BA (Hons) in Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin; JD, University of Texas School of Law. Former: Member, Obama Transition Team, US Treasury Department; Partner, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld, Washington, DC; Executive Secretary and Senior Adviser to Secretary of the Treasury; General Counsel of the Treasury, the Department's longest-serving General Counsel since the position was created in 1934. 1999-2000, Chief Legal Officer, National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD, now FINRA). Currently Executive Vice Chairman of Nasdaq, Chair TechNet, Chair US-India Business Council, Vice Chair US Chamber of Commerce.