Eric Kaplan
Executive Vice President and President of Financial Literacy for All, Operation HOPE; Senior Advisor, Milken Institute
Eric Kaplan serves as President of Financial Literacy for All and EVP of its founding organization, Operation HOPE. He brings to the FL4A mission – making financial literacy a fundamental part of the nation – over 30 years in housing and consumer finance, banking, law, policy, and advocacy. Previously, Eric led the housing finance program at the nonprofit, nonpartisan Milken Institute. In this role, Eric engaged and advised a wide range of government, private sector, and nonprofit stakeholders in the pursuit of a well-functioning, equitable, and inclusive housing finance system. Today, Eric continues to serve as a senior advisor to the Milken Institute. Eric also served a two-year appointed term on the CFPB Consumer Advisory Board from 2019-2021, serving as board chair in his second year. He is an independent board member of Kroll Bond Rating Agency, LLC, a board member of the Cameron Kravitt Foundation, and chair of the Fixed Income Investor Network RMBS Task Force. He is also on the Senior Advisory Board of the Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Organization (MISMO), having previously served on MISMO’s board of directors. Eric also served on the board and co-chaired the residential mortgage committee of the Structured Finance Association, and has advised numerous mortgage and consumer finance, technology, and nonprofit organizations across a wide range of initiatives and issues. Eric holds an AB in politics from Princeton University and a JD from Boston University School of Law. He has held legal, securities, and mortgage loan originator licenses.
