Michael S. Barr is the Joan and Michael Weill Dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Barr conducts research and writes about a wide range of issues in domestic and international financial regulations. Barr served in President Barack H. Obama's Administration as the U.S. Department of Treasury's assistant secretary for financial institutions, and as a key architect of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.