On June 20, 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he had nominated Kathleen Kraninger to serve as Director of the U.S. Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. Ms. Kraninger is nominated to replace former CFPB Director Richard Cordray, who resigned in November of 2017. Mick Mulvaney currently serves as Acting Director of the CFPB.

The full White House press release is available at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/seven-nominations-sent-senate-today-3/.

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