The CFPB has announced the following senior leadership changes:

  • Stacy Canan will serve as the CFPB’s Assistant Director for the Office for Older Americans.  Ms. Canan had been serving as the deputy assistant director for the Office for Older Americans since joining the Bureau in November 2012.  Before joining the CFPB, Ms. Canan was the managing attorney at the AARP Foundation Litigation group where she handled consumer protection and healthcare cases nationwide.
  • John Coleman will serve as the CFPB’s Deputy General Counsel for Litigation and Oversight in the Legal Division. Since joining the Bureau in November 2010, Mr. Coleman has served as the assistant general counsel for litigation, and as senior litigation counsel.  Before joining the Bureau, Mr. Coleman worked as a trial attorney in the Department of Justice’s Federal Programs Branch.
  • Sonya White will serve as the CFPB’s Deputy General Counsel for General Law and Ethics in the Legal Division.  Ms. White previously served as the Bureau’s assistant general counsel for general law and ethics.  Before joining the CFPB in February 2013, Ms. White worked as the deputy chief counsel at the U.S. Treasury Department, Bureau of Engraving and Printing.