CFPB Names 3 Key Senior Positions

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that three experts have been named to senior positions within the Bureau. These positions are: the Assistant Director for the Office of Research; the Assistant Director for the Office of Financial Empowerment; and the Assistant Director for the Office of Installment and Liquidity Lending Markets.

"I'm pleased that these incredibly talented individuals have joined the Bureau," said CFPB Director Richard Cordray. "All three offices play an essential role in making sure that consumers are being treated fairly. These experts will lead the teams that help us monitor the marketplace and provide tangible benefit to consumers."

Christopher D. Carroll has joined the CFPB as the Assistant Director and Chief Economist for the Office of Research in the Bureau's Research, Markets, and Regulations Division. Dr. Carroll is a professor of economics at Johns Hopkins University. He has taken a leave of absence while serving at the Bureau.

He also is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and the co-chair of the NBER Research Group on Consumption. Dr. Carroll received a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University, and his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Daniel Dodd-Ramirez has joined the CFPB as the Assistant Director of Financial Empowerment in the Bureau's Consumer Education and Engagement Division. Mr. Dodd-Ramirez previously served as the executive director of Step Up Savannah Inc. in Savannah, Ga., from 2005 to 2014.

He received a B.A. in Hispanic Studies from the University of Southern Maine and his M.A. in International/Intercultural Training from the School for International Training in southern Vermont.

Jeffrey Langer has joined the CFPB as the Assistant Director of Installment and Liquidity Lending Markets in the Bureau's Research, Markets, and Regulations Division. Mr. Langer most recently served as senior counsel at Macy's, Inc. in Mason, Ohio.  He also has served as a partner in several law firms, including Jones Day and Dreher Langer & Tomkies.

Langer received a B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his J.D. from the Northwestern University School of Law.