Kathy Casey
Senior Advisor
Ms. Casey focuses on financial markets policy, regulatory compliance and risk management, corporate governance, international regulatory developments, and enforcement. She serves on several corporate, advisory, and non-profit boards, including the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Sepio Systems, Inc., Kharon Strategic Advisory Board, the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, the Sterman Masser, Inc. Advisory Board, and the Center for Audit Quality Governing Board.
Ms. Casey served as a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Commissioner from 2006 to 2011. During her tenure, Ms. Casey acted as the SEC’s principal representative in various international fora, including multilateral and bilateral regulatory dialogues, the G-20 Financial Stability Board, and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). In this capacity, she also served in several international leadership positions, including Chair of the IOSCO Technical Committee and Co-Chair of the CPSS-IOSCO Review of Standards, IOSCO OTC Derivatives Task Force, IOSCO Task Force on Supervisory Cooperation, and Financial Stability Board Working Group on Provisioning.
Since leaving the SEC in 2011, Ms. Casey has held several corporate, academic, and non-profit appointments, including: Non-Executive Director of HSBC Holdings plc; Non-Executive Director of Standard Coin; Non-Executive Director of FX Alliance, Inc.; Non-Executive Chair of the Council of the Alternative Investment Management Association; Distinguished Policy Fellow with the Georgetown Center for Financial Markets and Policy at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business; Adjunct Lecturer at George Mason University School of Law; member of the Pennsylvania State University Board of Trustees and Chair of Penn State Health; Chair and member of the Board of the Financial Accounting Foundation; and member of the Board of the International Valuation Standards Council.
Prior to being appointed Commissioner, Ms. Casey served in various legal and policy roles in the Senate. From 2003 to 2006, she served as Staff Director and Counsel of the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. Before that, she served in a series of senior advisory roles to Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL), including Chief of Staff, Legislative Director, and Staff Director of the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief.
Ms. Casey received her J.D. from George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School and her B.A. in international politics from Pennsylvania State University.
