Amanda Fischer is the Policy Director and Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Better Markets. Fischer will oversee the organization’s policy program areas, leading Better Markets’ team of policy experts.  With a deep expertise in financial regulation, public policy, and strategic leadership, Fischer is committed to achieving our mission of promoting economic security, opportunity, and prosperity for all Americans.

Before joining Better Markets, Fischer served as the Chief of Staff & Senior Counselor to the Chair of the SEC for the last four years. In those roles, she advised the Chair on agency operations, budgeting, and policy strategy while managing crisis response to major market events and geopolitical developments. Fischer also led engagement with top government officials, industry executives, and international regulatory bodies. Previously, Fischer was the Policy Director at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, where she led a team of economists and policy researchers to develop policy recommendations. Her prior experience includes being Chief of Staff to a member of the House and Policy Advisor to a Senator as well as serving for more than eight years as Deputy Staff Director of the House Financial Services Committee and as a Policy Advisor to the Senate Banking Committee.

Fischer holds a Master in Public Policy from Georgetown University and a Bachelors of Public Policy & Business Administration from the State University of New York at Buffalo.