Superintendent of Financial Institutions 

Felecia A. Rotellini

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Felecia Rotellini was appointed by Governor Janet Napolitano to serve as the Superintendent of the Arizona Department of Financial Institutions in January 2006. The Department regulates all state chartered banks and credit unions and 17 other non-depository financial service providers including, mortgage brokers and lenders, consumer lenders, escrow companies, collection agencies, payday lenders and money transmitters. Previously, Ms. Rotellini served as Assistant Superintendent.

Felecia began her career in public service as an Assistant Attorney General from 1992-2005. During that period, she was senior counsel to the Arizona State Banking Department (1992-1996); represented the Arizona State Board of Accountancy in cases involving complex audit failures of public and large companies (1996-2004); and prosecuted financial and white collar fraud cases (2002-2005).

Prior to state service, from 1986 to 1992, she was in private practice in the areas of tort and commercial litigation. Felecia has resided in Arizona for over twenty years. She grew up in Sheridan, Wyoming. In 1981, she graduated magna cum laude from Rocky Mountain College, Billings, Montana, with a degree in History/Political Science. She moved to Phoenix in 1986 upon graduation from Notre Dame Law School where she was awarded the Edward F. Barrett Trial Advocacy Award. She is a current member and past chair of the Administrative Law Section of the Arizona State Bar. She is also a member of the Wyoming State Bar. From 1990 to 2002, she was a trustee of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Phoenix Foundation, serving two terms as president.

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