Bachelor in English, Trinity University, San Antonio, 1990. Juris Doctor, University Chicago, 1996.
Attorney, derivatives, Investments Products Group Sidley & Austin. Law clerk to honorary E. Grady Jolly United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1996—1997. Associate Sidley & Austin, 1997—2000.
Managing director, deputy general counsel Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group Inc. With Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings, Inc. (subsidiary Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group Inc.), 2000, director, co-head corporate development, 2005.