The Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) was created in 1999 to advise the Commission on complex issues at the intersection of technology, law, policy, and finance. The TAC may, from time to time, provide recommendations relating to the impact and implications of technological change on financial markets and the U.S. economy.
Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero sponsors the TAC. Tony Biagioli serves as the Designated Federal Officer for the committee. Andrew Rodgers and Benjamin Rankin serve as Alternate Designated Federal Officers for the TAC.
Committee Charter (PDF)
| Name | Entity Representing | Title |
| Chair: Carole House | Terranet Ventures Inc. | Executive in Residence |
| Vice Chair: Ari Redbord | TRM Labs | Head of Legal and Government Affairs |
| Todd Conklin | U.S. Department of the Treasury | Chief AI Officer and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Office of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection |
| Jeffery Zhang | Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School | |
| Dan Awrey | Professor of Law, Cornell Law School | |
| Nicol Turner Lee | Center for Technology Innovation, The Brookings Institution | Senior Fellow, Governance Studies; Director |
| Michael Shaulov | Fireblocks | Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer |
| Nikos Andrikogiannopoulos | Metrika | Founder & Chief Executive Officer |
| Joe Saluzzi | Themis Trading LLC | Co-Founder, Partner, and Co-Head of Equity Trading |
| Emin Gün Sirer | Ava Labs | Founder & Chief Executive Officer |
| Dan Guido | Trail of Bits | Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer |
| Christian Catalini | Lightspark | Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer |
| Timothy Gallagher | Nardello & Co. | Managing Director, Digital Investigations & Cyber Defense and Chief Security Officer |
| Michael Greenwald | Amazon Web Services | Global Lead, Digital Assets and Financial Innovation |
| Jonah Crane | Klaros Group | Partner |
| Jill Gunter | Espresso Systems | Chief Strategy Officer |
| Adam Zarazinski | Inca Digital | Chief Executive Officer |
| Cantrell Dumas | Better Markets, Inc. | Director, Derivatives Policy |
| Stanley Guzik | S&P Dow Jones Indices | Chief Technology & Innovation Officer |
| Francesca Rossi | IBM | IBM Fellow and AI Ethics Global Leader |
| Ben Milne | Brale | Founder & Chief Executive Officer |
| Jennifer Ilkiw | ICE Futures U.S | President |
| Justin Slaughter | Paradigm | Policy Director |
| Hilary Allen | Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Scholarship, American University, Washington College of Law | |
| Steve Suppan | Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy | Senior Policy Analyst |
| Corey Then | Circle | Vice President of Global Policy |
| Todd Smith | National Futures Association | Director of Centralized Data Science and Analytics |
| Sunil Cutinho | Chief Information Officer | CME Group |
| Michael Wellman | Professor of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Michigan |
- Digital Assets and Blockchain Technology
Name Entity Representing Title Carole House (Co-Chair) Terranet Ventures Inc. Executive in Residence Dan Awrey (Co-Chair) Professor of Law, Cornell Law School Nikos Andrikogiannopoulos Metrika Founder & CEO Christian Catalini Lightspark Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer Jonah Crane Klaros Group Partner Sunil Cutinho CME Group Chief Information Officer Cantrell Dumas Better Markets Director, Derivatives Policy Michael Greenwald Amazon Web Services Global Lead, Digital Assets Dan Guido Trail of Bits Co-Founder & CEO Jill Gunter Espresso Systems Chief Strategy Officer Stanley Guzik S&P Dow Jones Indices Chief Technology Officer Ben Milne Brale Founder & CEO Ari Redbord TRM Labs Head of Legal and Government Affairs Michael Shaulov Fireblocks CEO Emin Gün Sirer Ava Labs Founder & CEO Justin Slaughter Paradigm Policy Director Corey Then Circle Vice President, Global Policy Adam Zarazinski Inca Digital CEO Jeffery Zhang Assistant Professor of Law, University of Michigan Law School - Cybersecurity
Name Entity Representing Title Timothy Gallagher (Co-Chair) Nardello & Co. Managing Director, Digital Investigations & Cyber Defense, Chief Security Officer Dan Guido (Co-Chair) Trail of Bits Co-Founder & CEO Hilary Allen Professor of Law, Associate Dean for Scholarship, American University, Washington College of Law Todd Conklin U.S. Department of the Treasury Chief AI Officer and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Office of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection (OCCIP) Sunil Cutinho CME Group Chief Information Officer Michael Greenwald Amazon Web Services Global Lead, Digital Assets Carole House Terranet Ventures Inc. Executive in Residence Jennifer Ilkiw ICE Futures U.S. President Justin Slaughter Paradigm Policy Director Adam Zarazinski Inca Digital CEO - Emerging and Evolving Technologies
Name Entity Representing Title Nicol Turner Lee (Co-Chair) The Brookings Institution Senior Fellow – Governance Studies, Director – Center for Technology Innovation Todd Smith (Co-Chair) National Futures Association Director of Centralized Data Science and Analytics Dan Awrey Professor of Law, Cornell Law School Todd Conklin U.S. Department of the Treasury Chief AI Officer and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Office of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection (OCCIP) Cantrell Dumas Better Markets Director, Derivatives Policy Michael Greenwald Amazon Web Services Global Lead, Digital Assets Dan Guido Trail of Bits Co-Founder & CEO Carole House Terranet Ventures Inc. Executive in Residence Ben Milne Brale Founder & CEO Francesca Rossi IBM IBM Fellow and AI Ethics Global Leader Joe Saluzzi Themis Trading Partner and Co-Founder Steve Suppan Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy Senior Policy Analyst Corey Then Circle Vice President, Global Policy Michael Wellman Professor of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Michigan
Responsible Artificial Intelligence in Financial Markets (Approved by TAC on May 2, 2024)
Decentralized Finance (Approved by TAC on January 8, 2024)