J. Mark McWatters

Member, NCUA Board of Directors

August 2, 2017 NCUA 0

INFO, BACKGROUND ON J. MARK MCWATTERS
Mark McWatters
BIRTH DATE1955
POSITIONMember, NCUA Board of Directors
EDUCATIONB.B.A., Texas Christian University,
M.B.A., Michigan State University,
J.D., University of Texas School of Law,
L.L.M., Columbia University School of Law,
L.L.M., New York University School of Law (Taxation).
Note: he is also a Certified Public Accountant in Texas.
EXPERIENCEGovernment:
2019-2020: Member, NCUA Board (resigned Nov. 20)
2017 to 2019: Chairman, NCUA Board (named acting in January; named permanent chairman, June)
2014 to 2017: Member, NCUA Board
2012 to 2014: Member, Governing Board of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs and the Advisory Committee of the Texas Emerging Technology Fund.
2009 to 2011: Member, TARP Congressional Oversight Panel.
2009: Counsel, Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX, and chairman, House Financial Services Committee)

Education:
2011 to 2014: Director of Graduate Programs and as an adjunct professor at the Southern Methodist University (SMU) Dedman School of Law
2009 to 2014: Adjunct professor, SMU’s Cox School of Business

Other:
Tax and corporate counsel at HBK Capital Management LP; partner, Patton Boggs LLP and Fulbright & Jaworski LLP; partner, associate, Hughes & Luce LLP; associate, McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore LLP. 1982 to 1983: Judicial clerk, Judge Walter Ely, U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.