Christy Romero | |
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| Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission | |
| Assumed office March 30, 2022 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Heath Tarbert |
| Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program | |
| In office April 1, 2011 – March 2022 Acting: April 1, 2011 – February 1, 2012 | |
| President | Barack Obama Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Neil Barofsky |
| Succeeded by | Melissa Bruce (acting) |
| Personal details | |
| Education | Old Dominion University (BS) Brigham Young University, Utah (JD) |
Christy Goldsmith Romero is an American lawyer and federal government official. She has served as a member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) since 2022, having been nominated by President Joe Biden.
From 2011 to 2022, she served as the Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, a federal law enforcement agency and an independent audit watchdog that targets financial institution crime and other fraud, waste, and abuse related to the TARP bailout.
On June 10, 2024 The Wall Street Journal reported that she was expected to be named as the chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to replace the outgoing Martin Gruenberg.[1]
- ^ Ackerman, Andrew; Restuccia, Andrew (10 June 2024). "White House Prepares to Tap Derivatives Regulator to Oversee FDIC". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 11 June 2024.