Event Details
New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) Superintendent, Adrienne A. Harris, will join us for a Q&A moderated by NYLIB President Ed Lutz on the evening of January 12, 2023, at Pryor Cashman’s offices in Times Square. Please join us!
Speaker
Adrienne A. Harris, Superintendent, New York State Department of Financial Services
Adrienne A. Harris was nominated to lead the New York State Department of Financial Services by Governor Kathy Hochul in August 2021 and confirmed by the New York State Senate on January 25, 2022.
Superintendent Harris began her career as an Associate at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York City representing a number of U.S. and non-U.S. based corporations in various forms of litigation and regulatory matters, before accepting a position at the United States Department of the Treasury under President Obama.
While at the Treasury Department, Superintendent Harris served as a Senior Advisor to both Acting Deputy Secretary and Under Secretary for Domestic Finance Mary Miller, and Deputy Secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin. Her work ranged from financial reform efforts to identifying solutions to the student loan crisis, analyzing the nexus between foreign investment and national security, and working to promote financial inclusion and health in communities throughout the country.
Following her time at the Treasury Department, Superintendent Harris joined The White House, where she was appointed as Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, as part of the National Economic Council. In this role, she managed the financial services portfolio, which included developing and executing strategies for financial reform and the implementation of Dodd-Frank, consumer protections for the American public, cybersecurity, and housing finance reform priorities.
After leaving the White House in January 2017, Superintendent Harris went on to serve as General Counsel and Chief Business Officer at States Title, Inc. (now DOMA), which provides a more simple and affordable closing experience for homebuyers.
Prior to being nominated, she also served as a Professor and as Faculty Co-Director at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy's Center on Finance, Law, and Policy at the University of Michigan, as well as a Senior Advisor at the Brunswick Group in Washington, D.C.
Moderator
Edward T. Lutz, President, New York League of Independent Bankers
NYLIB President Edward T. Lutz Lutz has enjoyed a banking career of over 50 years, including as President and Chief Executive Officer of Greater Hudson Bank, which was sold to ConnectOne Bank in 2018. He has served as director of four community banks (and served as Audit Committee Chairman in three of them). Additionally, through Lutz Advisors, Inc., Ed has provided banks with advice on strategic and regulatory matters as a strategic consultant. Ed began his career as an Assistant Bank Examiner with the FDIC and subsequently rose through the ranks to serve as Regional Director of the FDIC’s New York Region for four years.
