Jane Jarcho - Oral History

Jane Jarcho’s SEC career spanned 28 years (1990 - 2018). She began her service at the Commission in 1990 in the Chicago Regional Office’s Division of Enforcement. Here, she held several positions, including Branch Chief, Senior Trial Counsel, and Assistant Regional Director, before joining the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) in 2008. In August 2013 she was named as the National Associate Director of the Investment Adviser/Investment Company examination program of OCIE, responsible for overseeing inspections of U.S.-registered investment advisers and investment companies. She had previously served as the Associate Director of the IA/IC examination program in the Chicago regional office. In February 2016, Ms. Jarcho was named Deputy Director of OCIE, overseeing program areas that included Investment Adviser/Investment Company (IA/IC), Broker-Dealer and Exchange, FINRA and Securities Industry Oversight, and Clearance and Settlement until her retirement from the agency in August of 2018. Ms. Jarcho has a bachelor’s degree from Middlebury College and a law degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School.
Recorded: January 6, 2023
Moderator: Dr. Kenneth Durr.