Adam Szubin

Adam Jacob Szubin is an American lawyer and former government official. Szubin served as the Acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence and the Acting Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. He served as the acting secretary from January to February 2017 after the resignation of Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and Deputy Treasury Secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin during the 2017 presidential transition. He previously served as the Director of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

He is currently a Distinguished Practitioner-in-Residence at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of the Johns Hopkins University and a lawyer in private practice at Covington & Burling in D.C.

Education Szubin is from an Orthodox Jewish family and attended Yavneh Academy and the Ramaz School. He received an A.B. from Harvard College and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Department of the Treasury Joining the Treasury in 2004, Szubin served in the Bush administration as the Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. From 2006 to 2015, Szubin served as the Director of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control. In 2015, he appeared before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. In 2016, the Senate Banking Committee approved his nomination but he was never confirmed by the full Senate. He became the Acting Secretary of the Treasury of the United States on January 20, 2017 after the resignation of Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and Deputy Treasury Secretary Sarah Bloom Raskin. After the confirmation of Steven Mnuchin as Secretary of the Treasury, Szubin left government service.

Personal life

Szubin lives in Washington, DC, with his wife, Miriam Weiner Szubin, and their three sons.