Mark A. Calabria

Dr. Mark A. Calabria was appointed as a Board Member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board by the Securities and Exchange Commission in January 2026 and sworn in on February 10, 2026. His current term expires on October 24, 2027.

Prior to his swearing in as a Board Member, Board Member Calabria was an Associate Director and Chief Statistician with the White House Office of Management and Budget and a Senior Advisor to the Office of the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Board Member Calabria formerly served as Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) where he led the agency’s response to COVID and laid the groundwork for a removal of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac from government conservatorship. As Director of FHFA, Board Member Calabria also revitalized FHFA as a prudential regulator, establishing the agency’s new Research, Accounting Policy, and Resolution Divisions. Prior to leading FHFA in the first Trump Administration, he served at the White House as Chief Economist to the Vice President.

In addition, Board Member Calabria previously worked as a senior aide to the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs and served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regulatory Affairs in the Office of Housing at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, where he supervised HUD’s regulation of the mortgage and real estate market. He has also been a Senior Advisor to the Cato Institute and Senior Economist at the National Association of Realtors.

Board Member Calabria has a B.A and Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University.