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Two SEC commissioners nominated

Democrat Lisa Fairfax and Republican Hester Peirce have academic backgrounds and sit on the agency's Investor Advisory Committee.

President Barack Obama nominated Democrat Lisa Fairfax and Republican Hester Peirce on Tuesday to fill two commissioner seats on the five-person Securities and Exchange Commission.
Ms. Fairfax, an expert on shareholder activism, corporate governance and securities, is a professor at George Washingt

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