Mark Acton, Vice Chairman

Mark Acton was nominated by President George W. Bush on November 7, 2005 for a term of office extending until October 14, 2010. Commissioner Acton was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 3, 2006. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Acton served as Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Postal Rate Commission assisting in managing all aspects of agency operations.

In addition to his years of public administration experience at the Postal Rate Commission, Mr. Acton has an extensive professional history of active involvement in the public policy arena - including nine years of experience managing legislative and regulatory concerns as Staff Director for the Republican National Committee Counsel's Office. Mr. Acton's professional background includes direct mail marketing experience managing Republican Party finance programs.

Mark Acton was appointed Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Postal Rate Commission in 2002. Mr. Acton served a year in New York City as Deputy to the Chairman of the 2004 Republican National Convention and, prior to joining the agency, was Staff Director for the Republican National Committee Counsel's Office. He has held posts as Special Assistant to the RNC Chief Counsel as well as RNC Counsel's Office Government Relations Officer and Redistricting Coordinator. At the 2000 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, Acton was Executive Director of the Committee on Permanent Organization and, four years earlier in San Diego, was Deputy Executive Director of the Committee on Rules for the 1996 Republican National Convention. He was chosen also as Executive Director of the RNC Redistricting Task Force, chief RNC liaison to the Republican National Lawyers Association, and lead coordinator for the RNC Campaign Finance Task Force. From 1989 until 1993, Mark Acton was Deputy Redistricting Director for the National Republican Congressional Committee and prior to that he was an Assistant Director for RNC Major Donor Finance Programs as well as Assistant to the RNC Director of Computer Services.

Commissioner Acton, who resides in Washington, DC, is a native of Louisville, Kentucky where he attended the University of Louisville. He holds a Master of Business Administration from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. Commissioner Acton is an active member of the University of Louisville Alumni Association, the Kentucky Society of Washington, the United States Tennis Association, and the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels.