first-ever nationwide public engagement process in the history of the federal government using a social media portal, roundtables and town halls. Rios began pushing for the change soon after she joined the Obama Administration in 2009. Her presentation to then-Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner went so well, she told CNN afterwards, that she left the room convinced the cause was sailing forward. Rios stepped down as Treasurer; her last day in office was July 11, 2016. Rios was the longest serving Senate-confirmed Treasury official beginning with her time on the Treasury/Federal Reserve Transition Team in November 2008 at the height of the financial crisis. Later career After the end of her tenure at Treasury, Rios launched an organization called Empowerment 2020 at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, where she was working as a visiting scholar. In November 2020, Rios was named a volunteer member of the Joe Biden presidential transition Agency Review Team to support transition efforts related to the United States Department of Treasury. In May 2021, Rios joined the board of directors at Ripple Labs. Inc. That year she also joined the cast of judges/investors on the streaming series Unicorn Hunters, where entrepreneurs pitch investing in their businesses and the audience at home can also choose to invest alongside the judges. Fellow judges on the show includes Lance Bass and Steve Wozniak. On January 11, 2018, Rios was appointed to be a commissioner of the United States Semiquincentennial Commission. She was appointed to be chair of the commission by President Joe Biden in July 2022, succeeding Dan DiLella. Awards and honors Upon her resignation in 2016, she received the Hamilton Award, the highest honor bestowed in the U.S. Department of the Treasury. In April 2015, a portrait of Rios was unveiled at Winthrop House at Harvard University, where she lived as an undergraduate—it was the first portrait of a Hispanic female to hang on a wall in Harvard College. Rios was inducted into the Maryland Women's Hall of Fame in 2019. Personal life Rios has two children, Joey and Brooke. Notes External links U.S. Department of the Treasury MacFarlane Partners. Makers Video The View Interview Rosie Rios Video produced by Makers: Women Who Make America 1965 births American politicians of Mexican descent California Democrats Harvard University alumni Hispanic and Latino American women in politics Living people Obama administration personnel People from Hayward, California Politicians from San Francisco Treasurers