President Trump has nominated Travis Hill to be FDIC chairman. Hill has served as acting chairman of the agency since January. He has extensive experience at the FDIC, including as Vice Chairman of the FDIC between January 5, 2023 and January 20, 2025, and between 2018 to 2022, as Deputy to the Chairman for Policy and as Senior Advisor to the Chairman.
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. Before working at the Senate, Hill worked as a policy analyst at Regions Financial Corporation from 2011 to 2013. Hill received a Bachelor of Science from Duke University, where he studied economics and political science, and received a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center.

