Dan Gallagher is Chief Legal, Compliance and Corporate Affairs Officer of Robinhood Markets. Prior to joining Robinhood, Dan was Partner and Deputy Chair of the Securities Department at WilmerHale. He served as a Commissioner of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from 2011 to 2015, and held several other positions on the SEC staff prior to being appointed Commissioner. Dan serves on several advisory boards, including the New Civil Liberties Alliance and the Institute for Law and Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. Additionally, he serves as a fellow in Columbia Law School’s program in the Law and Economics of Capital Markets and on the Board of Visitors at Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law.

Dan holds a J.D. from Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, and B.A. from Georgetown University.