Saule Omarova
Saule Omarova is the Beth and Marc Goldberg Professor of Law at Cornell University and a Senior Fellow at Roosevelt Institute. Her scholarship focuses on systemic risk regulation, financial technology, and structural trends in global financial markets. Prior to joining academia, she practiced banking law at a premier New York law firm, and served at the U.S. Treasury Department as Special Advisor for Regulatory Policy to the Under Secretary for Domestic Finance. In 2021, Professor Omarova was President Biden’s nominee for the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency. She holds a Ph.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a J.D. from Northwestern University.