Brendon Weiss

Brendon Weiss is Vice President of Porterfield, Lowenthal & Fettig, LLC, a government relations firm based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the firm in 2007, Brendon served in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs. During his tenure at the SEC, Brendon represented the Commission’s views on Capitol Hill and with other financial regulatory agencies on an assortment of issues impacting the securities industry including the reform of Sarbanes-Oxley rules, the Credit Rating Agency Duopoly Act, the regulation of Consolidated Supervised Entities, and the roll out of XBRL.

From 2001 to 2005, Brendon served in the Office of Congressman Vito Fossella (NY-13th). As the Legislative Director, Brendon managed all policy issues falling under the jurisdiction of the Financial Services and Energy and Commerce Committees in the House of Representatives. Brendon played a key role in formulating the debate on Capitol Hill during the drafting phase of Reg NMS, and worked closely on legislation regarding mutual fund governance, terrorism insurance, radio spectrum interference, the Digital TV Transition and multicast must carry rules.

Brendon started his career on Capitol Hill in the office of Congressman Paul Ryan (WI-1st) who currently serves as the Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee and is a member of the House Ways and Means Committee.

A native of Wisconsin, Brendon attended Northern Michigan University and earned his MBA from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.