From the 2011 News Archive

Prof. Greenberger Testifies at Dodd-Frank Act Hearing on Capitol Hill Apr. 13

Professor Michael Greenberger testified before the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management on April 13 at hearing entitled “Implementing Dodd-Frank: A Review of the CFTC's Rulemaking Process.” This hearing marks the second time Professor Greenberger has testified on the implementation of the sweeping financial regulatory reform legislation that was signed into law in July 2010.

The event is posted on the committee's website.

Information about Professor Greenberger's other post-Dodd-Frank testimony is available here.

Professor Greenberger teaches a class entitled "Futures, Options and Derivatives" at the School of Law, and he is the Founder and Director of the University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security. In 1997, Professor Greenberger left private practice to become the Director of the Division of Trading and Markets at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). He also served on the Steering Committee of the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets, and as a member of the International Organization of Securities Commissions’ Hedge Fund Task Force. Professor Greenberger has recently served as the Technical Advisor to the United Nations Commission of Experts on Reforms of the International Monetary and Financial System and the International Energy Forum’s Independent Expert Group on Reducing World-wide Energy Price Volatility. He testified often before committees in both Houses of Congress in the run-up to the passage of the Dodd-Frank Act. Professor Greenberger's past testimony and media appearances related to his expertise in financial regulation can be found on his website, http://www.michaelgreenberger.com.

Nick Alexopulous

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