FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                             2002-2
  
  
  
     NEW DIRECTORS NAMED FOR LEGISLATIVE, PUBLIC AFFAIRS
                              
     Washington, DC, January 8, 2002 -- Securities and
  Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey L. Pitt today
  announced the appointment of new directors for the SEC's
  legislative affairs office and public affairs office.
  
       Casey Carter, who has been serving as acting
  director of the Office of Congressional and
  Intergovernmental Affairs, will now serve as director of
  the renamed Office of Legislative Affairs. Carter, 38,
  joined the SEC in 1999. She previously worked in
  legislative affairs at the Comptroller of the Currency
  and the Resolution Trust Corp. Carter also worked for the
  Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and as a Washington
  representative for an international bank.
  
       Christi Harlan, former communications director for
  the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban
  Affairs, has been named director of the Office of Public
  Affairs, formerly known as the Office of Public Affairs,
  Policy Evaluation and Research. Harlan, 44, most recently
  served as director of external affairs at the Federal
  Emergency Management Agency. Prior to joining the Banking
  Committee staff, Harlan spent 20 years as a reporter,
  including six years at the Wall Street Journal.
  
       "The Commission relies on good communications with
  Congress, with the public and with the news media to
  fulfill its responsibilities," Pitt said. "With these
  appointments, we are ensuring that our communications
  will be in the hands of experienced and talented staff."
  
  
  
  
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