Dennis Kelleher

President and CEO @Better Markets

Better Markets, Inc. is a nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C. Better Markets’ mission is to fight for the economic security, opportunity and prosperity of the American people by ensuring finance serves society, not be a threat to it. It is to protect the American Dream of homes, jobs, savings, education, a secure retirement and a rising standard of living, rather than those priorities being subordinated to the interests of finance. This is accomplished by fighting for financial reform and a safer, sounder, balanced financial system, less prone to crisis and failure and, thereby, eliminating or minimizing the risk of taxpayer and government bailouts. All Americans and the funding for all our priorities (from health care, education and the environment to housing, inequality and retirement security) depend on a financial system that supports the real economy, jobs and growth. Highlights include participation in more than 225 rule makings, more than 25 legal cases, more than media quotes, 300 meetings with high level government officials, 150 live TV appearances, 100 radio appearances, 70 Op Eds, 35 speeches, 12 media profiles and documentaries, and testimony before Congress and other fora more than 10 times.