Kirsten L. Anderson

Kirsten Anderson joined the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services in 1999 after a few years practicing law for Oregon Legal Services through AmeriCorps and then in private practice. Following a series of different positions with the Department, including the Deputy Administrator of the Division of Financial Regulation, where her portfolio included oversight of state chartered banks, credit unions, non-depository institutions, securities and insurance companies as well as managing the division’s administrative operations, she is currently on rotation as the Acting Administrator of the Central Services Division overseeing IT, accounting and operations for the entire Department. After receiving the American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators’ 2014 Distinguished Service Award, she was elected to the Board of Directors in April 2015 and is currently the President. In 2019, she joined the Board of the Money Transmitter Regulators Association and is currently the Treasurer. In 2021, she joined the Board of the State Regulatory Registry LLC, the organization that oversees the NMLS and completed her service in 2025. She also serves on a number of committees, task forces and work groups, including NMLS Policy Committee, is the Chair of the State Coordinating Committee and the Vice Chair of the Non-Depository Supervisory Committee.