Corporate Governance

SEC Commissioners Win Sentate Committee Approval

By Jason Cowart

The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs has approved the three nominees for the open SEC positions clearing the way for full Senate approval.  The Committee unanimously approved the nominations of Luis Aguilar, Troy Paredes and Elisse Walter on Wednesday. The SEC currently has only three of its five commissioner spots filled, and all three of those positions are held by Republicans.  One of those Republican commissioners, Paul Atkins, has said he will leave once his successor is in place. 

Aguilar is an attorney at McKenna, Long & Aldrige LLP. Paredes is a professor at Washington University Law School. And Walter is a senior executive at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.  President Bush picked Aguilar and Walter to fill the two Democratic slots and Paredes to replace Atkins.

Full post as published by PomTalk on June 27, 2008 (boomark / email).