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BART CHILTONEDITOR’S CHOICE AWARD WINNERToday, Bart Chilton is a Washington senior policy adviser at DLA Piper, considered one of the world’s largest law firm. But not too long ago he was an influential, and controversial, commissioner at the CFTC, likely the only one whose name and face you know, most probably from his many appearances on TV.Chilton’s 30-year career in government service includes working in the U.S. Congress and serving in the executive branch during the Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations. His extensive experience in the development of and debate over financial services industry public policy includes market and regulatory changes that impact all derivatives users.He was nominated and confirmed as a CFTC commissioner in both the Bush and Obama administrations (2007 and 2009, respectively), and he chaired the CFTC’s Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory and Global Markets Advisory committees.Earlier in his career, Chilton worked in the U.S. House of Representatives, where, at various times, he served as legislative director for three different members of Congress and as the executive director of the Congressional Rural Caucus.From 1995 to 2001, he was a Clinton political appointee, eventually becoming deputy chief of staff to Dan Glickman, U.S. secretary of agriculture at the time.Prior to joining the CFTC, Chilton had a stint at the trade association the National Farmers Union and was a Bush political appointee to the U.S. Farm Credit Administration. From 2001 to 2005, Chilton was a senior adviser to then-Sen. Tom Daschle, who today also is a senior policy adviser at DLA Piper.In 2008, Chilton led an Obama transition team that focused on the Department of Agriculture. He drank the Kool-Aid, he says of those early Obama administration days, pointedly adding that it’s lost its flavor as time has gone by.Chilton also is the author of “Ponzimonium: How Scam Artists Are Ripping Off America,” a free e-book published by the CFTC. In his spare time, he’s working on his second book, “Theft,” about the intersection between Washington and Wall Street. That book is due out later in 2014.> Continued on Page 36Bart Chilton, Editor’s Choice Award Winner35AWARDS SUPPLEMENT 2014 | FTF NEWS MAGAZINE