Kathy Kraninger, Arts '97
Tallahassee, FL
Aspin Washington Internship Program – Summer 1995
Kathy Kraninger is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Florida Bankers Association (FBA), a trade association that supports Florida bankers in better serving their customers and communities. Prior to joining the FBA, Kraninger had a distinguished public-sector career including serving as the Senate-confirmed Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; in senior roles at the Departments of Transportation and Homeland Security, the Office of Management and Budget, and in the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives. She also served as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in Ukraine. Kraninger graduated magna cum laude from ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ, earned a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center, and is a member of the Pennsylvania and D.C. Bars. She serves on the board of Habitat for Humanity Florida, as an advisor to the Les Aspin Center for Government in Washington, DC, on the finance committee of her parish in Tallahassee, and the Milken Institute’s Fintech Advisory Council, in addition to other community engagements.