Obama Appoints Three Financial Regulators in Chicago

Gary Gensler listens as he is introduced by President-elect Barack Obama to head the Commodities Futures Trading Commission during a press conference at the Drake Hotel December 18, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. At the press conference, Obama also named Mary Schapiro, CEO of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), as his choice to head the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Daniel Tarullo to the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. (UPI Photo/Scott Olson/Pool)