Secretary Scott Bessent announced 10 new appointments for senior positions at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, according to a Friday press release.

John Crews, a former policy adviser under House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, will serve as deputy assistant secretary for financial institutions policy. Before his time in House leadership, Crews was the policy director for the Senate banking committee, and during the first Trump administration, he served on the National Economic Council.

Connor Dunn was named deputy assistant secretary for legislative affairs, covering banking and finance. Dunn previously worked as a principal at FS Vector and held senior policy roles on the Senate banking committee and House Financial Services Committee. During the first Trump administration, he was a policy adviser to the deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and worked in its congressional affairs office.

Spencer Hurwitz, a former director of communications and senior adviser to Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), has been named deputy assistant secretary for public affairs, covering terrorism and financial intelligence.

Ashtyn Landen and Zach Mollengarden will serve as deputy executive secretaries. Landen previously was senior director for prudential regulation at the American Bankers Association and began her public service career at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Mollengarden will cover international affairs in his role. He most recently served as an attorney-adviser in the Treasury’s Office of the Assistant General Counsel for International Affairs.

Paras Malik, who has been named counselor to the chief of staff and the department’s chief AI officer, joins from the Boston Consulting Group. She previously held roles at Morgan Stanley and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

David O’Brien, who was the previous director of executive communications at the Bipartisan Policy Center, will serve as deputy assistant secretary for public affairs, covering domestic finance.

John Poulson has been appointed as deputy assistant secretary for legislative affairs, covering international affairs. He most recently served as a professional staff member on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Shane Shannon, who will serve as counselor to the general counsel, joins from Goldman Sachs, where he was a vice president and senior counsel.

The Treasury also named Cory Wilson as deputy assistant secretary for cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection. Wilson held prior tenure at the U.S. Secret Service, serving as assistant special agent in charge of critical systems protection. And he held previous roles at the Office of the National Cyber Director, the Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Senate.

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