Roel Campos
 Roel Campos    ( lawyer) | |
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| Born | 1949 Harlingen, Texas |
| Nationality | US |
| Alma mater | • Harvard Law School • UCLA • United States Air Force Academy |
| Spouse | Mini Villarreal |
| Member of | PIAB, The American Academy in Berlin/Distinguished Visitors |
| Party | Democratic |
Roel Clark Campos (born 1949) is an American business lawyer.
Background
Campos earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1979, his M.B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1972, and in 1971 earned his B.S. from the United States Air Force Academy.
Career
He was Securities and Exchange Commissioner between 2002–07 and is now a partner with the law firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP. Campos was named to then President-elect Barack Obama's economic advisory board and was considered a possible successor to former SEC chairman Christopher Cox.[1] He is a current member of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, an independent and nonpartisan 501(c)(3) research organization dedicated to improving the regulation of U.S. capital markets.[2] In 2008, Campos was appointed a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Valuation Standards Council, and in December 2011 as interim Chairman.
