Neal S. Wolin | |
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Member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board, Chair of the Intelligence Oversight Board | |
In office May 24, 2015 – January 20, 2017 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Daniel Meltzer |
Succeeded by | Steve Feinberg |
United States Secretary of the Treasury | |
Acting January 25, 2013 – February 28, 2013 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Timothy Geithner |
Succeeded by | Jack Lew |
United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury | |
In office May 18, 2009 – August 31, 2013 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Robert M. Kimmitt |
Succeeded by | Mary J. Miller (Acting) |
Personal details | |
Born | Evanston, Illinois, U.S. | December 9, 1961
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Yale University (BA, JD) Balliol College, Oxford (MSc) |
Neal Steven Wolin (born December 9, 1961)[1] is an American lawyer. He is the CEO of the corporate advisory firm Brunswick Group, an equity partner of Data Collective, a board partner of Social Capital, and a limited partner advisor of Nyca Partners. He was the longest-serving Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury and also served as Acting Secretary of the Treasury in early 2013.
In 2009, following eight years with The Hartford Financial Services Group, Wolin was appointed Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Treasury by President Barack Obama, where he led the U.S. government's financial reform plan during the Great Recession, including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. He resigned as Deputy Secretary in August 2013.
Wolin also served during the Clinton administration for eight years as general counsel, Deputy General Counsel of the Treasury, and as a staff member of the United States National Security Council.