Cynthia Friedlander

Director, Fixed Income Regulation

Cynthia Friedlander is the Director, Fixed Income Regulation within FINRA Regulatory Operations. Ms. Friedlander is responsible for directing FINRA’s policies and national programs related to fixed income securities, including related regulatory matters in FINRA District Offices. Specifically, she is responsible for the design, development and delivery of fixed income policy guidance to staff throughout FINRA, as well as to member firms, and is one of FINRA’s primary representatives in fixed income regulatory matters with the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Ms. Friedlander represents FINRA at government agency, SRO, and industry and advisory meetings and is a staff liaison to FINRA’s Fixed Income Committee.� She holds a bachelor’s degree in government from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A. with a concentration in finance from George Mason University.