Dan Gallagher is chief legal officer of Robinhood, a fast-growing brokerage giving millions of people access to our financial system. Before joining Robinhood, Gallagher was partner and deputy chair of the Securities Department at WilmerHale. He served as a commissioner of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from 2011 to 2015, held several other positions on the SEC staff prior to being appointed commissioner, and was chief legal officer at Mylan N.V. He serves on several advisory boards and holds a JD from Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, and BA from Georgetown University.