Lee Reiners is Policy Director at the Duke Financial Economics Center and a lecturing fellow at Duke Law. At Duke, Reiners has taught classes on FinTech Law and Policy, Cryptocurrency Law and Policy, Financial Regulatory Policy, Climate Change and Financial Markets, and Cybersecurity Law and Policy. His broad research agenda focuses on how new financial technologies and climate change fit within existing regulatory frameworks. His work has examined the risks associated with cryptocurrency derivatives, the rise of digital investment advice, corporate governance failures within the financial industry, and climate-related risk disclosures. He writes frequently on FinTech and other financial regulatory matters on The FinReg Blog and speaks with financial policy experts on his podcast, The FinReg Pod. Reiners also directs the Climate Risk Disclosure Lab at the Duke Financial Economics Center, which is dedicated to unbiased analysis around climate change and financial disclosure.
Prior to joining Duke Law, Reiners worked for five years at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY), first as a supervisor of systemically important financial institutions and then as a senior associate within the executive office. In the latter capacity, he helped coordinate the FRBNY's engagement with international standard-setting bodies, such as the Bank for International Settlements and the Financial Stability Board. While at the FRBNY, Reiners worked closely with other federal and state regulatory agencies.
Reiners has previously taught corporate finance and managerial economics in the MBA Program at Saint Peter's University. In 2004-2005, Reiners served as a U.S. Army communications specialist in Baghdad, Iraq.
Reiners received a BSc in business economics, summa cum laude, from the University of St. Thomas and a MPP with a global policy concentration from Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy. Reiners holds the chartered financial analyst designation.
