Travis Hill (attorney)

Travis Hill
Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 20, 2025 (Acting: January 20, 2025 – January 2, 2026)
PresidentDonald Trump
Personal details
Born1983 (age 42–43)
New York, New York, U.S.
EducationDuke University (BS)
Georgetown University Law Center (JD)

Travis Hill (born 1983)[1] is an American attorney and banking regulator currently serving as chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). He became acting chairman on January 20, 2025, was formally nominated to serve as chairman on September 30, 2025, and began a five-year term as chairman on January 2, 2026.[2][3] He previously served as vice chairman of the FDIC from 2023 to 2025.[4][5]

Early life and education

Hill received a Bachelor of Science from Duke University, where he studied economics and political science, and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center.[6]

Career

Prior to joining the FDIC, Hill served as senior counsel at the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, where he worked from 2013 to 2018.[7] In this role, as a staffer to Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-ID), Hill was a primary author of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (S. 2155), which passed the Senate with bipartisan support in March 2018 and was signed into law in May 2018.[8] Hill also participated extensively in the drafting and negotiating of various other legislative efforts.[9] Before working at the Senate, Hill worked as a policy analyst at Regions Financial Corporation.[10]

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Before joining the FDIC Board of Directors, Hill served as deputy to the chairman for policy and senior advisor to the chairman under FDIC chairman Jelena McWilliams.[11] In these roles, Hill served as chairman McWilliams's primary policy deputy and oversaw a range of policy initiatives, including the FDIC's implementation of S. 2155 and response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12]

Hill was nominated to serve as vice chairman of the FDIC on September 22, 2022, and was confirmed by the Senate on December 19, 2022, by voice vote.[13] Hill was vice chairman when Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and First Republic Bank failed in the spring of 2023. In April 2023, Hill was critical of the FDIC's resolution of Silicon Valley Bank, criticizing the agency's lack of urgency in finding an acquirer for the failed institution.[14]

Hill became acting chairman of the FDIC on January 20, 2025,[15] was formally nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as chairman on September 30, 2025,[16] and was confirmed by the Senate on December 18, 2025, by a vote of 53–43.[17] As chairman, Hill has pursued reforms to the FDIC's supervisory practices, emphasizing material financial risks relevant to banks' solvency over process-based examinations.[18] He has also advanced substantial revisions to the agency's approach to resolving failed banks[19] and overseeing emerging financial technologies.[20]

Personal life

Hill lives in Maryland with his wife and three children.[21]

References

  1. ↑ Tracy, Ryan; Schmidt, Rob (July 8, 2025). "Hill Expected to Get FDIC Chairman Nomination". Capitol Account. Retrieved May 7, 2026.
  2. ↑ "President Trump Designates Chairmen and Acting Chairmen". WhiteHouse.gov. January 20, 2025.
  3. ↑ Schroeder, Peter; Kannagi Basil, Arasu (October 1, 2025). "Trump nominates Hill to permanent role as US FDIC chair, source says". Reuters. Retrieved May 6, 2026.
  4. ↑ "PN2665 — Travis Hill — Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation". Congress.gov.
  5. ↑ "Martin J. Gruenberg Sworn in as 22nd FDIC Chairman, Travis Hill Sworn in as Vice Chairman, Jonathan McKernan as Director". FDIC.gov. January 5, 2023.
  6. ↑ "President Logan introduces FDIC Chairman Travis Hill at payments conference". DallasFed.org. January 29, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Toomey Applauds Confirmation of GOP Nominees Jonathan McKernan and Travis Hill to FDIC". Banking.Senate.gov. December 19, 2022.
  8. ↑ "S.2155 - Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act". Congress.gov.
  9. ↑ Schroeder, Peter (January 20, 2025). "Trump appoints Travis Hill as FDIC acting chair, White House says". Reuters. Retrieved August 11, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Travis Hill Nominated as FDIC Chairman". NCBankers.org. September 10, 2025.
  11. ↑ Williams, Claire (December 19, 2025). "Travis Hill confirmed as FDIC chair". American Banker. Retrieved May 7, 2026.
  12. ↑ "Nomination Hearing Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs" (PDF). Banking.Senate.gov. November 30, 2022.
  13. ↑ "PN2665 — Travis Hill — Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation". Congress.gov.
  14. ↑ Ackerman, Andrew (April 12, 2023). "FDIC Official Says Agency Was Slow to Sell Failed SVB". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved May 6, 2026.
  15. ↑ "President Trump Designates Chairmen and Acting Chairmen". WhiteHouse.gov. January 20, 2025.
  16. ↑ "Nominations and Withdrawals Sent to the Senate". WhiteHouse.gov. September 30, 2025.
  17. ↑ "PN560-3 — Travis Hill — Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation". Congress.gov.
  18. ↑ Schroeder, Peter; Price, Michelle (May 26, 2026). "How Trump's bank regulators are paring back supervision". Reuters. Retrieved August 7, 2026.
  19. ↑ Santos Sanneh, Ebrima (June 9, 2026). "FDIC's Hill proposes fundamental resolution-planning reform". American Banker. Retrieved August 7, 2026.
  20. ↑ Brett, Jason (April 7, 2026). "FDIC Advances Major Framework For Stablecoins And Tokenized Deposits". Forbes. Retrieved August 7, 2026.
  21. ↑ "Opening Statement by Acting Chairman Travis Hill, Nominee for Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation". FDIC.gov. October 30, 2025.
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