Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability


The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability is the head of the Office of Financial Stability in the United States Department of the Treasury.
The position was created in 2008 by the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, the act that created the Office of Financial Stability to administer the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
By law, the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability is appointed by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. During a vacancy, the United States Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to appoint an Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability.

List of Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury for Financial Stability

NamePictureAssumed OfficeLeft OfficePresident Appointed BySecretary Served Under
Neel Kashkari October 6, 2008May 1, 2009George W. BushHenry Paulson
Timothy Geithner
Herbert M. AllisonJune 2009September 2010Barack ObamaTimothy Geithner
Timothy MassadSeptember 2010June 2014Barack ObamaTimothy Geithner
Jack Lew