Dean's Distinguished Speaker Series with Commissioner Mark Wetjen

Thursday, March 28, 2019

RLL Faculty Lounge

12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Registration is required. Please register here.

Mark P. Wetjen was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve a five-year term as a Commissioner on the U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) in March 2011 and was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

In 2013, he was elected Chair of the CFTC where he was responsible for managing daily operations and setting overall policy direction of the agency. During his chairmanship, Mr. Wetjen oversaw implementation of the first trading mandate for certain interest rate and credit default swaps and approved or directed the agency and its staff to undertake approximately 95 enforcement and implementing actions related to the Dodd-Frank Act and the CFTC’s other responsibilities under the Commodity Exchange Act.

As a commissioner, Mr. Wetjen has worked tirelessly to implement the Dodd-Frank Act, one of the signature accomplishments of President Obama’s first term, supporting and crafting over fifty proposed and final CFTC rules and orders to govern, and in many ways reshape, the swaps and futures markets.

Currently, Mr. Wetjen is Managing Director and Head of Global Public Policy, and is Chairman of the Board at DTCC Deriv/SERV LLC.  In that role, he is responsible for developing and coordinating strategic engagement to help shape policymaking to reduce risk for the financial services industry. Mr. Wetjen is also a member of the Chamber of Digital Commerce Advisory Board, the Coin Center Advisory Board and the LedgerX Board.

Born and raised in Dubuque, Iowa, Mr. Wetjen received a bachelor’s degree from Creighton University and a law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law.