Former Under Secretary for Economic Affairs - U.S. Department of Commerce; Former Commissioner - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Former Board Member, Discover Financial Services; Navigant Consulting

Hon. Cynthia A. Glassman recently retired from the Board of Discover Financial Services, where she chaired the audit committee, and is on the Dow Jones five-person Special Committee. Previously, she served on the Board of Navigant Consulting, was a Senior Research Scholar in the Institute for Corporate Responsibility at the GWU Business School, and was on an Advisory Board at the GWU Law School. Appointed by President Bush, she was Under Secretary for Economic Affairs at the U.S. Department of Commerce from 2006 to January 2009 and a Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from 2002 to 2006, including Acting Chair during the summer of 2005. Dr. Glassman has spent over 50 years in the public and private sectors focusing on financial services regulatory and public policy issues, including at the Federal Reserve and consulting firms, and has served on several nonprofit boards. Dr. Glassman received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and her B.A. in Economics from Wellesley College. Formerly a supervisor in economics at the University of Cambridge, England, she is an Honorary Fellow of Lucy Cavendish College.