Ms. Unger served as the seventy-eighth member of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  She was sworn in as Commissioner in November 1997 and served until February 2002.  That tenure also included a six-month stint as Acting Chairman of the agency - from February through August 2001. During her time as Acting Chairman, Ms. Unger tackled a number of complex and timely issues, including analyst conflicts; the impact of Regulation Fair Disclosure on information flow, obtaining "pay parity" for the Commission staff; and unregulated internet portals.   

As Commissioner, Ms. Unger's primary focus was technology.  She looked at how the SEC could optimize the benefits of technology for investors, culminating in a groundbreaking 1999 report: "Online Brokerage: Keeping Apace of Cyberspace," earning her an award for "Technology Person of the Year" that year.  She went on to implement many of the report's recommendations. 

After resigning her Commissioner seat, Ms. Unger joined CNBC, taking on the role of Regulatory Expert.  As Regulatory Expert, she provided televised commentary about business, financial and market related issues.  Ms. Unger continues to provide on the air commentary about regulatory and enforcement matters for CNBC and other financial news programs.  She has appeared on NBC's Today's Show, The News with Brian Williams, Wall Street Week, Lou Dobbs' and Moneyline. She is also a regular commentator for PBS' Nightly Business Report.      

Ms. Unger currently has a portfolio of public and private company directorships, and consulting and speaking engagements.  She serves as an independent director on three public company boards: Ambac Financial Group, Inc., Computer Associates, and MBNA. As part of the global stock research settlement, Ms. Unger acts as the Independent Consultant to JP Morgan Chase to procure independent research on the firm's behalf.   

Ms. Unger also serves on several advisory boards, including the Children's Hospital Foundation Board,  the SEC Historical Society Commissioner Advisory Board and the Wall Street Lawyer Advisory Board.   

Before joining the Commission, Ms. Unger served as Securities Counsel to the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.  Prior to working on Capitol Hill, Ms. Unger was an attorney with the SEC's Enforcement Division.  She received a B.A. in Rhetoric from the University of California at Berkeley in 1983, and a J.D. from New York Law School in 1987.

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