Ronald C.
Long
Ronald C. Long is the Head of Aging Client Services for Wells Fargo. In this role, he works with all of Wells Fargo’s business units to help them stay abreast of the changing regulatory environment on issues related to the aging client. Ron has visited regulators and agencies in all 50 states and the District of Columbia ensuring that they are aware of the challenges facing the older banking and brokerage client, and helping promote solutions that will help protect them from elder financial abuse. With his leadership, Ron is helping all business lines focus on day-to-day needs for aging clients and their families. He has been a panelist on regulatory issues and is very active in industry organizations, chairing SIFMA’s State Legislation and Regulation Committee in 2015. He was the lead author of a number of comment letters and white papers in the aging area. Since 2006, Ron has taken a leading role in the securities industry in reviewing how it engages its older clients. He has spoken at numerous conferences including the Institutes of Medicine, American Society on Aging, International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, and the White House Conference on Aging to name a few. He has given numerous interviews on elder financial abuse to the financial media and other mainstream publications. He is a recipient of the Barbara McGinity Service to Seniors Award presented by the National Adult Protective Services Association and he was chosen as one of 12 Influencers in Aging for 2019 by the publication Next Avenue. Prior to his current position, Ron worked in Wachovia Securities’ Legal Department starting in June 2002, heading up the team focused on regulatory inquiries. Before joining Wachovia Securities, Ron was District Administrator of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Philadelphia District Office from March 1997 to June 2002. The 72-person office had jurisdiction over both enforcement and regulatory programs in five Mid-Atlantic States and the District of Columbia. The team examined and inspected broker dealers, investment companies and investment advisors. It issued exam reports and made referrals to the enforcement team in the office, which would then investigate securities law violations and litigate cases in civil court or assist criminal prosecutors if the cases were criminal in nature. During his tenure, he was recognized in the District as someone who fostered greater collaboration between federal, state and private regulators.
He also started a program of visiting all of the U.S. Attorneys in his district in order to enhance their acceptance of criminal securities fraud cases.
He joined the SEC staff in 1990 as an attorney in the Division of Enforcement. There he investigated accounting fraud and insider trading cases. In 1994, he assumed the position of Counselor to Chairman Arthur Levitt. In that capacity, he provided guidance to the Chairman on Commission enforcement matters as well as certain rulemaking issues. He also was instrumental in helping the Chairman launch the first-ever securities arbitration law clinic focused on having law students learn by assisting smaller investors in pursuing securities arbitration claims.
Ron started his legal career as an associate with the San Jose, California law firm of Hoge, Fenton, Jones and Appel, Inc., where he conducted insurance defense and coverage civil litigation in both state and federal courts from 1983 through 1990. He worked in sales for Armstrong World Industries and West Point Pepperell. He is a graduate of Williams College and received his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center.