Banking Committee Recommends Senate Confirmation of Hood, Harper
The NCUA board nominations of Hood and Harper will now go to the full Senate for a vote.
The Senate Banking Committee Tuesday recommended that the Senate confirm Rodney Hood and Todd Harper as members of the NCUA board.
The nominations were approved by voice vote—an indication that there was no opposition on the committee to the nominees.
The nominations now go to the full Senate.
If confirmed, Hood would replace board member Rick Metsger, while Harper would occupy the seat vacated by former board Chairwoman Debbie Matz in April 2016.
That would result in the NCUA board having full membership since Matz left.
Only two of the three NCUA board members may belong to the president’s political party. Hood is a Republican, while Harper is a Democrat. Board Chairman J. Mark McWatters is a Republican.
Hood serves as a corporate responsibility manager for JPMorgan Chase, where he manages national partnerships with groups that work on community development, civil rights and with the disabled community. He previously served on the NCUA board.
President Trump had nominated Hood last year, but the nomination expired at the end of the 115th Congress. He did not nominate a Democratic member of the board last year.
Harper is the former NCUA director of public and congressional affairs and served as Matz’s chief policy advisor.