Commissioner Sharon Brown-Hruska on Wednesday announced her resignation effective July 28 from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. She has been a commissioner at the CFTC since 2002 and served as acting chair for about a year following the departure of James E Newsome to the New York Mercantile Exchange in July 2004. “As a regulator, it has been my view that markets should be able to operate efficiently and with integrity, free from fraud and manipulation,” Brown-Hruska said in a statement. “I am proud of our efforts in this regard and the progress that we have made in creating opportunities for the global expansion of the markets and in reducing costs for market participants and customers.” Brown-Hruska’s resignation leaves four sitting commissioners at the CFTC: Chairman Reuben Jeffery and Commissioners Michael V. Dunn, Fred Hatfield and Walter L. Lukken.

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