Roel Clark Campos (born 1949) is an American business lawyer.

Early life and education

Campos earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1979, his

M.B.A. A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as account ...

from the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California S ...

in 1972, and in 1971 earned his

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from the

United States Air Force Academy The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is a United States service academy in El Paso County, Colorado, immediately north of Colorado Springs. It educates cadets for service in the officer corps of the United States Air Force and U ...

Career

He served as 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

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's economic advisory board and was considered a possible successor to former SEC chairman Christopher Cox. He is a current member of the

Committee on Capital Markets Regulation The Committee on Capital Markets Regulation is an independent and nonpartisan 501(c)(3) research organization financed by contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations. Background Thirty-six leaders from the financial sector, incl ...

, an independent and nonpartisan 501(c)(3) research organization dedicated to improving the regulation of U.S. capital markets. In 2008, Campos was appointed a member of the Board of Trustees of the

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, and in December 2011 as interim Chairman.

References

External links

Campos' biography at SEC.govCampos' profile at Cooley Godward Kronish
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Campos, Roel 1949 births Living people Hispanic and Latino American people People from Harlingen, Texas UCLA Anderson School of Management alumni Harvard Law School alumni Members of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission United States Air Force Academy alumni United States Air Force officers George W. Bush administration personnel