Holly petraeus biography

American activist (born 1952)

Hollister K. Petraeus (néeKnowlton; born July 17, 1952) is a retired Assistant Director at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), where she headed up the Office of Servicemember Affairs.^[1] She retired on January 12, 2017.

Her work at the CFPB centered around educating service members on sound financial management and protecting them against predatory lending and cons.^[2][3] She is the wife of retired General David Howell Petraeus.

Early life and education

Petraeus was born as Hollister K.

Knowlton in Paris, France, into a military family. Her father, General William Allen Knowlton, was a United States Army four-star general, and a former Superintendent of the United States Military Academy. She was presented as a debutante to high society at the prestigious International Debutante Ball at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.^[4]

Petraeus graduated summa cum laude fro