Sandra L. Thompson, Director
Division of Supervision and Consumer Protection 

Sandra Thompson is the Director of the FDIC’s Division of Supervision and Consumer Protection (DSC) where she directs risk management and consumer protection examination activities relating to approximately 5200 FDIC supervised institutions. She oversees approximately 2,500 employees located in 84 territories and 6 regional offices around the nation.  Ms. Thompson also represents the FDIC on the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Task Force on Supervision. 

Ms. Thompson previously served as the FDIC’s Deputy to the Vice Chairman and led the Corporation's Bank Secrecy Act and Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crimes supervisory activities. As head of the FDIC’s Electronic Banking Branch, Ms. Thompson expanded and modernized the Agency’s Information Technology Supervisory processes.  Ms. Thompson previously served as the Director of Securitization for the Resolution Trust Corporation and was responsible for issuing over $41 billion in mortgage-backed securities. Prior to joining the FDIC in 1990, Ms. Thompson was an associate at Goldman Sachs & Co. in New York City.  She holds a degree in Finance from Howard University.