BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Introducing Our New Board Member

MICHAEL PIWOWAR joined the Volcker Alliance Board of Directors in September 2022. Dr. Piwowar currently serves as executive vice president of the Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets and has previously held roles as a commissioner of the US Securities and Exchange Commission under President Barack Obama and acting chairman of the commission under President Donald Trump. Prior to those roles, he was chief economist for the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; senior economist at the President’s Council of Economic Advisers; and the senior economist for the financial regulatory working group of the President’s Economic and Recovery Advisory Board led by Paul Volcker.

Remembering Charles Bowsher

CHARLES BOWSHER , a legendary public servant, a kind and gentle man, and a founding board member of the Volcker Alliance, died on September 30, 2022, at the age of 91. He was highly esteemed by our founder, Paul Volcker, and our team. Bowsher served as comptroller general of the United States and head of GAO from 1981 to 1996 and chair of the Public Oversight Board from 1999 to 2002. He was a partner at the accounting firm Arthur Andersen & Co. prior to his time as comptroller general.