Ellen Seidman

Ellen Seidman works on housing and community development issues. In 2012, she was appointed to the Consumer Advisory Board of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. She was a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco from 2012 through 2014, where she was a co-editor of What Works and What Counts. From 1997 through 2001, she was the Director of the Office of Thrift Supervision, and from 1993 to 1997, she was Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy. She serves on the boards of several community development financial institutions and is a founder of the Center for Financial Services Innovation. Seidman received her M.B.A. in Finance and Investments from George Washington University, her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, and her A.B. from Radcliffe College.