inSecurities Podcast Episode 113: Anne Kelley joins the inSecurities Podcast to unpack the federal agency appropriations process. Anne is a Partner at the legislative consulting firm, Mercury Strategies. Before joining Mercury Strategies, Anne served as a political appointee at the SEC where her work spanned five Administrations and nine SEC Chairs and Acting Chairs. On this episode, Anne explains to Chris and Kurt how most federal agencies obtain government funding, and why the SEC’s budget-setting process is unique.
inSecurities is a biweekly podcast featuring in-depth conversations with senior regulators, top practitioners, and leading academics, along with "deep dives" on hot topics in the securities regulatory and enforcement world. In an increasingly complex business and regulatory environment, inSecurities co-hosts Chris Ekimoff, a forensic accountant with RSM, and Kurt Wolfe, a securities enforcement attorney at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, keep you current on key developments.
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Anne Kelley
Anne has over 20 years of extensive and varied experience in both the executive and legislative branches of the U.S. government. Prior to joining Mercury Strategies in 2021, she served as a political appointee at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Unique among political appointees, and a testament to her bipartisan relationships, her work spanned five Administrations and nine Chairs and Acting Chairs. As such, she has been on the front lines of almost all financial regulatory initiatives, rulemakings and legislation of the the last 14 years. During her tenure at the SEC, she served in numerous positions including Deputy Director of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs and Senior Advisor to Chair Mary Jo White.
Anne has successfully guided the confirmations of 19 SEC Commissions and managed hearing preparation for hundreds of congressional hearings. She understands the inner workings of the SEC, its unique rulemaking process, and how to identify procedural inflection points that maximize client opportunities. Prior to the SEC, she worked for the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA), and for Senator Jim Bunning of Kentucky. Anne’s deep experience in government regulation and legislation related to the SEC’s jurisdiction and beyond, as well as her deep knowledge of many related substantive areas, such as digital assets and blockchain technology, enable her to provide clients with valuable advice on regulatory initiatives, legislative measures and political strategy to help them achieve their objectives in Congress and in federal agencies. Anne earned a B.A. in Politics from the Catholic University of America.
