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Martin J. Gruenberg

Chairman
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Last Updated: May 23, 2023
Martin J. Gruenberg

Martin J. Gruenberg was sworn in as Chairman of the FDIC Board of Directors on January 5, 2023.  He has been a member of the FDIC Board since August 2005 and previously served as Vice Chairman from August 2005 to July 2011 and as Chairman from November 2012 to mid-2018.  Mr. Gruenberg has also served as Acting Chairman on a number of occasions.

Mr. Gruenberg joined the FDIC Board after broad congressional experience in the financial services and regulatory areas. He served as Senior Counsel to Senator Paul S. Sarbanes (D-MD) on the staff of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs from 1993 to 2005. He also served as Staff Director of the Banking Committee's Subcommittee on International Finance and Monetary Policy from 1987 to 1992.

Mr. Gruenberg served as Chairman of the Executive Council and President of the International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI) from November 2007 to November 2012. In addition, Mr. Gruenberg served as Chairman of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council from April 2017 to June 2018.

Since June 2019, Mr. Gruenberg has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (NeighborWorks America), and he has been a member of the Board since April 2018.

Beginning February 15, 2022, Mr. Gruenberg assumed the role of Chairman of the Resolution Steering Group (ReSG) of the Financial Stability Board.

Mr. Gruenberg holds a J.D. from Case Western Reserve Law School and an A.B. from Princeton University, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.

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Speeches, Statements & Testimony

May 23, 2023 Remarks by Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg at the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund 2023 Bank On National Conference
May 18, 2023 Remarks by Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg on “Oversight of Financial Regulators: Financial Stability, Supervision, and Consumer Protection in the Wake of Recent Bank Failures” before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate
May 16, 2023 Remarks by Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg on “Oversight of Prudential Regulators” before the Committee on Financial Services, United States House of Representatives
May 11, 2023 Statement by Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Special Assessment Pursuant to Systemic Risk Determination
May 1, 2023 Statement by Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg, Chairman, FDIC, On Options for Deposit Insurance Reform
April 28, 2023 Statement by Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg on FDIC Chief Risk Officer’s Report on FDIC’s Supervision of Signature Bank
April 21, 2023 Statement by Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg on the Analytic Framework for Financial Stability Risk Identification, Assessment, and Response and the revised Nonbank Designation Process Guidance
April 18, 2023 Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Chairman, FDIC Board of Directors, on the Restoration Plan Semiannual Update
March 29, 2023 Remarks by Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg on Recent Bank Failures and the Federal Regulatory Response before the Committee on Financial Services, United States House of Representatives
March 27, 2023 Remarks by Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg on Recent Bank Failures and the Federal Regulatory Response before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, United States Senate
March 23, 2023 Statement by Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg on the Work of the Interagency Task Force on Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE)
March 6, 2023 Remarks by FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg at the Institute of International Bankers
February 28, 2023 Remarks by FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg on the Fourth Quarter 2022 Quarterly Banking Profile

December 13, 2022 Statement by Acting Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg on Notice on the Guidelines for Appeals of Material Supervisory Determinations
December 13, 2022 Statement by Acting Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg on Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on FDIC Official Sign and Advertising Rule and Rule Relating to False Advertising, Misrepresentation, and Misuse of the FDIC’s Name and Logo
December 13, 2022 Statement by Acting Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg on Proposed 2023 FDIC Operating Budget
December 1, 2022 Remarks by FDIC Acting Chairman Martin Gruenberg on the Third Quarter 2022 Quarterly Banking Profile
November 23, 2022 Statement by Acting Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg on Dodd-Frank Act Title I Feedback Letters for 8 Domestic GSIBs
November 16, 2022 Remarks by Acting Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg before the House Financial Services Committee on Oversight of Prudential Regulators: Ensuring the Safety, Soundness, Diversity, and Accountability of Depository Institutions
November 15, 2022 Remarks by FDIC Acting Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg before the Senate Banking Committee on Oversight of Financial Regulators: A Strong Banking System for Main Street
November 2, 2022 Remarks by FDIC Acting Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg at the National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders
October 27, 2022 Remarks by Martin J. Gruenberg, Acting Chairman, 21st Annual General Meeting International Association of Deposit Insurers; Buenos Aires, Argentina
October 20, 2022 Remarks by FDIC Acting Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg at the Brookings Institution on The Prudential Regulation of Crypto-Assets
October 18, 2022 Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Acting Chairman, Notice and Request for Comment on Proposed Amendments to the Guidelines for Appeals of Material Supervisory Determinations
October 18, 2022 Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Acting Chairman, FDIC Board of Directors, Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Resolution-Related Resource Requirements for Large Banking Organizations
October 18, 2022 Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Acting Chairman, FDIC Board of Directors, Final Rule on Revised Deposit Insurance Assessment Rates
October 3, 2022 Remarks by FDIC Acting Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg on the American Bankers Association Annual Convention “The Financial Risks of Climate Change”
September 28, 2022 Statement by FDIC Acting Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg at the 10th Community Banking Research Conference
September 8, 2022 Remarks by FDIC Acting Chairman Martin Gruenberg on Second Quarter 2022 Quarterly Banking Profile
September 6, 2022 Remarks by FDIC Acting Chairman Martin Gruenberg to the International Association of Deposit Insurers 20th Anniversary
August 3, 2022 Comments to the Joint Meeting of the Financial and Banking Information Infrastructure Committee and the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council for Critical Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security
June 21, 2022 Remarks by Acting Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg at the CNMV Conference on Recovery and Resolution of Central Counterparties
June 21, 2022 Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Acting Chairman, FDIC Board of Directors Restoration Plan Semiannual Update; Amended Restoration Plan; and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Assessments, Revised Deposit Insurance Assessment Rates
June 13, 2022 Remarks by FDIC Acting Chairman Martin Gruenberg to the National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC)
May 24, 2022 Remarks by FDIC Acting Chairman Martin Gruenberg on First Quarter 2022 Quarterly Banking Profile
May 17, 2022 Statement by FDIC Acting Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg on the Passing of CSBS President & CEO John W. Ryan
May 17, 2022 Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Acting Chairman, FDIC Board of Directors Final Rule on False Advertising, Misrepresentation of Insured Status, and Misuse of the FDIC’s Name or Logo
May 5, 2022 Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Acting Chairman, FDIC Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Community Reinvestment Act Regulations
March 30, 2022 Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Acting Chairman, FDIC Board of Directors On the Request for Comment on the Statement of Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Financial Institutions
March 25, 2022 Statement by FDIC Acting Chairman Gruenberg on the Property Appraisal and Valuation Equity (PAVE) Task Force Report
March 1, 2022 Remarks by FDIC Acting Chairman Martin Gruenberg on Fourth Quarter 2021 Quarterly Banking Profile

December 14, 2021 Statement by FDIC Board Member Martin J. Gruenberg on Restoration Plan Semiannual Update
December 14, 2021 Statement by FDIC Board Member Martin J. Gruenberg on FDIC 2022 Operating Budget
December 9, 2021 Joint Statement of Martin J. Gruenberg and Rohit Chopra, Members, FDIC Board of Directors; Request for Public Comment on the Bank Merger Act
June 15, 2021 Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Member, FDIC Board of Directors: FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund Restoration Plan: Semiannual Update
January 19, 2021 Statement by FDIC Board Member Martin J. Gruenberg on the Guidelines for Appeals of Material Supervisory Determinations

December 18, 2020 Remarks by Martin J. Gruenberg, Member, FDIC Board of Directors, The Financial Stability Risks of Climate Change at the Center for American Progress
December 15, 2020 Statement by FDIC Board Member Martin J. Gruenberg on the 2021 FDIC Operating Budget at the FDIC Board Meeting
December 15, 2020 Statement by FDIC Board Member Martin J. Gruenberg on the Final Rule: Parent Companies of Industrial Banks and Industrial Loan Companies at the FDIC Board Meeting
December 15, 2020 Statement by FDIC Board Member Martin J. Gruenberg on the Final Rule: Brokered Deposits and Interest Rate Restrictions at the FDIC Board Meeting
October 20, 2020 Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Member, FDIC Board of Directors on the Final Rule: Regulatory Capital Treatment for Investments in Certain Unsecured Debt Instruments of Global Systemically Important U.S. Bank Holding Companies
October 20, 2020 Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Member, FDIC Board of Directors on the Final Rule: Net Stable Funding Ratio
September 15, 2020 Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Member, FDIC Board of Directors on the FDIC Deposit Insurance Fund Restoration Plan
August 21, 2020 Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Member, FDIC Board of Directors Regulatory Capital Rule: Eligible Retained Income
July 24, 2020 Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Member, FDIC Board of Directors Final Rule: Incorporation of Existing Statement of Policy Regarding Requests for Participation in the Affairs of an Insured Depository Institution by Convicted Individuals
June 25, 2020 Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Member, FDIC Board of Directors Final Rule on Federal Interest Rate Authority
June 25, 2020 Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Member, FDIC Board of Directors Final Rule: Volcker Rule Prohibition on Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds
June 25, 2020 Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Member, FDIC Board of Directors Final Rule: Margin and Capital Requirements for Covered Swap Entities
May 15, 2020 Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Member, FDIC Board of Directors; on the Interim Final Rule: Temporary Exclusion of U.S. Treasury Securities and Deposits at Federal Reserve Banks from the Supplementary Leverage Ratio
March 18, 2020 Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Member, FDIC Board of Directors; Application for Federal Deposit Insurance: Square Financial Services, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah
March 18, 2020 Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Member, FDIC Board of Directors; Deposit Insurance Application: Nelnet Bank (In Organization)
March 17, 2020 Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Member, FDIC Board of Directors on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Parent Companies of Industrial Banks and Industrial Loan Companies
January 30, 2020 Statement by Martin J. Gruenberg, Member, FDIC Board of Directors; Final Rule: Amendment to Securitization Safe Harbor Rule


For additional speeches and testimony from Director Gruenberg, please visit the FDIC Speech Archive.