27 Facts About Heath Tarbert

Heath Price Tarbert was born on July 15,1976 and is an American lawyer and former government official who served as the 14th Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission from 2019 to 2021.

Heath Tarbert previously served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Markets and Development and as acting Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs.

The first in his family to attend university, Heath Tarbert graduated from Mount St Mary's University in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science in accounting and international business.

Heath Tarbert then attended the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was a senior editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review.

Heath Tarbert received a Juris Doctor in 2001 and a Doctor of Juridical Science in 2002.

Heath Tarbert later obtained a Master of Studies and a Doctor of Philosophy in comparative law from St John's College, Oxford, in 2005, where he was a Thouron Scholar.

Heath Tarbert's dissertation was titled, "Deal protection devices in stock-for-stock mergers: an Anglo-American analysis".

Heath Tarbert was a law clerk for Chief Judge Douglas H Ginsburg of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 2005 to 2006.

Heath Tarbert worked as an attorney-adviser in the Office of Legal Counsel in the US Department of Justice from 2006 to 2007, then clerked for justice Clarence Thomas of the US Supreme Court from 2007 to 2008.

From 2009 to 2010, Heath Tarbert served as Special Counsel to the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Heath Tarbert has served as the Chairman of the American Bar Association Subcommittee on Systemically Important Financial Institutions, Legal Adviser to the Systemic Risk Council, Senior Fellow at the Harvard Law School Program on International Financial Systems, deputy director of the Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, and a member of the Bretton Woods Committee.

Heath Tarbert is an elected member of the American Law Institute and a Life Member of the National Eagle Scout Association.

Heath Tarbert led the US delegation at the G-7 and G-20 Finance Ministers' and Central Bank Governors' Deputies Meetings.

Heath Tarbert was a member of the Financial Stability Board and served on the FSB's Steering Committee and all three of its Standing Committees.

Heath Tarbert co-chaired the US-EU Financial Regulatory Forum and the US-UK Financial Regulatory Working Group, both of which focus on enhancing financial regulatory cooperation with key counterparts and advancing US economic interests.

Heath Tarbert served as policy chair of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, which seeks to promote US investments while protecting national security.

On January 9,2019, the White House nominated Heath Tarbert to serve as the 14th chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Heath Tarbert was then unanimously voice voted out of the Senate Agriculture Committee on April 1,2019.

On June 9,2020, Heath Tarbert was elected vice-chair of the board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions.

Heath Tarbert presided over a historic period of activity at the agency as its chairman and chief executive.

The agency brought more than 160 enforcement actions on Heath Tarbert's watch, including an agency record 113 actions in fiscal year 2020.

Heath Tarbert's chairmanship was noteworthy for its bipartisanship: of the 41 final rules and 21 proposed rules considered on his watch, 90 percent were advanced on a bipartisan basis.

Heath Tarbert officially stepped down as chairman on January 21,2021, and was succeeded by Acting Chairman Rostin Behnam.

Heath Tarbert resigned from his position as a commissioner on March 5,2021.

Heath Tarbert's hiring prompted comment from critics of the so-called "revolving door" between government service and the financial services sector.

In June 2023, Circle announced that Heath Tarbert would be joining their executive leadership team as Chief Legal Officer and Head of Corporate Affairs.

Heath Tarbert is married to Kathryn "Kate" Tarbert, whom he met while they both clerked for Judge Ginsburg from 2005 to 2006.