Richard Gabbert

Richard Gabbert is Chief of Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Crypto Task Force. From January 2018 to January 2025, he was counsel to Commissioner Hester Peirce. Prior to joining the Commissioner’s office, he was a Senior Special Counsel in the Office of Derivatives Policy in the Division of Trading and Markets at the SEC, where he focused on the implementation of derivatives market reforms required by Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act. He has been involved extensively in several Title VII rulemakings, including rules further defining “security-based swap dealer” and “major security-based swap participant” and rules addressing the cross-border regulation of derivatives markets. Richard participated in the Mansfield Fellowship Program from 2016 to 2017, during which he worked at the Financial Services Agency and the Bank of Japan, among other organizations.