Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris was nominated by Governor Hochul to lead the New York State Department of Financial Services in August, 2021 and confirmed on January 25, 2022.   

Previously, she was Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, where she worked on financial reform and Dodd-Frank implementation, consumer protection, and cybersecurity; and served as Senior Advisor at the US Treasury Department, where she worked on solutions to the student loan crisis, the nexus between foreign investment and national security, and promoting financial inclusion in communities throughout the country. Her career also includes serving as a Professor and as Faculty Co-Director at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy's Center on Finance, Law and Policy at the University of Michigan, and as an Associate at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.