Edmund C. Moy Director of the United States Mint
Edmund C. Moy was sworn in as the 38th Director of the United States Mint on September 5, 2006.
As Director of the United States Mint, Mr. Moy leads the world’s largest manufacturer of coins,
medals, and numismatic (coin) products. In FY 2007, the United States Mint manufactured more
than 15 billion circulating coins, generated revenue of $2.63 billion, and contributed $825 million
in earnings to the United States Treasury.
Prior to becoming Director, Mr. Moy was a Special Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel
at the White House. He was responsible for recommending to President George W. Bush candidates for the
most senior of political appointments for eleven Cabinet Departments and Cabinet-Rank Agencies in the
human services, natural resources, legal, and national security arenas.
Additionally, he was responsible for senior political appointments for thirty-two independent federal
agencies. The wide array of agencies included the Social Security Administration, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, National Labor Relations Board, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
He served on the panel responsible for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security transition.
Prior to his current public service, Mr. Moy spent eight years working with venture capital firms
and entrepreneurs, including the Wall Street private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, and
served on the boards of several companies and nonprofit organizations. From 1989 to 1993, he served
President George H.W. Bush as a political appointee at the federal Health Care Financing Administration
at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. As the Director of the Office of Managed Care,
he was responsible for regulating health maintenance organizations, formulating our nation’s managed
care policy, and overseeing $7 billion in annual expenditures to Medicare and Medicaid managed health
care programs. From 1979 to 1989, he was a sales and marketing executive for Blue Cross Blue Shield
United of Wisconsin.
He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1979 with a triple major in economics,
international relations, and political science. Mr. Moy currently serves on the Board of Directors
of the Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) Fraternity, Christianity Today International, and the Christianity
Today Foundation.
He, his wife Karen and daughter Nora live in Arlington, VA.
See also our
list of all past Directors
of the Mint.
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