SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, a Republican, will leave the agency in November to become an associate professor at Regent University School of Law in Virginia Beach.
Peirce, head of the agency's Crypto Task Force, began serving as an SEC commissioner in 2018.
She previously conducted research on financial markets at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and also served as senior counsel on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; as counsel to SEC Chairman Paul Atkins when he served as an SEC commissioner; and as a staff attorney in the SEC's Division of Investment Management.
Regent University bills itself as America's premier Christian university, with nearly 14,000 students, that's "committed to mentoring and forming the next generation of Christian lawyers."
Peirce earned her J.D. from Yale Law School and her bachelor's degree in economics from Case Western Reserve University. She clerked for Judge Roger B. Andewelt of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
The agency is now down to only two commissioners — Atkins, as well as Mark Uyeda, both Republicans. Caroline Crenshaw, the agency's only Democratic commissioner, left in early January.
Peirce's term expired in 2025. SEC commissioners can stay on up to 18 months after their term expires.
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