ALBANY, N.Y.— New York’s Senate has confirmed Adrienne Harris to lead the New York Department of Financial Services. Harris has been serving as the acting superintendent of NYDFS since her nomination in August.
Harris was a special assistant to the Barack Obama White House on economic policy, as well as a senior adviser to then-Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Sarah Bloom Raskin, who's now a nominee to be vice chairwoman for supervision at the Federal Reserve. Harris was also recently on the board of the Digital Dollar Foundation, an advocacy group that was founded by former Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Christopher Giancarlo and former LabCFTC head Daniel Gorfine. LabCFTC is a part of the CFTC responsible for promoting innovation in fintech, CoinDesk noted.
"I am honored to serve as the Superintendent of the Department of Financial Services,” Harris said. “As the first African American woman to lead DFS, I am personally committed to working with all stakeholders to build a robust, fair and sustainable financial system, creating a better economic future for all New Yorkers.”
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