Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia

Scott O’Malia was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 8^th, 2009, as Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. He was sworn in on October 16^th, 2009, to complete a vacant term which expires April 2010, and received a full five-year term that expires April 2015.

Commissioner O’Malia previously served as the Staff Director to the Senate Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Committee on Appropriations, where he focused on expanding U.S. investment in clean energy technologies, including access to low cost financing and driving technical innovation into the domestic energy sector. From 2003 to 2004, Commissioner O’Malia served on the Senate Energy and National Resources Committee under Chairman Pete Domenici (R.-NM) as senior policy advisor on oil, coal and gas issues. From 1992 until 2001, the Commissioner served as senior legislative assistant to Sen. Mitch McConnell (R.-KY), now the Senate Minority Leader.

During his career, O’Malia also established the Washington office of Mirant Corp., where he worked on rules and standards for corporate risk management and energy trading among wholesale power producers.

Commissioner O’Malia has a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Michigan.

Speeches by Commissioner Scott D. O’Malia