Chairman Christopher Giancarlo

The Honorable J. Christopher Giancarlo served as 13th Chairman of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Giancarlo also served as a member of the US Financial Stability Oversight Committee, the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets, and the Executive Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions. After more than six years as Senior Counsel at Willkie Farr & Gallagher, where he co-chaired the firm’s Digital Works practice, he retired from the firm in April 2026 to advise founders, CEOs, and boards in fintech and digital assets. He is also the co-founder of the Digital Dollar Project, a not-for-profit initiative to advance exploration of a US Central Bank Digital Currency. Giancarlo is the author of the book Crypto Dad, The Fight for the Future of Money.