Kyle S. Hauptman was designated as the thirteenth Chairman of the NCUA Board by President Donald J. Trump on January 20, 2025. Before his designation as Chairman, Mr. Hauptman had served as Vice Chairman of the NCUA since December 18, 2020.
Mr. Hauptman was nominated by President Donald J. Trump to serve on the NCUA Board on June 15, 2020. In December 2020, the Senate confirmed him, and he was sworn in as a member of the Board.
Before joining the NCUA Board, Mr. Hauptman served as Senator Tom Cotton’s (R-Arkansas) advisor on economic policy, as well as Staff Director of the Senate Banking Committee’s Subcommittee on Economic Policy. Mr. Hauptman served on President Donald J. Trump’s transition team in 2016.
Previously, Mr. Hauptman was Senior Vice President at Jefferies & Co. He worked at Lehman Brothers as a bond trader in New York City as well as in their international offices in Tokyo and Sydney and served as a voting member on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies.
Mr. Hauptman holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BA from University of California, Los Angeles.