Christy Goldsmith Romero
Christy Romero | |
|---|---|
| Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission | |
| In office March 30, 2022 – May 31, 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Heath Tarbert |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| 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 served as a member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) from 2022 to 2025, 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.