Karen Buck Burgess
Senior Advisor, Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Karen Buck Burgess is the Senior Adviser to the Director in the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations at the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington D.C. Prior to her current position, she served in a variety of other posts at the SEC, including as Associate General Counsel (1996-2001); Assistant General Counsel (1992-1996); Deputy Chief Counsel/Senior Special Counsel in the Division of Market Regulation (1989-1992); Special Counsel, Office of the Chairman (1988-1989); and Attorney in the Division of Market Regulation (1981-84). Ms. Burgess received the SEC’s highest honor, its Distinguished Service Award in 1998, and has received the Commission’s Law and Policy Award four times. Her areas of expertise include: Glass-Steagall Act reform, anti-money laundering, and broker-dealer and clearing agency activities. She received her J.D. with honors from the Antioch School of Law, Washington, D.C. and her B.A. from Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio.