Christopher Campbell
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions
In office
2017–2018
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byCyrus Amir-Mokri
Succeeded byBimal Patel
Personal details
BornHemet, California
Political partyRepublican
EducationUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
Thunderbird School of Global Management

Christopher Campbell is a senior executive-level business strategist, former American political aide, and senior government official who previously served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions.[1][2] He was unanimously confirmed as Assistant Secretary by the United States Senate in 2017.[3] Prior to assuming his Department of Treasury role, Campbell was the majority staff director for the United States Senate Committee on Finance and a senior staff member on the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary.[4][5]

Early career

Campbell successfully consulted on a handful of winning U.S. political campaigns for candidates for federal office including several campaigns for former U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch. Additionally Campbell owned a business-consulting firm that specialized in business strategy with clients from all sized companies, from all regions of the country, and from a wide variety of industries.

U.S. Senate

Campbell was the majority staff director[6] to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. He designed, managed, and coordinated the U.S. Senate agenda in the areas of international and domestic taxation, international trade, Medicare (United States), Medicaid, Social Security, the U.S. National Debt, and oversight of three presidential cabinet secretaries. He was named by Roll Call Newspaper as one of the 50 most influential staffers on Capitol Hill[7] seven years running and recognized as a bipartisan problem-solver.[8] Previously, he served as legislative director to former U.S. Senator Orrin G. Hatch, where he coordinated and managed the senator's legislative activities.

U.S. Treasury

Campbell was unanimously confirmed by the US Senate to serve as the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions from 2017 to 2018. In that role, he was responsible for coordinating the department's efforts regarding financial institutions legislation and regulation, legislation affecting Federal agencies that regulate or insure financial institutions and securities markets legislation and regulation. Specific policy and program areas of oversight included government-sponsored enterprises, critical infrastructure protection (cyber security) and compliance policy, the Federal Insurance Office (FIO), and small business, community development, and affordable housing policy. Campbell was the Treasury board representative on the boards of the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC) and the Financial Industry's Critical Infrastructure Group. Campbell regularly met with the heads of the 15 federal financial regulators. Campbell oversaw the Deputy Assistant Secretaries for Financial Institutions Policy and Small Business, Community Development and Affordable Housing, and Cyber Security in addition to a staff of 300.

Post-Treasury

Campbell is the Founder and CEO of Incamera Solutions, a global strategic advisory firm. Prior to that, Campbell was a Senior Advisor and former Chief Policy Strategist at Kroll.[9] Campbell is a frequent television commentator on issues impacting the economy.[10] Additionally Campbell is a director of tZERO,[11] Intrado,[12] WEconnect Health Management, Bitt and is a Board Advisor to CrossRiver Bank. Campbell is an Professor of Practice[13] at his alma mater, Thunderbird School of Global Management. He also serves as a strategic advisor and consultant to several large national and international organizations. He is a member[14] of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Media Appearances: Expert Analysis

Campbell regularly appears on world-wide economically geared media outlets and on American cable news programs. He is regularly called upon to serve as an expert economic and political commentator on cable and network news shows as well as CNN, Fox News Channel, CNBC, Bloomberg and the BBC among others. He has also published economic commentary in exclusive venues, such as Fox News. Appearances include: CNBC's Squwak Box, CNBC's Worldwide Exchange, Cheddar TV and many more.

References

  1. ↑ Borak, Donna (August 4, 2017). "The Treasury Department is staffing up -- finally". CNN. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  2. ↑ Jagoda, Naomi (June 28, 2017). "Trump picks Senate aide for Treasury position". The Hill. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  3. ↑ "U.S. Senate approves five Treasury nominees". Reuters. August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  4. ↑ Gehrke, Joel (February 27, 2017). "Congressional staffer profile: Chris Campbell's role in Trump's agenda". Washington Examiner. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  5. ↑ Graves, Lucia (March 13, 2015). "Chris Campbell: Meet Orrin Hatch's Right-Hand Man". The Atlantic. National Journal. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  6. ↑ Graves, Lucia (March 13, 2015). "Chris Campbell: Meet Orrin Hatch's Right-Hand Man". The Atlantic. Retrieved January 29, 2019.
  7. ↑ "RollCall.com - ?ref=rc". media.cq.com. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  8. ↑ Carucci, Ron. "Insights From Congress On Working With People Who Are Very Different Than You". Forbes. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Chris Campbell, Former Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury for Financial Institutions, Joins Duff & Phelps as Chief Strategist". www.businesswire.com. November 12, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Duff & Phelps Institute". Duff & Phelps. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  11. ↑ Inc, Overstock com (May 9, 2019). "Overstock.com Appoints New Retail President and Announces Updates to the Board of Directors". GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved June 24, 2019. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  12. ↑ "Meet the West Corporation Board of Directors". West Corporation. September 19, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  13. ↑ "Christopher Campbell | iSearch". isearch.asu.edu. Retrieved April 21, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Council on Foreign Relations Members". Council on Foreign Relations. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
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