Kristin N. Johnson

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Kristin N. Johnson Occupation Commissioner Employer CFTC Location Washington, DC LinkedIn Profile Kristin N. Johnson is a financial markets regulator and college professor who currently serves as a commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. She was nominated to the CFTC by President Joseph Biden in September 2021 and unanimously confirmed on March 28, 2022 by the United States Senate. Johnson was part of a historic class of CFTC commissioners that included four women nominees. Before becoming a CFTC commissioner, Johnson was the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law at the Emory University School of Law. Background Johnson has also served as the associated dean for faculty research and the McGlinchey Stafford Professor of Law at the Tulane University Law School. She has also served as a professor of law at the Seton Hall School of Law and as an associate professor of law at Washington and Lee University. Education Johnson holds a bachelor of science in international economics from Georgetown University. She also holds a juris doctor from the University of Michigan Law School. References

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