I am the CEO of Cozen O'Connor Public Strategies, which is a national government relations firm, and I am a partner in Cozen O'Connor, which is one of the hundred largest law firms in the world.I served in high level political and executive appointments in the Bush and Obama administrations, including Chief Operating Officer of the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) during the financial crisis. Today, I advise clients on regulatory and policy issues before the U.S. Government and represent clients before U.S. Executive Branch agencies and Congress.In October 2008, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson appointed me as the first COO of TARP. In this position, I led program execution and built the TARP infrastructure. I served as a key point person regarding the financial crisis through the presidential transition and continued to serve as TARP COO under Secretary Timothy Geithner until August 2009.Prior to my Treasury appointment, President Bush appointed me senior vice president, general counsel, and corporate secretary of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank). In this capacity, I was Ex-Im Bank's principal legal and corporate governance officer, and I was involved in negotiating the Bank's most complex international financial transactions. I also played a key role in managing the bank's $60 billion credit portfolio and in interfacing with other Executive Branch agencies and Congress. I served as a trusted advisor to five bank chief executives in both Republican and Democratic administrations and ran the Senate confirmation process for more than 20 presidential nominees.I can be reached at hschweitzer@cozen.com