Sharon Bowen currently serves on the Board of Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE) and certain of its affiliates, including as Chair of the New York Stock Exchange. She also sits on the Board of Neuberger Berman and Akamai Technologies. She chairs Bakkt Trust. She is a partner of Seneca Women, a global leadership platform dedicated to connecting and advancing women in the economy.She has more than 35 years of experience in regulation, securities, and public policy. From 2014 to 2017, she was commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), during which time she was a sponsor of the CFTC Market Risk Advisory Committee. Prior to that, Bowen was vice chair of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) from 2010 to 2012, becoming acting chair in 2012.Bowen earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the University of Virginia, a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and a Juris Doctor (JD) from the Pritzker School of Law at Northwestern University. Prior to joining the CFTC in 2014, she was a partner in the New York office of law firm Latham & Watkins LLP.