The latest from Debbie Matz

Jun 12, 2013 - by Debbie Matz, National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)

A Surprising Success Story

To “conserve,” in the truest sense of the word, means to “save.” But when NCUA takes the extraordinary step to conserve an institution, it’s almost always past the point ...

Mar 11, 2013 - by Debbie Matz, National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)

The New NCUA

By Debbie Matz, Chairman, National Credit Union Administration If you saw Skyfall recently, you were reminded that James Bond drove a 1965 Aston Martin. While beautiful and fast, this classic ...

Dec 20, 2012 - by Debbie Matz, National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)

A Day In The Life Of The NCUA Chairman

by Chairman Debbie Matz, NCUA People often ask me, “How do you spend your typical day at NCUA?” My answer is that there is no “typical day” at NCUA. That’...

Sep 17, 2012 - by Debbie Matz, National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)

10 Things You May Not Know about NCUA

by: Debbie Matz, Chairman, National Credit Union AdministrationThe Listening Sessions I hosted around the country this year generated productive dialogues between NCUA and credit union officials. Our intent was for ...

Jun 7, 2012 - by Debbie Matz, National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)

NCUA Will Listen to Your Appeals

by: Debbie Matz, Chairman, National Credit Union AdministrationThis month I’m resuming my Listening Tour to engage in face-to-face dialog with credit union officials. If you have ideas about ...

Mar 5, 2012 - by Debbie Matz, National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)

New NCUA Policy Will Keep Members in their Homes

by: Debbie Matz, Chairman, National Credit Union AdministrationFor over a century, credit unions have striven to help members achieve the American dream. It is, no doubt, extraordinarily difficult when you ...

Debbie Matz

Chairman
National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)

Web: www.ncua.gov

Debbie Matz was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as the eighth board chair of the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). After confirmation by the U.S. Senate on August 7, 2009, she was sworn in on August 24, 2009. Mrs. Matz is no stranger to NCUA and credit unions having served as a board member at NCUA from January 2002 to October 2005.

The NCUA, governed by a three-member board, is the independent federal agency that charters and supervises federal credit unions. NCUA, with the backing of the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, operates the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (NCUSIF), insuring the deposits of 92.5 million account holders in all federal credit unions and many state-chartered credit unions.

As Chair of the NCUA Board, Mrs. Matz is the spokesperson for the agency and oversees the regulation of federal credit unions and the administration of the federal insurance fund covering approximately 7,000 credit unions with over $1 trillion in assets. In addition to chairing the NCUA Board, Mrs. Matz serves as Chair of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC). The FFIEC was established in 1979, pursuant to an act of Congress, to prescribe uniform principles, standards, and report forms for the federal examination of financial institutions, to make recommendations to promote uniformity in the supervision of financial institutions, and to conduct schools for examiners.

Prior to becoming NCUA board chair, Mrs. Matz served on President Obama’s Economic Transition Team. From 2006 until June 2008, Mrs. Matz was the Executive Vice-President/Chief Operating Officer of a federal credit union serving 90,000 members with branches in the United States and Europe. Mrs. Matz was appointed by President Bill Clinton to serve in the U.S. Department of Agriculture from 1993 to 2001. As Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration, she oversaw the administrative arm of the 100,000-employee agency.

Mrs. Matz has extensive experience on Capitol Hill. She served for nine years as an economist with the Congressional Joint Economic Committee where she advised Members of Congress on a wide range of domestic policy issues, and as a legislative assistant to Congressman Peter Peyser (R-NY).

She received a master’s degree from George Washington University and a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University. A native New Yorker, she is married to Marshall Matz, has two grown children and resides in McLean, Virginia.