Deborah Matz is a member of the board of advisors of Elphi, a start-up up company that uses cutting edge technology to streamline the mortgage lending process and a member of the board of advisors of Takara Capital, a financial technology firm in the mortgage space. She recently served as an Advisor to RenoFi, a start-up that has developed a platform which enables financial institutions to make consumer home renovation loans based on the post-renovation value of the homes. In 2009, President Obama appointed her to serve as board chairman for the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA). In that role, Ms. Matz headed the independent agency that charters, regulates, and supervises federal credit unions and insures all federally insured credit unions.
From 2010-2016, Ms. Matz served as one of 10 voting members of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC). FSOC was created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to monitor the stability of our nation’s financial system. She was a director for the Mutual of Omaha bank from 2016-2020. Ms. Matz worked on Capitol Hill for 12 years in various capacities, including 9 years as an economist with the Congressional Joint Economic Committee. She earned a bachelor’s degree in labor and industrial relations from Cornell University and a master’s degree in political science and government from George Washington University.