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Wayne A. Abernathy
Wayne A. Abernathy joined the American Bankers Association in February of 2005, in the newly created position of Executive Director for Financial Institutions Policy and Regulatory Affairs. Mr. Abernathy oversees ABA groups that deal with policy development, regulatory issues, bank general counsels, economics, and tax and accounting.
Mr. Abernathy has more than 20 years of experience in financial policy making. Before joining ABA, Mr. Abernathy served two years as Treasury Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions under President George W. Bush. Prior to that, Mr. Abernathy was Republican Staff Director of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, where he also served as committee Staff Director to Chairman Phil Gramm from 1999 until 2001.
Previous experience with the Senate Banking Committee includes serving as Staff Director of the Subcommittee on Securities during 1995-1998. From 1989 until 1994, Mr. Abernathy was a Republican economist for the committee. He previously worked as a senior legislative assistant for Senator Gramm during 1987-1989 and as an economist for the Banking Committee's Subcommittee on International Finance and Monetary Policy during 1981-1986.
Mr. Abernathy earned his bachelor's degree in International Studies from The Johns Hopkins University in 1978, graduating with honors. In 1980, he received a master's degree in International Studies from the School of Advanced International Studies at The Johns Hopkins University.
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