Seven former FMCS Directors pictured during the 50th Anniversary of FMCS 1997. *
Their combined tenure covers 25 years, or half the life of FMCS in 1998.*
FMCS Directors are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate for four-year terms. They can be reappointed. FMCS is responsible for mediating disputes between labor and management.
List of FMCS Directors
- Cyrus S. Ching (1947; Truman)
- David L. Cole (1952; Truman)[9]
- Whitney P. McCoy (1953; Eisenhower)
- Joseph F. Finnegan (1955; Eisenhower)
- William E. Simkin (1961; Kennedy), the longest-serving Director, departing office in 1969
- J. Curtis Counts (1970; Nixon)
- William Usery, Jr. (1973; Nixon)*
- James F. Scearce (1976; Ford)*
- Wayne L. Horvitz (1977; Carter)*
- Kenneth Moffett (1982; Reagan),* served for seven months.
- Kay McMurray (1982; Reagan)*
- Bernard E. DeLury (1990; G. H. W. Bush)*
- John Calhoun Wells (1993; Clinton)*
- C. Richard Barnes (2000; Clinton)
- Peter J. Hurtgen (2002; G. W. Bush)
- Arthur F. Rosenfeld (2006; G. W. Bush)
- George H. Cohen (2009; Obama)
- Allison Beck (2014; Obama), the first woman to serve as director
- Richard Giacolone (2018; Donald J. Trump)
