CFPB Names Three to Key Senior Positions

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced the appointment of three experts to senior positions within the agency.

Joining CFPB as assistant director and chief economist for the Office of Research is Dr. Christopher D. Carroll. Carroll is a professor of economics at Johns Hopkins University, from which he has taken a leave of absence to serve the bureau. He is also a member of the board of directors of the National Bureau of Economic Research and has served in the past as senior economist for the Council of Economic Advisors and for the Federal Reserve as an economist.

Daniel Dodd-Ramirez is CFPB’s assistant director of financial empowerment. He previously served as executive director of Step Up Savannah Inc. in Savannah, Georgia, from 2005 through 2014. Prior to that, he served as education project director and community organizer for People Acting for Community Together (PACT) and was human resources director for Families First, a social services agency.

Finally, Jeffrey Langer has signed on as assistant director of installment and liquidity lending markets. Langer most recently served as senior counsel at Macy’s, Inc., in Ohio. He has also served as a partner in several law firms, including Jones Day and Dreher Langer & Tomkies. In addition, he is a founding fellow and treasurer of the American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers and a former chair of the Consumer Financial Services Committee of the American Bar Association Business Law Section.

“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.”