List of members of the Federal Trade Commission

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The following is a list of individuals who have served as a member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) beginning in 1949.[1]

List of current Commissioners[]

Current members of the FTC[]

The Commission is headed by five Commissioners, who each serve seven-year terms. Commissioners are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. No more than three Commissioners can be of the same political party. In practice, this means that two Commissions are of the opposition party. However, three members of the FTC throughout its history have been without party affiliation, with the most recent independent, Pamela Jones Harbour, serving from 2003 to 2009.[2]

Portrait Senator Party Prior experience Education Term began Term expires
Lina Khan, FTC Chair (cropped).jpg Lina Khan

(Chair)

Democratic Legal scholar Williams College (BA)

Yale Law School (JD)

June 15, 2021 September 26, 2024
Rebecca Slaughter (cropped).jpg Rebecca Slaughter Democratic Legal advisor to Senator Chuck Schumer Yale University (BA)

Yale Law School (JD)

May 2, 2018 September 26, 2022
Noah J. Phillips official portrait (cropped).jpg Noah J. Phillips Republican Counsel to Senator John Cornyn Dartmouth College (BA)

Stanford Law School (JD)

May 2, 2018 September 26, 2023
Christine Wilson official photo.png Christine S. Wilson Republican Senior Vice President, Delta Air Lines University of Florida (BA)

Georgetown University Law Center (JD)

September 26, 2018 September 26, 2025
Vacant September 26, 2026

List of former Commissioners[]

The following is a list of individuals who have served as a member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) beginning in 1949, including party affiliation.[1]

Commissioners Party Years in office Prior experience
John J. Carson Republican[3] September 28, 1948 – March 31, 1953 Journalist, The Baltimore Sun[4]
Stephen J. Spingarn Democrat October 25, 1950 – September 25, 1953 Assistant General Counsel, Department of the Treasury[5]
Caspar Weinberger Republican December 31, 1969 – August 6, 1970 California State Assemblyman for the 21st district[6]
Philip Elman Independent April 21, 1961 – October 18, 1970 Assistant to the Solicitor General[7]
Miles Kirkpatrick Republican September 14, 1970 – February 20, 1973 Head of the Antitrust Section, American Bar Association (ABA)[8]
Everette MacIntyre Democrat September 26, 1961 – August 30, 1973 FTC trial lawyer[9]
Mary Gardiner Jones Republican[10] October 29, 1964 – November 2, 1973 Staff attorney, DOJ Antitrust Division[11]
David S. Dennison Jr. Republican October 18, 1970 – December 31, 1973 Congressman from Ohio's 11th district[12]
Mayo J. Thompson Democrat July 8, 1973 – September 26, 1975 Antitrust attorney in private practice[13]
Lewis A. Engman Democrat February 20, 1973 – December 31, 1975 Assistant Director, White House Domestic Council[14]
Calvin J. Collier Republican March 24, 1976 – December 31, 1977 Director of Urban Program Cordination, Department of Housing and Urban Development[15]
Stephen A. Nye Republican May 5, 1974 – May 5, 1978 Partner at Sullivan, Jones and Archer LLP[16]
Elizabeth Hanford Dole Democrat (1973-1975)

Republican (1975-1979)[17]

December 4, 1973 – March 9, 1979 Director, White House Office of Consumer Affairs[18]
Paul Rand Dixon Democrat March 21, 1961 – September 25, 1981 FTC trial attorney[19]
David A. Clanton Republican August 26, 1975 – October 14, 1983 Minority Staff Counsel, Senate Committee on Commerce[20]
Michael Pertschuk Democrat April 21, 1977 – October 15, 1984 Chief Counsel, Senate Committee on Commerce[21]
George W. Douglas Democrat December 27, 1982 – September 18, 1985 President, Southwest Econometrics Inc. (private economic research firm)[22]
James C. Miller III Republican September 30, 1981 – October 5, 1985 Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA)[23]
Patricia P. Bailey Republican October 29, 1979 – May 15, 1988 Assistant to the General Counsel, Merit Systems Protection Board[24]
Daniel Oliver Republican April 21, 1986 – August 10, 1989 Executive Editor, National Review[25]
Terry Calvani Republican November 18, 1983 – September 25, 1990 Law professor, Vanderbilt University School of Law[26]
Andrew Strenio Democrat March 17, 1986 – July 15, 1991 Member, Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)[27]
Deborah K. Owen Republican October 25, 1989 – August 26, 1994 Associate White House Counsel[28]
Dennis A. Yao Democrat July 16, 1991 – August 31, 1994 Professor, Wharton School of Business[29]
Christine A. Varney Democrat October 17, 1994 – August 5, 1997 White House Cabinet Secretary[30]
Janet D. Steiger Republican August 11, 1989 – September 28, 1997 Chair of the Postal Rate Commission[31]
Roscoe B. Starek III Republican November 19, 1990 – December 18, 1997 Deputy Director of Presidential Personnel[32]
Mary Azcuenaga Independent November 27, 1984 – June 3, 1998 FTC Assistant General Counsel[33]
Robert Pitofsky Democrat June 29, 1978 – April 30, 1981

April 11, 1995 – May 31, 2001

Director, FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection[34]
Sheila F. Anthony Democrat September 30, 1997 – August 1, 2003 Assistant Attorney General for Legislative Affairs[35]
Timothy Muris Republican June 4, 2001 – August 15, 2004 Law professor, GMU School of Law[36]
Mozelle W. Thompson Democrat December 17, 1997 – August 31, 2004 Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Policy[37]
Orson Swindle Republican December 18, 1997 – June 30, 2005 Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Development[38]
Thomas B. Leary Republican November 17, 1999 – December 31, 2005 Assistant General Counsel, General Motors[39]
Deborah Platt Majoras Republican August 16, 2004 – March 29, 2008 Deputy Assistant Attorney General, DOJ Antitrust Division[40]
Pamela Jones Harbour Independent August 4, 2003 – April 6, 2010 Deputy Attorney General of New York[41]
William Kovacic Republican January 4, 2006 – October 3, 2011 Law professor, GWU Law School[42]
J. Thomas Rosch Republican January 5, 2006 - Sept 2012 Director, FTC Bureau of Competition[43]
Jon Leibowitz Democrat March 2, 2009 – March 7, 2013 Lobbyist, Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)[44]
Joshua D. Wright Republican January 11, 2013 – August 24, 2015 Law professor, GMU Antonin Scalia Law School[45]
Julie Brill Democrat April 6, 2010 – March 31, 2016 Assistant Attorney General of Vermont for Consumer Protection and Antitrust[46]
Edith Ramirez Democrat April 5, 2010 – February 10, 2017 Vice President, LA Department of Water and Power Board of Commissioners[47]
Terrell McSweeny Democrat April 28, 2014 – April 27, 2018 Chief Counsel for Competition Policy and Intergovernmental Relations, DOJ Antitrust Division[48]
Joseph Simons Republican May 1, 2018 – January 29, 2021 Director, FTC Bureau of Competition[43]
Rohit Chopra Democrat May 2, 2018 – October 12, 2021 CFPB Assistant Director

Backgrounds of Commissioners[]

Demographics[]

As of 2021, there have been:

Career backgrounds[]

The vast majority of FTC members have been individuals with legal backgrounds, with notable exceptions. President Ronald Reagan appointed the first two professional economists, James C. Miller III[49] and George W. Douglas,[50] to serve on the body. Dennis Yao, a Democrat who served from 1991 to 1994, held a Ph.D in economics, and Joshua D. Wright, a Republican who served from 2013 to 2015, held a both a J.D. and a Ph.D. in economics.[51]

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