Joseph Borg, president of the North American Securities Administrators Association and director of the Alabama Securities Commission, today announced NASAA’s new board members and the chairs of its main committees.
Joining Borg on NASAA’s nine-member board of directors are:
- Christine Bruenn, (president-elect) administrator of the Maine Securities Division
- Deborah Bortner (past-president) director of securities for Washington state
- Mark Sendrow, (treasurer) director of securities for the Arizona Corporations Commission
- Daphne Smith, (secretary) assistant commissioner of securities for the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance
- Scott Borchert, director of enforcement for the Minnesota Department of Commerce
- Craig Goettsch, superintendent of the Iowa Securities Bureau
- Guy Lemoine, vice chair of the Quebec Securities Commission
- and Melanie Lubin, securities commissioner for Maryland.
Anthony Taggart, director of the Utah Securities Division, will chair NASA’s Corporate Finance section. Bradley Skolnik, Indiana securities commissioner, will chair NASAA’s Enforcement section. Denise Voigt Crawford, Texas securities commissioner, will chair NASAA’s Investor Education section
Patricia Struck, administrator of the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institution’s Securities Division, will chair NASAA’s Investment Adviser section; and Franklin Widmann, chief of the New Jersey Securities Bureau, will head NASAA’s Broker-Dealer section.
Borg, who took over as NASAA president earlier this month, will address the Securities Industry Association’s small firms next month, where he will layout his agenda for the year.
Borg promised to further the work of recent NASAA presidents, stressing increased uniformity among state securities regulators and implementation of an electronic database for investment advisers similar to the Central Registration Depository for broker dealers.