Todd Harper Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Alexandria, Virginia, Us

NCUA Board Chairman Harper's priorities are to safeguard the safety and soundness of federally insured credit unions, preserve the integrity of the credit union industry in a continually evolving and increasingly complex marketplace, and protect taxpayers and credit union members from losses to the Share Insurance Fund. As an NCUA Board Member, he is focusing on the issues of capital, liquidity, and cybersecurity. He is also prioritizing the agency’s consumer protection duties and access to affordable credit for the unserved and underserved.As NCUA Board Chairman, Mr. Harper serves as a voting member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, represents the NCUA on the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council and the Financial and Banking Information Infrastructure Committee, and is the agency’s representative on the Board of Directors of NeighborWorks America, one of the nation’s leading affordable housing and community development organizations.

Alexandria, Virginia, Us

Alexandria, Virginia, Us

• Coordinated external communications on risk-based capital rulemaking and congressional report, stress testing rule, field of membership modernization, and revised member business lending regulation.• Directed agency efforts to obtain unanimous Senate confirmation of two members to the NCUA Board. Board members Rick Metsger and J. Mark McWatters confirmed in 2013 and 2014, respectively.• Developed agency-wide style and communications manual, emphasizing standard templates and plain writing.• Designed communications to obtain exposure in Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times. Stories featured NCUA’s successful $4.3 billion in settlements and recoveries with Wall Street firms that sold faulty mortgage-backed securities to corporate credit unions that ultimately failed. Reports also highlighted extensive growth of credit union system in years immediately following 2008 financial crisis when industry surpassed 100 million members and exceeded $1 trillion in total assets.• Managed NCUA’s digital presence and $1.6 million public awareness campaign featuring Suze Orman. Efforts educated 190 million Americans about agency’s efforts to insure credit union deposits.• Grew fledgling social media initiative into comprehensive program with 15 million-plus impressions annually.• Named supervisor of the year in 2015 for efforts to overhaul office and create a high-performing team.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Identified Chairman’s priorities, guided research, and spearheaded negotiations over several sections of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, including: o Kanjorski amendment to empower regulators to preemptively rein in and break up “too-big-to-fail” institutions. o Proposals to double the budget and enhance the powers of the Securities and Exchange Commission. o Investor protection reforms like a whistleblower bounty program, fiduciary duty for broker-dealers providing investment advice to retail customers, and Securities Investor Protection Corporation coverage. o Improvements to the structure, operation, and accountability of credit rating agencies. o Registration requirements for hedge fund managers and private equity fund advisors.• Conceptualized bill to launch federal office to monitor domestic and international insurance issues.• Directed preparations for more than 50 congressional hearings on matters like: o First public examinations of $65 billion Madoff Ponzi scheme, 2010 equities market “flash” crash, effects of bond insurer insolvencies on municipal finance, and the government’s $180 billion bailout of AIG. o Future of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac after government conservatorships. o Mark-to-market accounting rules and the role of rating agencies in contributing to the global credit crunch.• Coordinated complex subcommittee negotiations on extending the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act in 2007, including advancing an amendment to add nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological loss coverage within program.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Counseled principal on content of amendments and public relations related to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, including serving as lead Democratic staffer on a proposal to modernize the Federal Home Loan Bank System.• Responded to Enron and WorldCom accounting scandals by contributing to the creation of Sarbanes-Oxley Act.• Negotiated to create Terrorism Risk Insurance Act establishing a government backstop for business insurance after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001.• Developed and managed legislation to prohibit banks from engaging in real estate brokerage and management. Obtained support of House majority in four consecutive Congresses with ban enacted in 2009.• Developed one of the first comprehensive legislative proposals to combat predatory mortgage lending in 2005. Provisions on appraisals, escrows, and mortgage servicing became law in 2010.• Recognized for efforts to strengthen the regulation of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in National Journal’s 2005 “Hill 100” issue highlighting congressional staff working on hot-button issues. Bill became law in 2008.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Authored application for the Upper Susquehanna-Lackawanna Watershed selected by then-President Clinton to become an American Heritage River.• Crafted the first legislation to compensate individuals who developed diseases from occupational exposures to beryllium as a result of efforts to win the Cold War. Subsequent bill became law in 2000.

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

• Evaluated Medicaid and Medicare policies, costs, participation rates, histories, and reform proposals.• Composed recommendations for long-term care financing options and organizational systems.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Negotiated and coordinated $250,000 in technical assistance programs in Eastern Europe.• Examined and interpreted workplace safety and health issues relating to North American trade, the international harmonization of standards, and federal agency jurisdiction.

Washington, Dc, Us

• Wrote statements for the Congressional Record, tracked press activity, and responded to constituent inquiries.• Solicited support for bills, and created briefing books for hearings on expanding protected dunes in Indiana.

Mpp, Press, Politics, And Policy And Business And Government

Bs, Business Analysis, With Minors In Germanic Studies And Political Science

Diploma, College Prep