Meredith Cross is the Director of the Division of Corporation Finance at the U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission. Prior to joining the staff in June 2009, Ms. Cross was a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP in Washington,D.C., where she advised clients on corporate and securities matters and was involvedwith the full range of issues faced by public and private companies in capital raisingand financial reporting. Since rejoining the staff, Ms. Cross has led a broad array ofkey initiatives, including changes to the proxy rules and a concept release on the U.S.proxy system, and revisions to the disclosure, reporting, and offering process forasset-backed securities. Currently, Ms. Cross is leading the Division's efforts toimplement a wide assortment of provisions enacted under the Dodd-Frank Wall StreetReform and Consumer Protection Act.
Ms. Cross also worked in the Division of Corporation Finance prior to joiningWilmerHale. She began her previous tenure at the SEC in September 1990 as anAttorney Fellow in the Office of Chief Counsel, and served in a variety of capacitieswithin the Division, including Deputy Chief Counsel, Chief Counsel, Associate Director, and finally, Deputy Director. Before her previous tenure at the SEC, Ms.Cross worked in private practice in the securities department of King & Spalding inAtlanta. She earned her undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Duke University in1979, and her law degree in 1982 from Vanderbilt University Law School.