Washington, D.C. – The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) announced today the hiring of Chad Davis to lead congressional engagement efforts on behalf of state financial regulators as senior vice president, legislative policy, effective January 26.

Davis will provide strategic leadership of CSBS’s legislative operations, overseeing the development of policy and serving as the primary architect of advocacy strategies that advance CSBS’s mission to support state financial regulation. 

"Chad brings a career of experience in financial services to CSBS, along with well established relationships in Congress, among the states, and across the federal agencies," said CSBS President and CEO Brandon Milhorn. "His addition to the CSBS team will support ongoing state efforts to protect the dual banking system and help promote a dynamic financial services market in the United States."

Davis joins CSBS from the Cato Institute, where he served as Vice President for Public Affairs, leading federal and state government affairs, communications, and external engagement. Prior to Cato, Chad held senior leadership and advisory roles at the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, and the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. His career spans more than 20 years in financial services policy and government relations.

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The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) is the national organization of financial regulators from all 50 states, American Samoa, District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands. State regulators supervise 79% of all U.S. banks and a variety of non-depository financial services. CSBS, on behalf of state regulators, also operates the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System to license and register non-depository financial service providers in the mortgage, money services businesses, consumer finance and debt industries.