| For Immediate Release: Date: February 3, 2025 | Contact: Rahat N. Babar, Deputy Executive Director |
WASHINGTON – Recently, President Donald Trump named Mark T. Uyeda as the Acting Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) congratulates Acting Chairman Uyeda. He is the first Asian Pacific American to serve as a Commissioner on the SEC and to lead the SEC.
“Over the course of two decades, Acting Chairman Uyeda has built an impressive track record of expertise and commitment to public service,” said Thy Bui, President of NAPABA. “Dedicated public servants like Mark T. Uyeda are critical to safeguarding the integrity of our nation’s financial system.”
Acting Chairman Uyeda has served as an SEC Commissioner since 2022. His distinguished service spans over fifteen years as a career public service attorney, including in senior leadership at the SEC, as Securities Counsel on detail to the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, roles at the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Labor, and key positions in government and private practice.
Acting Chairman Uyeda earned his undergraduate degree in business administration from Georgetown University in 1992 and his law degree with honors from Duke University in 1995, where he was a member of the Duke Law Journal. The child and grandchild of Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II, he has been an active member of the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander legal community, including serving as a past president of the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of the Greater Washington, D.C. Area (APABA-DC). In 2023, NAPABA awarded him with the prestigious Daniel K. Inouye Trailblazer Award.
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The National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) represents the interests of over 80,000 Asian Pacific American (APA) legal professionals and nearly 90 national, state, and local APA bar associations. NAPABA is a leader in addressing civil rights issues confronting Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities. Through its national network, NAPABA provides a strong voice for increased diversity of the federal and state judiciaries, advocates for equal opportunity in the workplace, works to eliminate hate crimes and anti-immigrant sentiment, and promotes the professional development of people of all backgrounds in the legal profession.