Steven Adamske is the Director of the Office of Public Affairs at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Mr. Adamske previously held the role for nearly seven years under Chairs Gary Gensler, Timothy Massad and J. Christopher Giancarlo, and he served as a Senior Policy Advisor to Commissioner Sharon Y. Bowen. Most recently Mr.
Steven Adamske is the Director of the Office of Public Affairs at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Mr. Adamske previously held the role for nearly seven years under Chairs Gary Gensler, Timothy Massad and J. Christopher Giancarlo, and he served as a Senior Policy Advisor to Commissioner Sharon Y. Bowen. Most recently Mr. Adamske was the Vice President and Head of Communications and Public Affairs at FIA.
At the CFTC, Mr. Adamske implemented the communications strategy and outreach efforts for more than 65 final rules, orders and guidance documents required in the Dodd-Frank Act and the Libor and benchmark manipulation cases to name a few.
Prior to joining the CFTC, Mr. Adamske served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of Treasury, where he specialized in Domestic Finance and oversaw communications for the Dodd-Frank Act, the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and Treasury’s housing programs. Prior to that, Mr. Adamske was a senior staff member and Communications Director for the House Financial Services Committee and for Rep. Barney Frank during a time when Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Act, the auto industry rescue, TARP and the Housing and Economic Recovery Act.
He also served in senior press roles for several members of Congress, and in the Clinton Administration as a senior advance and scheduling aide to Vice President Al Gore and held communications positions at the Department of Interior and the Federal Communications Commission.
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