Marc Lackritz is a native of Columbus, Ohio, with an A.B. (Public and International Affairs) from Princeton (‘68); an M. Phil (Economics) from Oxford University (‘71), and a J.D. from Harvard Law School (‘73). He became the youngest Assistant Counsel on the Senate Watergate Committee when hired in April, 1973, in the midst of his last term in law school. His work at the Committee consisted of interviewing witnesses, subpoenaing and analyzing documents and records, and preparing questions for the Chief Counsel and the Senators on the Committee. After President Nixon resigned, Marc had a varied career in Washington, ranging from various stints on the Staffs of the Senate Budget Committee and House Energy and Commerce Committee, a partnership in a Washington law firm, and, finally, for the last 16 years of his career, as the President and CEO of the Securities Industry Association (“SIA”) and its successor, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (“SIFMA”). In retirement, he has been an Adjunct Professor of Finance at Georgetown’s McDonough School of a business. Besides politics, economics, and public policy, his interests include golf, classical music, and lifelong learning.
