Chris Pilkerton

Chris Pilkerton is the former Acting Administrator and General Counsel of the US Small Business Administration, and White House Senior Policy Advisor. His career has included being an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan, Senior Counsel at the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Compliance Director at JP Morgan Chase, and an executive with the leading community development financial institution focused on small businesses. He has been a Senior Fellow at the Harvard University Kennedy School of Government and an Executive in Residence at both the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business and the Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School. He was a Fulbright Teaching Scholar and holds an MPA from Columbia University, a JD from Catholic University of America, and a BA from Fairfield University. His previous titles include Underserved: Harnessing the Principles of Lincoln’s Vision for Reconstruction for Today’s Forgotten Communities and Courses: A Menu for Public Policy with Chef James Beard and Senator J. William Fulbright.