Alexis Goldstein

Alexis Goldstein (born January 4, 1981) is a former financial regulatory expert for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. She ran to represent Maryland's 6th congressional district in the 2026 election. She was eliminated in Democratic primary election.

Early life Goldstein was born on January 4, 1981. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Columbia University with a degree in computer science.

Goldstein worked for 7 years on Wall Street as a programmer and analyst until quitting in 2010 to join the Occupy Wall Street protests. As she later wrote for n+1, "On Wall Street, everyone was my competitor. They'd help me only if it helped them. At Occupy Wall Street, I am offered food, warmth, and support, because it's the right thing to do, and because joy breeds joy."

Career Goldstein began working on financial regulatory policy, climate finance, consumer and investor protection, and higher education for Americans for Financial Reform, until in 2021 when she joined the Open Markets Institute as a Financial Policy Director. Goldstein testified to the Senate Banking Committee while in that role on the risks of stablecoins. The Nation, The Guardian, Washington Post, Bloomberg, The Progressive, The American Prospect, and Truthout. MSNBC, The Week, NBC News, CNBC, CNN, Democracy Now, The Daily Show, and HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher. She was also featured in PBS Frontlines "Money, Power, and Wall Street" documentary.

In 2021, Goldstein joined the Chief Technologist's Office at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as a program manager. Goldstein told WFED "The reason I joined government is it's the entity that can do the most good." While at the CFPB, Goldstein was a member of the National Treasury Employees Union.

In December 2025, CFPB management proposed firing Goldstein for "taking a vigilante approach" and "actions [that] put the Bureau off on the wrong foot with the new administration." On February 11, 2026, Goldstein was fired by the organization, one week before her contract would have ended anyway. and inequality,