Chris Campbell

The Honorable Christopher E Campbell is the Chief Strategist at Duff & Phelps, based in New York. He is a frequent guest commentator on national news programs on matters involving the economy. Prior to Duff & Phelps, Chris was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. 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 Departments 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), small business, community development and affordable housing policy. Chris was the Treasury board representative on the boards of the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC) and the Financial Industry's Critical Infrastructure Group. He regularly met with the heads of the 15 federal financial regulators. Additionally, he 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 200. Prior to his role at the Treasury department, Chris was the majority staff director to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance. He designed, managed and coordinated the U.S. Senate Republican agenda in the areas of international and domestic taxation, international trade, Medicare, 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, seven years running. Previously, he served as legislative director to Senator Orrin G. Hatch, where he coordinated and managed the senators legislative activities. Immediately prior to rejoining Senator Hatchs staff, Chris owned a business consulting firm that specialized in business strategy for clients from all-sized companies across the country, and from a variety of industries. Chris is a director of West Corporation, Coinstar and tZERO. He also serves as a strategic advisor and consultant to several large national and international organizations. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He holds an MBA from Thunderbird School of Global Business Management and a bachelors degree in political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Education

• MBA Thunderbird School of Global Management
• B.A. University of California, Santa Barbara

Companies

• Member Board Of Directors Bitt (2021)
• Advisor To The Board Float Financial (2021)
• Member Board Of Directors WEconnect Health Management (2020)
• Advisor To The Board Degree Insurance Co. (2020)
• Advisor To The Board Prime Discoveries (2020)
• Professor Of Practice Thunderbird School of Global Management (2020)
• Speaker on the Economy, Public Policy, Business Strategy, and Politics Leading Authorities, Inc. (2020)
• Advisor To The Board MEND (2019)
• Advisor To The Board Cross River (2019)