The Senate Banking Committee met to consider the nominations of Republican Hester Peirce and Democrat Robert Jackson Jr. to serve as Commissioners of the SEC. If the two nominees are confirmed by the full Senate, all five SEC Commissioner positions will be filled.
Ms. Peirce is a Senior Research Fellow and Director of the Financial Markets Working Group at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. She previously served as the Minority Staff of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Ms. Peirce was with the SEC from 2000 to 2008, first as a Staff Attorney in the Investment Management Division, and then as Counsel to former Commissioner Paul Atkins.
Robert Jackson Jr. is a Columbia Law School Professor and Director of the Program on Corporate Law and Policy. He previously served as senior adviser at the U.S. Treasury Department.
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