Brooksley Born, former chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) from 1996-1999 and appointed as a member of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) in 2009, presented a public talk at the Woodrow Wilson School on March 12, 2012. Titled “Financial Regulatory Reform — Imperative for Our Future,” the discussion was part of the Wilson School’s “Economic Recovery: Perils, Politics and Possibilities” thematic lecture series.