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[ROLE TIMELINE]

Brooksley Born

Former CFTC Chair who tried to regulate derivatives 1998-1999

Government Corporate Political | Red zones = government–corporate overlap
2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 Contemporary/Regulatory Coun… Thomas J. Bliley Jr. Contemporary/Regulatory Counterpart at Thomas J. Bliley Jr. (1998–present) 1998→ Financial Regulatory Peer Jim Leach Financial Regulatory Peer at Jim Leach (1998–present) 1998→ Warned About Repeal Risks Glass-Steagall Act Warned About Repeal Risks at Glass-Steagall Act (1998–present) 1998→ Historical Regulator Section 6(c)(1) of the … Historical Regulator at Section 6(c)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act (1998–present) 1998→ Oversight Alan Greenspan Oversight at Alan Greenspan (1998–present) 1998→ Professional Successor/Insti… Gary Gensler Professional Successor/Institutional at Gary Gensler (1998–present) 1998→ Institutional Connection Via… Bear Stearns Institutional Connection Via Financial Crisis at Bear Stearns (1998–present) 1998→ Historical Precedent Long-Term Capital Manag… Historical Precedent at Long-Term Capital Management (1998–present) 1998→ Industry Context Citigroup Industry Context at Citigroup (1998–present) 1998→ Industry Context JPMorgan Chase Industry Context at JPMorgan Chase (1998–present) 1998→ Oversight Arthur Levitt Oversight at Arthur Levitt (1998–present) 1998→ Disagreement/Conflict Larry Summers Disagreement/Conflict at Larry Summers (1998–present) 1998→ Competitor Phil Gramm Competitor at Phil Gramm (1999–present) 1999→ Associated Legislation Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Associated Legislation at Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (1999–present) 1999→ Legislative Target Commodity Futures Moder… Legislative Target at Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 (2000–present) 2000→ Post-Facto Validation Financial Crisis Inquir… Post-Facto Validation at Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (2011–present) 2011→

All Roles & Relationships (16)

Sector Role Entity Period
OTHER Contemporary/Regulatory Counterpart Thomas J. Bliley Jr. 1998–present
OTHER Financial Regulatory Peer Jim Leach 1998–present
OTHER Warned About Repeal Risks Glass-Steagall Act 1998–present
OTHER Historical Regulator Section 6(c)(1) of the Commodity Exchange Act 1998–present
OTHER Oversight Alan Greenspan 1998–present
OTHER Professional Successor/Institutional Gary Gensler 1998–present
CORPORATE Institutional Connection Via Financial Crisis Bear Stearns 1998–present
CORPORATE Historical Precedent Long-Term Capital Management 1998–present
OTHER Industry Context Citigroup 1998–present
CORPORATE Industry Context JPMorgan Chase 1998–present
OTHER Oversight Arthur Levitt 1998–present
OTHER Disagreement/Conflict Larry Summers 1998–present
OTHER Competitor Phil Gramm 1999–present
OTHER Associated Legislation Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act 1999–present
OTHER Legislative Target Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 2000–present
OTHER Post-Facto Validation Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission 2011–present
Methodology

This timeline visualises documented roles and relationships for Brooksley Born using dates recorded in the entity connection graph. Roles are classified into sectors (government, corporate, political) based on relationship type and target entity type.

Conflict zones are periods where government/institutional roles overlap with corporate positions. These overlaps are not inherently improper but represent structural conditions that merit public scrutiny — the same person simultaneously holds a position involving public trust and a position involving private financial interest.

Date precision varies: some connections record only a year, others a full date. Ongoing roles (no end date) are drawn to the present year. Committee memberships are drawn from official congressional records where available.