Neal Wolin is a vice chairman of the Brunswick Group, a critical issues advisory firm, where he advises clients across industries on significant M&A, regulatory and public affairs issues. He served as CEO of the Brunswick Group from February 2018 through July 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He served as the deputy secretary of the Department of the Treasury from May 2009 until September 2013. He was the longest-serving deputy treasury secretary in U.S. history. Wolin also served as acting secretary of the Treasury from January 25 to February 28, 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As deputy secretary, Wolin served as the Treasury\u2019s chief operating officer. He supervised all Treasury bureaus; the department\u2019s domestic and international policy offices; and its management, legal, public affairs and legislative affairs functions. Wolin played a key role in formulating and executing the government\u2019s response to the financial crisis of 2008\u20132009, including its economic recovery and financial reform plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From 2007 to 2009, Wolin served as president and COO of the property and casualty insurance companies of The Hartford Financial Services Group. Before that, he was executive vice president and general counsel of The Hartford, with responsibility for the company\u2019s legal, government affairs, tax, marketing and communications functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before joining The Hartford, Wolin served as general counsel of the Treasury; as a member of the National Security Council staff; and as a special assistant to three directors of the Central Intelligence Agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wolin is a member of the board of trustees of Yale University as well as a board member of Results for America and the Atlantic Council. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is also an equity partner at Data Collective Venture Capital and a board partner at The Social+Capital Partnership, both venture capital firms based in northern California. He is also an advisor to Nyca Partners, a venture capital and advisory firm focused on financial technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wolin received a B.A. in history, summa cum laude, from Yale College; an M.Sc. in development economics from the University of Oxford; and a J.D. from Yale Law School.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":42774,"template":"","pps_staff_departments":[84],"class_list":["post-1318","pps_staff","type-pps_staff","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","pps_staff_departments-board-of-directors"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n