Jelena McWilliams

Jelena McWilliams
Official portrait, 2020
Chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
In office
June 5, 2018  February 4, 2022
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byMartin J. Gruenberg
Succeeded byMartin J. Gruenberg
Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
In office
June 5, 2018  February 4, 2022
PresidentDonald Trump
Joe Biden
Preceded byThomas M. Hoenig
Succeeded byJonathan McKernan
Personal details
Born
Jelena Obrenić

(1973-07-29) July 29, 1973
Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Political partyRepublican
EducationUniversity 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.