Jelena McWilliams
Jelena McWilliams | |
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Official portrait, 2020 | |
| Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | |
| In office June 5, 2018 – February 4, 2022 | |
| President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Martin J. Gruenberg |
| Succeeded by | Martin J. Gruenberg |
| Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | |
| In office June 5, 2018 – February 4, 2022 | |
| President | Donald Trump Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Thomas M. Hoenig |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan McKernan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jelena Obrenić July 29, 1973 Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | University of California, Berkeley (BA, JD) |
Jelena McWilliams (née Obrenić; born July 29, 1973) is a Serbian-American business executive and a former chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. She was nominated to the position and to the FDIC Board of Directors by President Donald Trump, and the Senate confirmed her appointment on May 24, 2018. She was sworn in as chairman on June 5, 2018. Previously, McWilliams was executive vice president and chief legal officer of Fifth Third Bank in Cincinnati, Ohio. She resigned from her position as chairman of the Board of the FDIC on February 4, 2022.