 Mary Schapiro |
Mary Schapiro, former Securities and Exchange Commission chair, has joined Bloomberg LP as vice chair of global public policy.
She'll also be a special advisor to Michael Bloomberg, who is expected to run for the Democratic presidential nomination.
In a high-profile move, Bloomberg this week re-registered his party affiliation as a Democrat. He's also spending $100M to support Democratic candidates in the midterm elections. "That's a hell of a lot of I.O.Us; a Democratic operative told the Financial Times on Oct. 11.
As counselor to the 78-year-old Bloomberg, Shapiro will provide advice on his Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures and Working Group on US RMB Trading and Clearing, which supports the internationalization of China's currency.
The principles of liberty, self-government and individual rights are often discussed as matters of history. Last week in Odesa, Ukraine, I was reminded they are also very much matters of the present. 
How risks and opportunities have evolved for communicators in the second Trump administration.
Too many executives view public affairs as a technical task. They think that if their policy is strong, their facts are correct, and their lawyers are ready, the outcome will naturally follow. That’s a dangerous misconception.
A majority of Americans (52 percent) say president Trump launched the invasion of Iran in part to distract voters from the Jeffrey Epstein sex scandal. Forty percent disagree, according to Drop Site/Zeteo/Data for Progress survey conducted March 6-8.
