SEC's Director of the Philadelphia Regional Office Kelly L. Gibson Leaves

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced that Kelly L. Gibson, Director of the Philadelphia Regional Office, left the agency on Feb. 11 after 14 years of service. Joy Thompson and Scott Thompson will replace her as Acting Co-Directors.

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Ms. Gibson has served as Director of the Philadelphia Regional Office since February 2020, overseeing a staff of approximately 160 including Enforcement, Examinations, and other staff. Last year, Ms. Gibson served as Acting Deputy Director of the Division of Enforcement and led the Division's Climate and ESG Task Force. As Acting Deputy Director, she helped set the Division's enforcement priorities and assisted in supervising all investigative and litigation activities. In that role, she also oversaw the Division's Office of Market Intelligence and Office of the Whistleblower. Earlier in her tenure, she served in the Market Abuse Unit and as Assistant Regional Director and then Associate Regional Director of the Philadelphia office. She joined the SEC in 2008 as a staff attorney in the Division of Enforcement in the Philadelphia Regional Office and received the SEC's Analytical Methods award in 2016.

Joy Thompson currently serves as the Associate Regional Director for the SEC's Philadelphia Office's examination program. She joined the Commission in 1986 and has served in a number of roles in Enforcement and then Examinations since that time, including Acting Regional Director of the Philadelphia Office and Acting Deputy Director of the National Examination Program. She has a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and an undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Tufts University.

Scott A. Thompson currently serves as the Associate Director of Enforcement for the SEC's Philadelphia Office. Since joining the agency in 2007, he has served in a number of positions, including Senior Trial Counsel and Assistant Regional Director in the Market Abuse Unit. Mr. Thompson earned a law degree, magna cum laude, from Duke University School of Law and graduated, summa cum laude, from Tufts University.