she served as the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP), as well as on a Council of Inspectors General overseeing the FSOC. Her oversight of SIGTARP resulted in the recovery of more than $11 billion in civil charges against large financial institutions and criminal charges against hundreds of individuals. Goldsmith Romero has also held positions at the SEC as well as in academia as a law professor.