About me
Seth Frotman is a Senior Fellow at the Berkeley Center for Consumer Law and Economic Justice and Towards Justice. He is a Lecturer in Law at Columbia Law School, teaching a seminar on Consumer Protection, Law and Policy. From 2021 to 2025, he served as General Counsel and Senior Advisor to the Director at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Before returning to the CFPB in 2021, Frotman co-founded and served as the Executive Director of the Student Borrower Protection Center (SBPC), a leading nationwide consumer advocacy organization working to end America’s student debt crisis. Prior to co-founding SBPC, Frotman spent seven years at the CFPB in a series of leadership positions, including overseeing the agency’s student loan portfolio as Assistant Director and Student Loan Ombudsman and serving as Senior Advisor to Holly Petraeus, Assistant Director for Servicemember Affairs. In recognition of his efforts to protect military families from predatory lending, Seth received the Office of the Secretary of Defense Award for Excellence. Frotman also previously served as Deputy Chief of Staff and Legislative Director for Congressman Patrick Murphy, where his portfolio included the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell;” worked in the New Jersey State Senate on consumer protection legislation; and clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
