Video State Budget

Conversation with Adrienne Harris

Superintendent of the NYS Dept. of Financial Services

June 21, 2024

Adrienne A. Harris joined the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) in September 2021. Prior to joining DFS, Superintendent Harris served as Senior Advisor to Deputy Treasury Secretary, Sarah Bloom Raskin before joining the National Economic Council where she managed the financial services portfolio for President Obama. After leaving the White House, Superintendent Harris served as General Counsel and Chief Business Officer at Doma and also served as a Professor and Faculty Co-Director at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy’s Center on Finance, Law and Policy. Since taking over at DFS, Superintendent Harris has overhauled the agency and taken decisive actions on a series of defining issues including virtual currency, cybersecurity, and consumer protection.

Superintendent Harris is a former CBC New Leader.