March 16, 2022
Commissioner Lee to the Leave the SEC
Yesterday, Commissioner Allison Herren Lee announced that she had notified President Biden that she intends to step down from the Commission once her successor has been confirmed. Lee’s term as a Commissioner expires in June. As SEC Chair Gary Gensler pointed out in a statement, Commissioner Lee first joined the SEC’s Division of Enforcement in the Denver Regional Office in 2005, and served as Counselor to former Commissioner Kara Stein and Senior Counsel in the Complex Financial Instruments Unit. Commissioner Lee served as Acting Chair in early 2021, taking an unusually active role in jumpstarting the SEC’s efforts on climate change.
– Dave Lynn