Pahl previously served as policy associate director in the bureau’s research, markets and regulations division. Editor’s note: This article is available for members only.
7/14/2020 9:00
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Kathy Kraninger has named Thomas Pahl as the bureau’s deputy director.
Pahl, who is extensively involved in the bureau’s rulemaking efforts—including the debt collection final rule, said to be released in October 2020—previously worked as acting director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission and before that worked at the CFPB under former director Richard Cordray.
From 2013–2016, Pahl served as managing counsel for the Office of Regulations at the CFPB. He has also held roles at the FTC focused on enforcement, rulemaking, and policy on financial services matters, including assistant director of the Division of Financial Practices, according to a news release from the CFPB.
Pahl spoke with Tim Collins, chief compliance officer with TrueAccord Corp., and Mike Frost, partner, Malone Frost Martin PLLC, during this year’s Washington Insights Livestream about initiatives at the bureau in response to COVID-19, insights on enforcement actions and examinations by the CFPB and analyzing comments from the industry after the proposed debt collection rule was issued.
Pahl succeeds Brian Johnson as deputy director of the CFPB. Johnson is now partner at Alston & Bird in Washington, D.C.
Kraninger also announced the leadership for the newly created Consumer Education and External Affairs (CEEA) Division. CEEA will focus on a more coordinated and bureau-wide approach to engagement and communication with consumers, policymakers, academics and other stakeholders, according to the news release from the CFPB.
Delicia Reynolds Hand will serve as deputy associate director for the Consumer Education and External Affairs Division. Hand joined the bureau in 2012 and has over 20 years of experience, having worked in consumer advocacy, community and economic development and on Capitol Hill.
Desmond Brown will serve as the assistant director for the Office of Consumer Education. Brown has more than two decades of experience working with national and local organizations to increase financial well-being and economic opportunities for consumers. He first joined the bureau as a program specialist for the Office of Financial Empowerment in 2012.
Matt Cameron will serve as assistant director for the Office of Stakeholder Management. Cameron has served at the bureau since 2012, most recently as the staff director for the Advisory Board and Councils Office. He has more than a decade in public service, including working with Congress.
In addition to the Offices of Consumer Education and Stakeholder Management, the CEEA division will include the newly formed Office of Public Affairs, which will be led by Marisol Garibay, and the Office of Consumer Response, which will be led by Christopher Johnson. The CEEA division will be led by Policy Associate Director Andrew Duke.
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