Ryan VanGrack is vice chairman at Coinbase, where he guides the company’s corporate strategy and represents Coinbase before key clients, stakeholders, and policymakers around the world. He previously served as vice president of legal and global head of litigation.
Before joining Coinbase, Mr. VanGrack was general counsel at Citadel Securities, where he was responsible for managing the firm’s legal affairs, including overseeing all corporate, regulatory, and litigation matters.
He previously served at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as senior advisor to Chair Mary Jo White, counseling on a broad range of regulatory matters, including enforcement and examinations, as well as launching the FinTech Working Group and overseeing all blockchain-related policy.
Prior to his time at the SEC, Mr. VanGrack served as an attorney in the White House under President Obama, where he led the selection and confirmation of the President’s Cabinet and managed congressional investigations. Before joining the government, Mr. VanGrack was an attorney at the Washington, D.C. law firm of Williams & Connolly. He received a bachelor’s degree from Duke University and a law degree from Harvard Law School.
