Sigal Mandelker

Sigal Pearl Mandelker (born 1971) is an American lawyer who served as Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence from 2017 to 2019. In October 2019, she stepped down from the position to pursue opportunities in the private sector. Mandelker subsequently joined Silicon Valley investment firm Ribbit Capital as a General Partner.

Early life and education A child of Holocaust survivors, She received her B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1993 and her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2000.

Career Mandelker was a law clerk for Edith Jones at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Clarence Thomas at the Supreme Court of the United States. She worked in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York as Assistant U.S. Attorney before becoming Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General, where she worked on national security and counterterrorism. She was Counselor to the Secretary of Homeland Security before she worked in the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice as Deputy Assistant Attorney General.

Department of Justice In 2008, while in the criminal division of the Department of Justice, Mandelker was part of the team of high ranking DOJ officials who agreed not to pursue federal charges against sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein. The deal allowed Epstein to spend only about a year in jail and plead guilty only to state crimes, avoiding federal charges entirely. This matter is currently pending appeal before the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. She was confirmed by the United States Senate with a vote of 96–4 on June 21, 2017.

Mandelker played a significant role in the Trump administration's Iran policy, overseeing the implementation of financial sanctions against Iran and financial crime enforcement against Iran. Mandelker was one of the Trump administration's "most hawkish members on Iran."

In October 2019, Mandelker stepped down from this position to pursue opportunities in the private sector.

Personal life Mandelker lives in New York.