by Jeff Sovern
Report here (may be behind a paywall). FTC bio here. My first reaction is that he's an excellent choice.
UPDATE: Blog co-founder and prominent Supreme Court consumer advocate Deepak Gupta on the choice: "This is a home run. There's nobody better than Rohit to take the helm of the CFPB at this critical moment, when Americans are hurting from overlapping crises. Rohit was there at the beginning and will keep the agency true to its founding mission."
