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Leader Biographies:
Robert M. Garsson
Deputy Comptroller for Public Affairs
Robert M. Garsson, named deputy comptroller for Public Affairs in July 2004, provides public affairs advice to the Comptroller and senior
management at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and oversees the agency's external and internal communications.
His responsibilities include supervising the Banking Relations, Congressional Affairs, Communications, and Press Relations divisions as well as the Web
Content Unit, Outreach and Minority Affairs, and Executive Communications. Mr. Garsson reports to John G. Walsh, Chief of Staff and Public
Affairs.
Mr. Garsson was the OCC's director for Press Relations from 1997. Before joining the OCC, he was director of corporate communications at the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Mr. Garsson's professional experience also includes reporting for the newspaper, American Banker, where he also served as Washington, D.C., bureau
chief and senior editor.
An Army veteran, Mr. Garsson earned a bachelor's of arts in history from the University of Virginia and a master's of arts in political science from
Rutgers University.
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