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Caroline Pham
American attorney From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Caroline D. Pham is an American attorney who serves as a commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). She was designated acting chair of the CFTC by President Donald Trump on January 20, 2025.
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Early life and education
Pham was born in Modesto, California.[1][2] Her Vietnamese-born parents were evacuated by helicopter from the U.S. Embassy in Saigon in April 1975.[3] She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2005[2]and a Juris Doctor from the George Washington University Law School.[4]
Career
From 2005 to 2008, Pham worked as an assistant at Sullivan & Cromwell. She was also a legal intern at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Securities and Exchange Commission and a law clerk in the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. She served as a judicial extern to former Chief Judge Loren A. Smith. From 2013 to 2014, she served as special counsel and policy advisor to CFTC Commissioner Scott D. O'Malia. Since 2014, she has worked in several positions at Citigroup.[5][6]
In December 2021, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Pham to be a commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.[5] Her nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 28, 2022,[7] and she was sworn in on April 14.[8]
In February 2025, Pham terminated the head of human resources at CFTC, who was conducting an investigation into allegations that Pham was creating a hostile workplace.[9] In addition, she terminated other employees.[10]
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