Many have been wondering who Richard Cordray is? While unknown to the everyday consumer, much of Wall Street and the mortgage industry has been familiar with his name for quite some time.

MSNBC’s Red Tape offers a more in-depth perspective on the nominee President Obama has picked to run the CFPB.

“He is as authentic as you can get.  He’s the same person when the cameras are on or when he’s with his family,” said Kimberly Kowalski, a former press aide for Cordray. “Sometimes it works to his detriment. He would just say what was in his heart, even if I’d prepared remarks for him … but Rich is all for that man on the street. If he meets someone and they tell him a problem, he remembers it, and he acts on it, and three months later, he’ll check to make sure it got fixed. Things never fall off his radar.”