KC Waldron

KC Waldron is the Chief Compliance Officer at Empower. Her team manages all compliance matters for the firm’s businesses which include wealth management, retirement plan administration, asset management, stock plan services, and insurance. Prior to joining Empower, she was with the Charles Schwab Corporation for twelve years in both legal and compliance roles including head of wealth management compliance; head of compliance for all client-facing businesses; global head of regulatory strategy; and legal counsel to the custody and trading business for third party investment advisors. Before joining Schwab, she was an Enforcement Attorney for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in the San Francisco Regional Office. Prior to that, she was a securities litigation attorney with Morrison & Foerster LLP. She graduated from the University of Texas School of Law, and from Texas A&M University (Accounting).