Dr. Cynthia Aaron Glassman of

Alexandria, Virginia Alexandria is an independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. It lies on the western bank of the Potomac River approximately south of downtown Washington, D.C. In 2020, the population was 159,467. ...

was a commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as well as the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs. She served as acting chair from July 1, 2005 to August 3, 2005. She received a Ph.D. in

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analy ...

from the

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in 1975.

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SEC biography

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* Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Fellows of Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge Members of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission United States Department of Commerce officials People from Alexandria, Virginia Wellesley College alumni George W. Bush administration personnel {{Virginia-politician-stub