Tom Carpenter

Tom Carpenter serves as the Director of Public Affairs and Marketing for the Financial Data Exchange (FDX) where he leads the organization’s communications, thought leadership and brand development among financial industry stakeholders, policymakers, and the media.

Prior to FDX, Carpenter spent almost two decades developing and advocating complex public policy in Washington – beginning as a legislative aide in Congress and then as federal lobbyist and senior government affairs executive managing legislative advocacy campaigns and policy brands for clients from Fortune 500s and trade associations to startups. Most recently, Carpenter was a Senior Partner at Republic Consulting, and prior to that, a Senior Vice President & Managing Director at Wexler|Walker where he concentrated on the financial services sector with a special focus on financial technology.

Carpenter graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Cum Laude from the University of Tennessee where he received a degree in Communications.