The Trump transition team is considering Teresa Goody Guillén, partner at law firm BakerHostetler and co-lead of its blockchain team, among several candidates to become the next SEC chair, industry sources said.

Goody Guillén is a seasoned securities lawyer with experience serving the SEC and opposing the agency on behalf of blockchain companies and traditional businesses. According to reports, President-elect Trump is seeking a pro-crypto non-bureaucrat to drastically overhaul the SEC with light-touch regulation.

Teresa Goody Guillén, a veteran of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, is among the candidates president-elect Donald Trump is considering to lead the agency, people familiar with the situation said.

"She is the best candidate of all the people that are currently being opined on,” said Brendan Playford, co-founder of Masa, a token-powered decentralized data provider for AI companies. Goody Guillén would make immediate changes to the SEC, he said.

Goody Guillén declined to comment for this story. A request for comment from Trump transition team spokesperson Karoline Leavitt went unanswered.

Crypto professionals have the Trump team's ear in the selection process following a campaign in which the industry spent over 130 million dollars on the former president and other Republican candidates.

Goody Guillén enters a competitive shortlist to replace SEC chair Gary Gensler, who is expected to step down before Trump’s inauguration on January 20. Other SEC chair candidates reportedly include Robert Stebbins, Brad Bondi, Paul Atkins, Dan Gallagher, and Brian Brooks.

Peers described Goody Guillén as embodying the principles that the Trump transition team is seeking in their new choice for SEC chair: someone who understands the industry and will exercise restraint when it comes to applying securities laws to digital assets.