Sharon Pendleton

Sharon Pendleton is director of compliance at National Futures Association (NFA), where she has worked since January 1986. Her current responsibilities include overseeing staff who conduct audits, investigations, and financial surveillance; working on enforcement cases; advising members on compliance issues; assisting NFA member committees; participating in industry conferences; and developing and monitoring Compliance Department goals. Ms. Pendleton is NFA's representative on the Joint Audit Committee and Intermarket Financial Surveillance Group. She has served as a primary liaison between NFA and the CFTC in the development of rules for futures commission merchants and introducing brokers. Ms. Pendleton received a BS in accounting from Roosevelt University and is a CPA.