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Board Members Since 1935

Board MembersPolitical
Party
Period of ServiceServed as Chairman
Edwin S. SmithD08/27/35 - 08/27/41
J. Warren MaddenD08/27/35 - 08/26/4008/27/35 - 08/26/40
John M. CarmodyD08/27/35 - 08/31/36
Donald Wakefield SmithD09/23/36 - 05/31/39
William M. LeisersonD06/01/39 - 02/23/43
Harry A. MillisD11/26/40 - 07/04/4511/26/40 - 07/04/45
Gerard D. ReillyR10/11/41 - 08/26/46
John M. HoustonD03/15/43 - 08/27/53
Paul M. HerzogD07/05/45 - 06/30/5307/05/45 - 06/30/53
James J. Reynolds, Jr.R08/28/46 - 12/31/51
Abe MurdockD08/01/47 - 12/16/57
J. Copeland GrayR08/01/47 - 12/16/49
Paul L. StylesD02/27/50 - 08/31/53
Ivar H. PetersonR03/21/52 - 08/27/56
Guy FarmerR07/13/53 - 08/27/5507/13/53 - 08/27/55
Philip Ray RodgersR08/28/53 - 08/27/63
Albert C. BeesonR03/02/54 - 12/16/54
Boyd S. LeedomR04/04/55 - 12/16/6411/02/55 - 03/06/61
Stephen S. BeanR12/01/55 - 08/27/60
Joseph Alton JenkinsD03/28/57 - 03/27/61
John H. FanningD12/20/57 - 12/16/8202/19/74 - 02/19/75
04/14/77 - 08/14/81
Arthur A. KimballR09/13/60 - 03/06/61
Frank W. McCullochD03/07/61 - 08/27/7003/07/61 - 06/02/70
Gerald A. BrownD04/14/61 - 08/27/71
Howard Jenkins, Jr.R08/28/63 - 08/27/83
Sam ZagoriaR04/20/65 - 12/16/69
Edward B. MillerR06/03/70 - 12/16/7406/03/70 - 12/16/74
Ralph E. KennedyR12/14/70 - 07/31/75
John A. PenelloD02/22/72 - 01/14/81
Betty S. MurphyR02/18/75 - 12/14/7902/18/75 - 04/13/77
Peter D. WaltherR11/26/75 - 08/31/77
John C. Truesdale 1D10/25/77 - 08/27/80
Don A. ZimmermanI09/17/80 - 12/16/84
John C. Truesdale 1D10/23/80 - 01/26/81
Robert P. HunterR08/14/81 - 08/27/85
John R. Van de Water 1R08/18/81 - 12/16/8208/18/81 - 12/16/82
John C. MillerR12/23/82 - 03/07/8312/27/82 - 03/07/83
Donald L. DotsonR03/07/83 - 12/16/8703/07/83 - 12/16/87
Patricia Diaz DennisD05/05/83 - 06/24/86
Wilford W. Johansen 2R05/28/85 - 06/15/89
Marshall B. BabsonD07/01/85 - 07/31/88
James M. StephensR10/16/85 - 08/27/9512/17/87 - 03/06/94
Mary M. CracraftD11/07/86 - 08/27/91
John E. Higgins, Jr. 3R08/29/88 - 11/22/89
Dennis M. Devaney 4D11/22/88 - 12/16/94
Clifford R. Oviatt 5R12/14/89 - 05/28/93
John N. Raudabaugh 6R08/27/90 - 11/26/93
John C. Truesdale 1D01/24/94 - 03/03/94
William B. Gould IVD03/07/94 - 08/27/9803/07/94 - 08/27/98
Margaret A. Browning 7D03/09/94 - 02/28/97
Charles I. CohenR03/18/94 - 08/27/96
John C. Truesdale 1D12/23/94 - 01/03/96
Sarah M. Fox 8D02/06/96 - 12/15/2000
John E. Higgins, Jr. 3R09/03/96 - 11/13/97
J. Robert Brame III 9R11/17/97 - 08/27/2000
Peter J. Hurtgen 10R11/14/97 - 08/27/2001
08/31/2001 - 08/01/2002
05/16/2001 - 08/01/2002
Wilma B. Liebman 11D11/14/97 - 08/27/201101/20/2009 - 08/27/2011
John C. Truesdale 1D12/04/98 - 10/01/200112/04/98 - 05/14/2001
Dennis P. Walsh 12D12/30/2000 - 12/20/2001
12/17/2002 - 12/16/2004
 
Michael J. Bartlett 13R01/22/2002 - 11/22/2002 
William B. Cowen 14R01/22/2002 - 11/22/2002 
R. Alexander Acosta 15R12/17/2002 - 08/21/2003 
Robert J. Battista 16R12/17/2002 - 12/16/200712/17/2002 - 12/16/2007
Peter C. Schaumber 17R12/17/2002 - 08/27/2005
09/01/2005 - 08/27/2010
03/19/2008 - 01/19/2009
Ronald E. Meisburg 18R01/12/2004 - 12/08/2004 
Peter N. Kirsanow 19R01/04/2006 - 12/31/2007 
Dennis P. Walsh 20D01/17/2006 - 12/31/2007 
Craig Becker 21D04/05/2010 - 01/03/2012 
Mark G. Pearce 22D04/07/2010 - 08/27/2018 08/28/2011 - 01/22/2017
Brian Hayes 23R06/29/2010 - 12/16/2012 
Sharon Block 24D01/09/2012 - 08/02/2013 
Terence F. Flynn 24R01/09/2012 - 07/24/2012 
Richard F. Griffin, Jr. 24D01/09/2012 - 08/02/2013 
Nancy J. SchifferD08/02/2013 - 12/15/2014 
Kent Y. HirozawaD08/05/2013 - 08/27/2016 
Philip A. MiscimarraR08/07/2013 - 12/16/201704/24/2017 - 12/16/2017
Harry I. Johnson, IIIR08/12/2013 - 08/27/2015 
Lauren McFerranD12/16/2014 - 12/16/2019 
Marvin E. Kaplan *R08/10/2017 - Present12/21/2017 - 04/15/2018
William J. EmanuelR09/26/2017 - 08/27/2021 
John F. RingR04/16/2018 - 12/16/202204/16/2018 - 01/20/2021
Lauren McFerran *D08/10/2020 - Present01/20/2021 - 12/16/2024
Gwynne A. WilcoxD08/04/2021 - 08/27/2023 
David M. Prouty *D09/22/2021 - Present 
Gwynne A. Wilcox *D09/11/2023 - Present12/17/2024 - Present

*Current Board Member

1 Mr. Truesdale served as a Member under recess appointments from: 10/23/80 - 1/26/81 (by President Carter), 1/24/94 - 3/3/94, 12/23/94 - 1/3/96, 12/4/98 - 11/19/99 (by President Clinton). He was confirmed by the Senate on 11/19/99 and retired 10/01/01. Mr. Van de Water served under a recess appointment.
2 Term expired 08/27/88. Recess appointed by President Reagan effective 08/29/88. 
3 Recess appointment by President Reagan from 8/29/88 - 11/22/89. Mr. Higgins subsequently received a recess appointment by President Clinton from 9/3/96 - 11/13/97. 
4 Served under recess appointment by President Reagan from 11/22/88 - 11/22/89, when he was confirmed by Senate for term expiring 12/16/89. Received second recess appointment from President Bush from 12/17/89 until 08/03/90, when he was confirmed by Senate for term ending 12/16/94. 
5 Recess appointed by President Bush from 12/14/89 - 8/3/90, when he was confirmed by Senate. 
6 Mr. Raudabaugh's term expired on 12/16/92. He subsequently received a recess appointment by President Bush on 12/19/92. 
7 Ms. Browning died in office. Her term was to expire on 12/16/97. 
8 Served under recess appointment by President Clinton from 2/6/96 - 11/8/97, when she was confirmed by Senate for term expiring 12/16/99. Served under second recess appointment by President Clinton from 12/17/99 - 12/15/00. 
9 Confirmed by Senate on 11/8/97. 
10 Confirmed by Senate on 11/8/97 for a term that expired 8/27/01. Served under recess appointment by President Bush from 8/31/01 - 8/1/02. 
11 Confirmed by Senate on 11/8/97 for first term that expired 12/16/02, confirmed on 11/22/02 for second term that expired 8/27/06, and confirmed on 8/3/06 for a third term expiring 8/27/2011. Designated Chairman by President Obama on 01/20/09.
12 Served under recess appointment by President Clinton from 12/29/00 - 12/20/01. Confirmed by Senate on 11/22/02 for term that expired on 12/16/04.
13 Served under recess appointment by President Bush. 
14 Served under recess appointment by President Bush.
15 Confirmed 11/22/02 for term that expired on 8/27/03. 
16 Confirmed by Senate on 11/22/02 for term expiring 12/16/07.
17 Confirmed by Senate 11/22/02 for first term that expired 8/27/05. Served under recess appointment by President Bush from 9/1/05 - 8/3/06, when he was confirmed by Senate for a second term expiring 8/27/2010. Designated Chairman by President Bush on 3/19/08, serving until 1/19/09.
18Served under recess appointment by President Bush.
19Served under recess appointment by President Bush.
20Served under recess appointment by President Bush.
21Recess appointed by President Obama.
22Recess appointed by President Obama. Confirmed by the Senate on June 22, 2010. Sworn in for a second term on 8/23/13.

23 Confirmed by Senate on 06/22/10
24 Recess appointed by President Obama.