White House nominates four candidates for vacant SEC and CFTC seats

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The White House has nominated four candidates to fill vacant positions at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), marking the first nominations to the agencies in about a year.

Nathan Anonick of Virginia and Matthew Rowland of the District of Columbia were nominated for CFTC commissioner positions. Kristin N. Johnson of Michigan and Steven Levine of Maryland were selected for the SEC.

The nominations are bipartisan: Anonick and Levine are Republicans, while Johnson and Rowland are Democrats. The Senate Agriculture Committee will review the CFTC candidates, and the Senate Banking Committee will consider the SEC nominees.

Anonick is legislative counsel to Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman John Boozman and helped negotiate the committee’s section of the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act. Rowland is a CFTC attorney who has worked with the Senate Agriculture Committee and contributed to both the Clarity Act and the committee’s 2024 crypto legislation.