Securities and Exchange Commission appointees

Members of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission are appointed by the President of the United States. Their terms last five years and are staggered so that one commissioner's term ends on June 5 of each year. If an appointment is to fill out an uncompleted term, it will be for less than five years. To ensure that the commission remains non-partisan, no more than three commissioners may belong to the same political party. The President also designates one of the commissioners as chairman, the SEC's top executive. Service may continue past term expiration up to eighteen additional months. This page is sorted by president and date of appointment; a second list sorts the page by SEC member's employment with private firms.

Roosevelt

Under Franklin D. Roosevelt:
*Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. – 1934–35 (Chair: 1934–35) (D)
* George C. Mathews – 1934–40 (R)
*James M. Landis – 1934–37 (Chair: 1935–37) (D)
* Robert E. Healy – 1934–46 (R)
*Ferdinand Pecora – 1934–35 (D)
* James Delmage Ross– 1935–37 (D)
* William O. Douglas – 1936–39 (Chair: 1937–39) (D)
*Jerome Frank – 1937–41 (Chair: 1939–41) (D)
* John W. Hanes – 1938 (D)
* Edward C. Eicher – 1938–42 (Chair: 1941–42) (D)
* Leon Henderson – 1939–41 (D)
* Sumner T. Pike – 1940–46 (R)
* Ganson Purcell – 1941–46 (Chair: 1942–46) (D)
* Edmund Burke, Jr. – 1941–43 (D)
* Robert H. O'Brien – 1942–44 (D)
* Robert K. McConnaughey – 1943–49 (D)
* James J. Caffrey – 1945–47 (Chair: 1946–47) (D)

Truman

Under Harry S. Truman:
* Richard B. McEntire – 1946–53 (R)
* Edmond M. Hanrahan – 1946–49 (Chair: 1948–49) (D)
* Harry A. McDonald – 1947–52 (Chair: 1949–52) (R)
* Paul R. Rowen – 1948–55 (D)
* Donald C. Cook – 1949–53 (Chair: 1952–53) (D)
* Edward T. McCormick – 1949–51 (D)
* Robert I. Millonzi – 1951–52 (D)
* Clarence H. Adams – 1952–56 (R)
* J. Howard Rossbach – 1952–53 (D)

Eisenhower

Under Dwight D. Eisenhower:
* Ralph H. Demmler – 1953–55 (Chair: 1953–55) (R)
* J. Sinclair Armstrong – 1953–57 (Chair: 1955–57) (R)
* A.J. Goodwin, Jr. – 1953–55 (D)
* Andrew Downey Orrick – 1955–60 (R)
* Harold C. Patterson – 1955–60 (D)
* Earl F. Hastings – 1956–61 (D)
* James C. Sargent – 1956–60 (R)
* Edward N. Gadsby – 1957–61 (Chair: 1957–61) (R)
* Byron D. Woodside – 1960–67 (R)
* Daniel J. McCauley – 1960–61 (R)

Kennedy

Under John F. Kennedy:
* J. Allen Frear, Jr. – 1961–63 (D)
* William L. Cary – 1961–64 (Chair: 1961–64) (D)
* Manuel F. Cohen – 1961–69 (Chair: 1964–69) (D)
* Jack M. Whitney II – 1961–64 (R)

Johnson

Under Lyndon B. Johnson:
* Hugh F. Owens – 1964–73 (D)
* Hamer H. Budge – 1964–71 (Chair: 1969–71) (R)
* Francis M. Wheat – 1964–69 (D)
*Richard B. Smith – 1967–71 (R)

Nixon

Under Richard Nixon:
* James J. Needham – 1969–72 (R)
* Syd Herlong – 1969–73 (D)
*William J. Casey – 1971–73 (Chair: 1971–73) (R)
* Philip A. Loomis, Jr. – 1971–82 (R)
*John R. Evans – 1973–83 (R)
* G. Bradford Cook – 1973 (Chair: 1973) (R)
* Ray Garrett, Jr. – 1973–75 (Chair: 1973–75) (R)
* A.A. Sommer, Jr. – 1973–76 (D)
* Irving M. Pollack – 1974–80 (D)

Ford

Under Gerald Ford:
* Roderick M. Hills – 1975–77 (Chair: 1975–77) (R)

Carter

Under Jimmy Carter:
* Harold M. Williams – 1977–81 (Chair: 1977–81) (D)
* Roberta S. Karmel – 1977–80 (D)
* Stephen J. Friedman – 1980–81 (D)
* Barbara Thomas Judge – 1980–83 (D)

Reagan

Under Ronald Reagan:
* John S.R. Shad – 1981–87 (Chair: 1981–87) (R)
* Bevis Longstreth – 1981–84 (D)
* James C. Treadway, Jr. – 1982–85 (R)
* Charles Chapman Cox – 1983–89 (R)
* Charles L. Marinaccio – 1984–85 (D)
* Aulana L. Peters – 1984–88 (D)
* Joseph Grundfest – 1985–90 (D)
* Edward H. Fleischman – 1986–92 (R)
* David S. Ruder – 1987–89 (Chair: 1987–89) (R)
* Mary L. Schapiro – 1988–94 (I)

Bush

Under George H. W. Bush:
* Richard C. Breeden – 1989–93 (Chair: 1989–93) (R)
* Philip R. Lochner, Jr. – 1990–91 (R)
* Richard Y. Roberts – 1990–95 (R) (D) when appointed
* J. Carter Beese, Jr. – 1992–94 (R)

Clinton

Under Bill Clinton:
* Mary Schapiro – Appointed Interim Chair 1993
*Arthur Levitt, Jr. – 1993–2001 (Chair: 1993–2001) (D)
* Steven Wallman – 1994–97 (D)
*Norman S. Johnson – 1996–2000 (R)
* Isaac C. Hunt, Jr. – 1996–2002 (D)
* Paul R. Carey – 1997–2001 (D)
*Laura Unger – 1997–2002 (R)

Bush

Under George W. Bush:
*Harvey Pitt – 2001–03 (Chair: 2001–2003) (R)
* Paul S. Atkins – 2002–2008 (R)
*Cynthia Glassman – 2002–2006 (R)
* Harvey Goldschmid – 2002–2005 (D)
* William H. Donaldson – 2003–2005 (Chair: 2003–2005) (R)
*Roel Campos – 2002–2008 (D)
* Annette Nazareth – 2005–2008 (D)
*Christopher Cox – 2005–2009 (Chair: 2005–2009) (R)
* Kathleen Casey – 2006–2011 (R)
*Troy A. Paredes – 2008–2013;"Concise Directory:Commissioners"
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* Luis A. Aguilar – 2008–2015; ( D)
* Elisse B. Walter – 2008–2013; (D)

Obama

Under Barack Obama:
* Mary L. Schapiro – 2009–2012 (Chair: 2009–2012) ( I)
* Elisse B. Walter – George W. Bush appointee, appointed as Chair: 12/2012-4/2013 (D)
* Mary Jo White – 2013–2017; (Chair: 2013–2017) (I)
* Daniel M. Gallagher – 2011–2015; (R)
* Kara Stein – 2013–2019 (D)
* Michael Piwowar – 2013–2018 (R)

Trump

Under Donald Trump:
* Jay Clayton – 2017–2020 (Chairman) (I)
*Robert J. Jackson Jr. – 2018–2020 (D)
* Hester Peirce – 2018–present (R)
* Elad L. Roisman – 2018–2022 (R)
* Allison Herren Lee – 2019–2022 (acting chair 2021) (D)
* Caroline A. Crenshaw – 2020–present (D)

Biden

Under Joe Biden:

* Gary Gensler – 2021–present (Chairman) (D)
* Mark Uyeda – 2022–present (R)
* Jaime Lizárraga – 2022–present (D)

By current/former employer

Many former members of the SEC have also been employed by private firms in the industry they once regulated.

Current/former employer: Citadel/Citadel Securities

Stephen Luparello (former head of Trading and Markets division, which oversees exchanges and brokerages): General Counsel of Ken Griffin's Citadel Securities LLC (2017-2021; replaced by Heath Tarbert, 2021), adviser at Citadel Securities, 2021.

Ryan VanGrack (adviser to former SEC Chair Mary Jo White): deputy chief legal officer at Ken Griffin's Citadel hedge fund (January 2018 - present).

David Glockner (former head of the SEC’s Chicago office, 2013-2017): Chief Compliance Officer at Ken Griffin's Citadel hedge fund (December 2017 - present).

Gregg Berman (former head of data and analytics in the SEC’s trading and markets unit): Director of Research at Ken Griffin's Citadel Securities (September 2016 - present).

Current/former employer: Robinhood

Daniel M. Gallagher (commissioner, 2011-2015): currently Chief Legal Officer for Robinhood.

Lucas Moskowitz (chief of staff to commissioner Jay Clayton, 2017-2019): currently deputy general counsel for regulatory, litigation and government affairs at Robinhood.

Justin Daly (commissioner’s counsel, 2007-2010): currently retained as lobbyist for Robinhood.

Benjamin Brown (former counsel to the SEC): currently retained as lobbyist for Robinhood.

Current former employer: Other Investment Firms

Jay Clayton (commissioner, 2017-2020): Lead Independent Director, Board of Apollo Global Management (February 2021 - present).

Current/former employer: JP Morgan Chase

Stephen M. Cutler (Director of the Division of Enforcement, 2001 until 2005): General Counsel, Vice Chairman of JPMorgan Chase (February 2007 - 2018).

Current/former employer: Bank of America

Gary Lynch (Director of Enforcement, 1985-1989); Global General Counsel, Bank of America (2011-2016).

Current/former employer: Deutsche Bank

Richard Walker (General Counsel, 1996-1998; Director of Enforcement, 1998-2001)): General Counsel of Deutsche Bank (2001-2015).

Current/former employer: Goldman Sachs

Richard Roberts (commissioner): retained as lobbyist for Goldman Sachs.

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