Michael B. Greenwald
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Law
Boston University School of Law
2007 : 2010
Masters
International Relations/National Security
Boston University - Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies (Pardee School)
2006 : 2007
History
The George Washington University
2002 : 2006
St. Marks School
1998 : 2002
The Fessenden School
1992 : 1998
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
CFTC Subcommittee Member on Cybersecurity
2023 :
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
CFTC Subcommittee Member on Emerging and Evolving Technology
2023 :
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
CFTC Subcommittee Member on Digital Assets and Blockchain
In 2023, Greenwald was appointed by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to serve as a representative member on the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee. As a representative member representing Amazon Web Services, he helps the CFTC to carry out its mission to foster open, transparent, competitive, and financially sound markets and examines the impact and implications of technological innovation in the financial services, derivatives, and commodity markets.
2023 :
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Member, CFTC Technology Advisory Committee
I am currently an Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) directing a digital asset capstone class on the future of digital assets and the energy implications.
2022 :
Columbia | SIPA
Adjunct Associate Professor
Skills
Foreign Policy, Fundraising, Government, International Law, International Relations, Legal Research, Legal Writing, Legislative Relations, National Security, Non-profits, Nonprofits, Policy, Policy Analysis, Political Campaigns, Political Science, Politics, Public Policy, Public Speaking, Research
About
Michael B. Greenwald is a Senior Executive for Amazon Web Services serving as the Global Lead for Digital Assets and Financial Innovation. In 2023, Greenwald was appointed by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to serve as a representative member on the CFTC’s Technology Advisory Committee. As a representative member representing Amazon Web Services, he helps the CFTC to carry out its mission to foster open, transparent, competitive, and financially sound markets and examines the impact and implications of technological innovation in the financial services, derivatives, and commodity markets.
Previously, he was a Managing Director and Director of Digital Asset Education for Tiedemann Advisors. He was the first U.S. Treasury attaché to Qatar and Kuwait, acting as the principal liaison to the banking sector in those nations for two presidential administrations from 2010-2017.
Michael is an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) directing a digital asset capstone program, a former fellow at Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council Geoeconomics Center, an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for New American Security, and is Deputy Director at the Trilateral Commission.
He holds a Juris Doctor from Boston University, a Master’s from Boston University’s Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, and a Bachelor of Arts in History from George Washington University. Raised in Brookline, Massachusetts, he lives in Palm Beach, Florida with his wife Nolan and served on the Board of The Town of Palm Beach Investment Committee. He was honored by Palm Beach Illustrated as one of the city’s 100 most influential business leaders.
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