The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) announced three senior staff appointments: Doreen Eberley as senior deputy director for supervisory examinations in the Division of Risk Management Supervision; Andrew Gray, as deputy to the chairman for communications; and Eric Spitler as director of the Office of Legislative Affairs (OLA).
Eberley, a 25-year veteran of the FDIC, currently is serving as New York regional director, a position she has held since January of 2007. In her new role, Eberley will be based in Washington, D.C., and will oversee all examination activities and the FDIC’s regional and field supervisory operations.
Eberley joined the FDIC’s Division of Liquidation in Bossier City, La., in 1987, and became a commissioned bank examiner in Charlotte, N.C., in 1990. She served in a number of senior leadership positions during the financial crisis, including acting deputy director for strategic planning and resource management, participating in the development and oversight of the Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program, and acting regional director for the Atlanta region. Eberley also served with distinction as acting deputy to former FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair and acting Chairman Martin Gruenberg, providing advice on policy matters affecting the FDIC’s operations and the banking industry.
Eberley holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., and a Master of Business Administration from Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. She will assume her new duties on Sept. 4.
Gray, a former director of the FDIC’s Office of Public Affairs (OPA), has assumed the new position of deputy to the chairman for communications. In this role, Gray will direct the FDIC’s Office of Communications, a new organization replacing the OPA, and will be responsible for management and coordination of both internal and external communications at the FDIC.
Gray has served as the director of the OPA since April 2007. In this capacity, he was responsible for the planning, coordination and execution of public affairs activities to further the understanding of the FDIC’s mission, objectives and obligations by the general public and external stakeholders. Gray’s appointment builds on his 14 years of public relations and policy experience specializing in banking, regulatory and other financial services issues. Prior to joining the FDIC, he served as the majority communications director of the U. S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. He also served as the deputy press secretary for U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala. Gray holds a degree in political science from the University of Colorado.
Spitler returned to the FDIC as OLA director effective July 2. He succeeds Alice Goodman, currently serving as acting director of OLA, who has announced that she will retire at the end of the year after 24 years of service with the FDIC.
Spitler was the director of OLA from October 2006 to August 2009 before transferring to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to serve as counselor to the chairman and director of the SEC’s Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs in August 2009. In addition to serving as OLA director, he served in numerous other capacities during his 18 years with the FDIC, including special assistant to the chairman, OLA deputy director, and legislative attorney and advisor.
Prior to his FDIC experience, he served as legislative advisor to U.S. Rep.
Elizabeth Patterson, D-S.C.; as an associate at Neely and Player in Atlanta; and as legislative adviser to U.S. Rep.
Elliott Levitas, D-Ga. Spitler received his juris doctor with honors from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1985.