Giancarlo names Goggins and Blase to his CFTC staff
July 08, 2014 | 01:29 PM
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commissioner Christopher Giancarlo, a new Republican appointee to the commission, today named James Goggins as his chief of staff and Marcia Blase as his senior counsel.
Goggins has been a senior professional staff member and counsel for House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla. At the committee, he was responsible for all issues related to the CFTC, Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act, and oversight of the swaps and futures markets. He was also the primary staffer responsible for drafting bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the CFTC which recently passed the House of Representatives.
Earlier, he served as a counsel on the House Financial Services Committee where he worked on multiple titles of the Dodd-Frank Act, the JOBS Act, and handled issues relating to the derivatives markets, accounting, corporate governance, municipal finance, and TARP. He also previously served as the press secretary for Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala.
Goggins earned a law degree from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University and a bachelor or arts from the University of Alabama.
Blase has served as special counsel in CFTC Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight. She previously served in a variety of positions with the commission, including in the CFTC Office of General Counsel and as a counsel to CFTC Chairmen James Newsome and Reuben Jeffery III, as well as Commissioners Jill Sommers and Frederick Hatfield.
Before joining the CFTC, Blase held various positions with the federal courts. She received her law degree from Mercer University School of Law in Macon, Ga,. and a bachelor of arts degree from Washington University in St. Louis.
Goggins has been a senior professional staff member and counsel for House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla. At the committee, he was responsible for all issues related to the CFTC, Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act, and oversight of the swaps and futures markets. He was also the primary staffer responsible for drafting bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the CFTC which recently passed the House of Representatives.
Earlier, he served as a counsel on the House Financial Services Committee where he worked on multiple titles of the Dodd-Frank Act, the JOBS Act, and handled issues relating to the derivatives markets, accounting, corporate governance, municipal finance, and TARP. He also previously served as the press secretary for Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala.
Goggins earned a law degree from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University and a bachelor or arts from the University of Alabama.
Blase has served as special counsel in CFTC Division of Swap Dealer and Intermediary Oversight. She previously served in a variety of positions with the commission, including in the CFTC Office of General Counsel and as a counsel to CFTC Chairmen James Newsome and Reuben Jeffery III, as well as Commissioners Jill Sommers and Frederick Hatfield.
Before joining the CFTC, Blase held various positions with the federal courts. She received her law degree from Mercer University School of Law in Macon, Ga,. and a bachelor of arts degree from Washington University in St. Louis.
