Illinois Senate Unanimously Confirms Brent Adams as Secretary of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation

CHICAGO –The Illinois Senate on Thursday voted 58-0 to confirm Brent E. Adams as Governor Pat Quinn’s Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR).  The Senate’s vote followed a unanimous vote by the Senate Executive Appointments Committee on Wednesday.

“It is an honor to serve in Governor Pat Quinn’s administration,” said Adams. “Our mission, to protect and promote the lives of Illinois consumers, has never been as important as it is now during these challenging economic times.”

Adams, who has served as the Acting Secretary of the Department since July 1 of this year, has helped the State make strides in protecting consumers by chairing the Mortgage Fraud Task Force, coordinating the Mortgage Relief Project, and drafting legislation to protect consumers who do business with cemeteries, funeral homes, mortgage lenders, auto title lenders, and payday lenders. He previously served the community as Policy Director for Citizen Action/Illinois and Policy Associate for the AIDS Foundation of Chicago.

IDFPR oversees more than one million professionals in nearly 100 industries and monitors most of the state’s financial institutions, which have combined assets in excess of $4 trillion. The Department licenses everything from barbers to banks and architects to veterinarians.