https://www.mediationhistory.org The history of dispute resolution, mediation and arbitration Sat, 05 Jul 2025 15:12:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.mediationhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Friends-96x96.jpg https://www.mediationhistory.org 32 32 https://www.mediationhistory.org/fmcs-directors-list/ Sat, 01 Jun 2024 17:29:11 +0000 https://www.mediationhistory.org/?p=1863 Directors of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (with the date they took office listed and the President who made…

The post FMCS Directors List first appeared on Friends of FMCS History Foundation.]]> Directors of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (with the date they took office listed and the President who made the appointment shown in parentheses), are as follows:  The Biden Administration did not have a confirmed  FMCS Director.

1. Cyrus S. Ching (1947; Truman)
2. David L. Cole (1952; Truman)
3. Whitney P. McCoy (1953; Eisenhower)
4. Joseph F. Finnegan (1955; Eisenhower)
5. William E. Simkin (1961; Kennedy), the longest-serving Director, departing office in 1969
6. J. Curtis Counts (1970; Nixon)
7. William Usery, Jr. (1973; Nixon)
8. James F. Scearce (1976; Ford)
9. Wayne L. Horvitz (1977; Carter)
10. Kenneth Moffett (1982; Reagan), served for seven months. (Never confirmed by the Senate)
11. Kay McMurray (1982; Reagan)
12. Bernard E. DeLury (1990; G. H. W. Bush)
13. John Calhoun Wells (1993; Clinton)
14. C. Richard Barnes (2000; Clinton)
15. Peter J. Hurtgen (2002; G. W. Bush)
16. Arthur F. Rosenfeld (2006; G. W. Bush)
17. George H. Cohen (2009; Obama)
18. Allison Beck (2014; Obama), the first woman to serve as director
19. Richard Giacolone (2018; Donald J. Trump)
20. No Director  (2021-2025; Joe Biden)

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