Former Commissioners

Former CFTC Commissioners

Michael V. Dunn
(Acting Chairman 1/20/09 – 5/25/09)
(Term of Service 11/21/04 – 10/24/11)

Biography

Speeches, Testimony & Statements

Walter L. Lukken
(Acting Chairman 6/27/07- 01/20/09)
(Term of Service 08/07/02 – 07/10/09)

Biography

Speeches, Testimony & Statements

Reuben Jeffery, III
(Chairman 07/11/05 – 6/27/07)
(Term of Service 07/11/05 – 06/27/07)

Biography

Speeches, Testimony & Statements

Frederick W. Hatfield
(Term of Service 12/06/04 – 12/31/06)

Biography

Speeches, Testimony & Statements

Sharon Brown-Hruska
(Acting Chairman 08/24/04 – 07/10/05)
(Term of Service 08/07/02 – 07/28/06)

Biography

Speeches, Testimony & Statements

James E. Newsome
(Acting Chairman 01/20/01 – 12/27/01)
(Chairman 12/27/01 – 07/23/04)
(Term of Service 08/10/98 – 07/23/04)

Biography

Speeches, Testimony & Statements

Thomas J. Erickson
(Term of Service 06/21/99 – 12/01/02)

Biography

Speeches, Testimony & Statements

Barbara P. Holum
(Acting Chairwoman 12/22/93 – 10/07/94)
(Term of Service 11/28/93 – 12/09/03)

David D. Spears
(Acting Chairman 06/02/99 – 08/10/99)
(Term of Service 09/03/96 – 12/20/01)

Biography

Speeches, Testimony & Statements

Brooksley E. Born
(Chairwoman 08/26/96 – 06/01/99)

John E. Tull, Jr.
(Acting Chairman 01/27/96 – 08/25/96)
(Term of Service 11/24/93 – 02/27/99)

Joseph B. Dial
(Term of Service 06/20/91 – 11/13/97)

Mary L. Schapiro
(Chairwoman 10/13/94 – 01/26/96)
(Term of Service 10/13/94 – 01/26/96)

Sheila C. Bair
(Acting Chairwoman 08/22/93 – 12/21/93)
(Term of Service 05/02/91 – 06/16/95)

William P. Albrecht
(Acting Chairman 01/22/93 – 08/20/93)
(Term of Service 11/22/88 – 08/20/93)

Wendy L. Gramm
(Term of Service 02/22/88 – 01/22/93)

Fowler C. West

(Term of Service 10/06/82 – 01/20/93)

Biography

Speeches, Testimony & Statements

Kalo A. Hineman
(Acting Chairman 07/27/87 – 02/22/83)
(Term of Service 01/12/82 – 06/19/91)

Robert R. Davis
(Terms of Service 10/03/84 – 04/30/90)

William Rainer
(Term of Service 11/16/83 – 09/01/88)

William E. Seale
(Term of Service 11/16/83 – 09/01/88)

Susan M. Philips
(Chairwoman 11/17/83 – 07/24/87)
(Acting Chairwoman 05/28/83 – 11/16/83)
(Term of Service 11/16/81 – 07/24/87)

Philip McBride Johnson
(Term of Service 06/08/81 – 05/01/83)

James M. Stone
(Chairman 05/04/79 – 06/08/81)
(Term of Service 05/04/79 – 01/31/83)

Reed P. Dunn

David G. Gartner
(Term of Service 05/19/78 – 10/05/82)

Robert L. Martin
(Term of Service 06/20/75 – 08/31/81)

Gary L. Seevers
(Acting Chairman 12/06/78 – 05/03/79)
(Term of Service 04/15/75 – 06/01/79)

William T. Bagley
(Term of Service 04/15/75 – 11/15/78)

John V. Rainbolt
(Term of Service 04/15/75 – 05/18/78)