Head of Public Policy, Millennium Management
Samantha DeZur serves as Head of Public Policy for Millennium Management. In this capacity, she plays a leading role in developing and coordinating the firm’s policymaker and political engagement, advocacy efforts, and trade association participation.
Previously, Samantha served in various leadership roles at BlackRock in the US Government Affairs and Public Policy group, including most recently as Managing Director and Head of Regulatory Affairs & Capital Markets Policy. At BlackRock, she focused on a variety of policy issues, including issues related to financial stability, CCP resilience, derivatives, equity market structure, fixed income market structure, digital assets and ‘40 Act funds.
Prior to BlackRock, Samantha served as the Executive Director of the Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, where she led advocacy efforts on regulatory and legislative issues regarding market structure, asset management and cross-border capital markets issues. Before joining the Chamber, Samantha worked in government relations at the CME Group in Chicago, where she covered policy issues impacting the derivatives market at the state, federal and international levels. Prior to CME Group, Samantha worked at various trade associations in Washington, DC advocating on fixed income and structured finance policy issues.
Samantha holds a Master's degree from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.