Fed Event: Congressional Briefing, Feb. 28th

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Congressional Briefing – Courtney Geduldig

“Before, During and After- The Makings of Financial Reform”

February 29, 2012, 2 p.m., 2511 Van Munching Hall

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Registration closes tomorrow, February 28!

On Wednesday, February 29, the Center for Financial Policy will host Courtney Geduldig, former Chief Financial Counsel for Senator Bob Corker (R-TN). She will be a discussion leader on the makings of financial reform.
This talk is part of the Center’s “Congressional Briefings” series that host current and former Capitol Hill staffers to the Smith School to speak about legislative issues related to financial policy. The event will take place at 2 p.m. at 2511 Van Munching Hall.

We hope that you will join us for this discussion. There is no registration fee for this event. To register, please visit http://www.cvent.com/d/gcqkh5.

This event is open to all faculty, staff, and students. Please encourage any interested students to attend.

For additional information about this event, please contact Michelle Lui, Assistant Director, Center for Financial Policy at mlui@rhsmith.umd.edu.

Speaker biography:
Courtney C. Geduldig is Managing Director, Head of Federal Government Relations and Chief Counsel of the Financial Services Forum. She joined the Forum from the Office of Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) where she served as the Senator’s Chief Financial Counsel. In that capacity, she advised the Senator on issues relating to financial markets, housing, banking, taxes, manufacturing, and international trade finance. Courtney played a key role in drafting and advising Senator Corker on the “Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.”

From 2005-2007, Courtney served as Senior Vice President for Government Relations at the Financial Services Forum. She also spent two years at the United States Department of the Treasury as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Banking and Finance. Her duties included advising the Treasury Secretary and all sub-Cabinet officers on congressional relations policy in the areas of domestic banking and finance, and serving as the contact and coordinator of all departmental contacts with Congress for domestic banking and finance.

Courtney also previously served as the Director of Government Relations for the Consumer Bankers Association, a trade association focusing on retail banking issues on Capitol Hill and in the regulatory agencies. CBA member institutions are the leaders in consumer financial services, including most of the nation’s largest bank holding companies as well as regional and super community banks that collectively hold two-thirds of the industry’s total assets.

Courtney received a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland at College Park and a Juris Doctor from the University of Baltimore. She is a member of the Maryland State Bar.