Roel Campos

Roel Clark Campos (born 1949) is an American business lawyer.

Roel Campos
Commissioner of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
In office
August 22, 2002 – September 18, 2007
Nominated byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byIsaac C. Hunt, Jr.[1]
Succeeded byLuis A. Aguilar[2]
Personal details
Born1949 (age 73–74)
Harlingen, Texas
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseMini Villarreal
Alma materUnited States Air Force Academy (BS)
University of California, Los Angeles (MBA)
Harvard University (JD)
OccupationLawyer
Military service
AllegianceUnited States United States of America
Branch/service United States Air Force
Years of service1971–1976

Early life and education

Campos earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1979, his M.B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1972, and in 1971 earned his B.S. from the United States Air Force Academy.

Career

He served as Securities and Exchange Commissioner between 2002–07 and is now a partner with the law firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP. Campos was named to then President-elect Barack Obama's economic advisory board and was considered a possible successor to former SEC chairman Christopher Cox.[3] He is a current member of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, an independent and nonpartisan 501(c)(3) research organization dedicated to improving the regulation of U.S. capital markets.[4] In 2008, Campos was appointed a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Valuation Standards Council, and in December 2011 as interim Chairman.

References
  1. "PN1976 - Nomination of Roel C. Campos for Securities and Exchange Commission, 107th Congress (2001-2002)". 25 July 2002.
  2. "PN1492 - Nomination of Luis Aguilar for Securities and Exchange Commission, 110th Congress (2007-2008)". 27 June 2008.
  3. Cooley Godward partner named to Obama’s economic advisory board
  4. "Committee on Capital Markets Regulation". Archived from the original on 2009-04-12. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
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