Mellissa Campbell Duru

Mellissa Campbell Duru currently serves as Deputy Director in the Division of Corporation Finance at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission since May 2023. Prior experience includes Special Counsel at Covington & Burling LLP from May 2021 to May 2023 and various roles at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission from 2004 to 2021, including Senior Special Counsel, Counsel to Commissioner Kara Stein, and Special Counsel in the Office of Mergers & Acquisitions. Additionally, Mellissa was a Senior Special Counsel/Cybersecurity Policy Advisor in the Division of Examinations-Technology Controls Program and a Congressional Legis Fellow at the Brookings Institute in 2013. Educational background includes a JD from Harvard Law School and a Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honors from McGill University.