Rodney Hood, Acting Comptroller of the Currency, will be our guest speaker at the Exchequer Club meeting on Wednesday, April 16, 2025.

Mr. Hood became Acting Comptroller of the Currency on February 10, 2025. 

As Acting Comptroller of the Currency, Mr. Hood is the administrator of the federal banking system and chief executive officer of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). The OCC ensures that the federal banking system operates in a safe and sound manner, provides fair access to financial services, treats customers fairly, and complies with applicable laws and regulations. It supervises more than 1,000 national banks, federal savings associations, and federal branches and agencies of foreign banks that serve consumers, businesses, and communities across the United States. These institutions range from community banks to the nation’s largest most internationally active banks. 

The Comptroller also serves as a Director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and a member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council and the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council. 

Mr. Hood was previously confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2005 and again in 2019 to serve on the National Credit Union Administration Board (NCUA). In 2019, President Donald J. Trump designated him as Chairman of the NCUA Board, making Hood the first African American to lead a federal banking regulatory agency. While at the NCUA, Hood also served as a voting member of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, as the NeighborWorks America Board Chairman, and as Vice Chairman of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council. 

Before public service, Mr. Hood held senior roles in retail finance, commercial banking, affordable housing, and community development in the private sector. 

Mr. Hood holds a bachelor of arts degree in business administration, political science and speech communication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.