Stephen A. Blumenthal

STEPHEN A. BLUMENTHAL is a Vice President of Schwab Capital Markets and
Trading, specializing in banking and financial services for the
Washington Research Group. Previously, he practiced law in Washington,
DC. He specialized in providing political analysis and representing
clients before Congress and federal regulatory agencies. Mr. Blumenthal
has over two decades of legislative and legal experience, having served
as a Republican Counsel of the Commerce Committee of the US House of
Representatives, serving as both a Minority and later Majority Counsel.
Prior to that, he was associated with the Securities Industry
Association in Washington, DC as Vice President and Director of
Regulator Relations. Mr. Blumenthal began his career as an Attorney in
the Office of the General Counsel of the National Association of
Securities Dealers. He is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and
Rutgers Law School. Mr. Blumenthal is a member of the Bar in Washington,
DC, New Jersey, and California.