Craig Phillips, the counselor to the Treasury secretary who was spearheading the Trump admin's move to overhaul the nation's mortgage-financing system, is leaving his position next month
“He’s been a linchpin in all the major workstreams at Treasury," said David Dworkin, CEO of the National Housing Conference. "It’s a really big loss, and it’s going to be critical that somebody fills the role with his level of expertise."
The former BlackRock executive, a member of Hillary Clinton’s national finance committee who became a top aide to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in 2017, quickly established himself as a powerful figure behind the scenes at Treasury, where he helmed the administration’s campaign to revamp financial regulations.
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