Peter Monroe

Who is Peter Monroe?

Peter Hills Monroe, now an Independent,was a Republican U.S. Senate Candidate in the state of Florida. He is a commercial real-estate developer and an attorney. He was an appointee by the first President Bush to a post steering the federal government's bailout of the savings and loan industry "R.T.C. Stance On Assets". The New York Times. 1990-09-08.

Peter Monroe earlier had served with United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp as the Chief Operating Officer at the Federal Housing Administration.

Peter Monroe is best known for serving as President and CEO of the Resolution Trust Corporation Oversight Board http://wikileaks.org/wiki/CRS-RS22959 - the Federal agency charged with overseeing the $400 billion clean-up of the Savings and Loan disaster. L. William Seidman in his book entitled "Full Faith and Credit" described Monroe as "a leader in promoting the RTC's pioneering securitization of commercial mortgages"

Earlier in his career, Monroe held a senior housing position on the immediate staff of HUD Secretary George Romney.

Peter Monroe graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Williams College, was a Rhodes Scholar finalist, graduated with a "First class" Master's Degree from Oxford University, and obtained his law degree from Harvard University.