Deborah matz biography

Editors’ Note

Debbie Matz was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as the eighth Board Chairman of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). After confirmation by the U.S. Senate in August of 2009, she was sworn in that month.

In addition to chairing NCUA, Matz chairs the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, an interagency body of banking and consumer regulators with a mission to promote uniform standards for supervision of financial institutions.

Matz is also one of 10 voting members of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, an interagency body established by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to identify risks to financial stability, promote market discipline, and respond to emerging threats.

Organization Brief

NCUA (www.ncua.gov) is the independent federal agency created by the U.S.

Congress to regulate, charter, and supervise federal credit unions. With the backing of the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government