The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced Wednesday the appointment of Tanisha Cole Edmonds as the agency’s first chief diversity officer.

In this role, Edmonds “will provide leadership and executive direction on the CFTC’s efforts to integrate and promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility at all levels of the agency’s workforce and its talent and business operations,” the CFTC said. She will oversee the agency’s Office of Minority and Women Inclusion.

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