2024-2025 NASAA President Leslie Van Buskirk
VANCOUVER, B.C. – (September 10, 2024) – The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) has announced that Leslie Van Buskirk, Administrator, Division of Securities, Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions, became NASAA’s President today during the 2024 NASAA Fall Annual Meeting held in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Van Buskirk was elected as President-elect by NASAA members in 2023 and assumed her new role as the 2024-2025 NASAA President on September 10, 2024. She succeeds NASAA Past-President Claire McHenry.
Van Buskirk has been the Administrator of the Division of Securities at the Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions since 2016, after serving as an enforcement attorney and supervisor for 14 years. In 2012 she received an Honorable Mention for the 29th Annual Virginia Hart Award for her service to the State of Wisconsin. She is a member of the statewide Wisconsin Elder Justice Coalition.
Van Buskirk has served in numerous leadership roles at NASAA including member of the Board and past chair of the Broker-Dealer Section Committee. Most recently, she served as a representative of state securities regulators on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Investor Advisory Committee. In 2014, she received a NASAA Distinguished Service Award for her work on improving securities arbitration for investors.
“I am truly honored to serve as NASAA’s President,” said Van Buskirk. “I am excited to work alongside my colleagues on the issues important to Main Street investors and look forward to advancing NASAA’s investor protection mission.”
Van Buskirk also announced NASAA’s 2024-2025 Board of Directors. Joining her are:
- President-Elect Marni Rock Gibson, Commissioner/Securities Administrator, Kentucky
- Past-President Claire McHenry, Deputy Director, Bureau of Securities, Nebraska Department of Banking and Finance
- Board Member: Jane Anderson, Executive Director, Nova Scotia Securities Commission*
- Board Member Stephen Bouchard, Associate Commissioner for Securities. District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking
- Board Member Elizabeth Bowling, Assistant Commissioner, Securities, Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance
- Board Member Jesse Devine, Securities Administrator, Maine Office of Securities*
- Board Member Melanie Senter Lubin, Securities Commissioner, Maryland Division of Securities*
- Board Member Andrea Seidt, Ohio Securities Commissioner
*New member to the 2024-2025 NASAA Board of Directors.
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