Mary Schapiro, the first woman ever to be nominated for the position, will head up the SEC as Obama's latest appointment.
But there are some questions as to the strength Schapiro could muster to bust some skulls over at SEC HQ and get that ship back on course. After some recent high-profile screw-ups, most notably letting Bernie Madoff run amok for so many years, there are calls for a disciplinarian in the position.
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Could the creator of cutesy advocacy group like FINRA really do the position justice?
