The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is an independent agency of the United States government whose principal mission is the enforcement of civil (non-criminal) antitrust law and the promotion of consumer protection. The FTC shares jurisdiction over federal civil antitrust enforcement with the Department of Justice Antitrust Division. The agency is headquartered in the Federal Trade Commission Building in Washington,DC.
Janet Louise Yellen is an American economist serving as the 78th United States secretary of the treasury since January 26,2021. She previously served as the 15th chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018. She is the first person to hold those positions having also led the White House Council of Economic Advisers and the first woman to hold either post.
Dorothy Louise Slaughter was an American politician elected to 16 terms as a United States Representative from New York,serving from 1987 until her death in 2018. She served as the Dean of the New York Congressional Delegation for the last few terms as Congresswoman before her death.
Edith Ramirez is an American attorney who served as a member of the Federal Trade Commission from 2010 to 2017. Ramirez served as FTC Chair from 2013 to 2017,the first person of color to lead the agency.
Julie Simone Brill is an American lawyer who serves as Chief Privacy Officer and Corporate Vice President for Global Privacy and Regulatory Affairs at Microsoft. Prior to this,Brill served as a member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 2010 to 2016.
Jessica Rosenworcel is an American attorney serving as a member and chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). She originally served on the FCC from May 11,2012,to January 3,2017,and was confirmed by the Senate for an additional term on August 3,2017. Subsequently,she was named to serve as acting chair in January 2021,designated permanent chair in October 2021,and confirmed as such by the Senate in December 2021. Rosenworcel's term runs for five years beginning July 1,2020.
Maureen Kraemer Ohlhausen is an American lawyer who is a former Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission,a position she held from April 4,2012,to September 25,2018. On January 26,2017,President Donald Trump designated Ohlhausen to serve as Acting Chairwoman of the FTC. In January 2018,she was nominated by President Trump to a seat on the United States Court of Federal Claims. Ohlhausen withdrew her nomination for the federal judiciary in December 2018,opting instead to join Baker Botts as partner and co-chair of the firm's antitrust practice.
Terrell McSweeny is an American attorney who served as a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission from 2014 until 2018.
Joseph Simons is an American attorney who formerly served as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission.
Rebecca Michelle "Mikie" Sherrill is an American politician,former U.S. Navy helicopter pilot,attorney,and former federal prosecutor serving as the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 11th congressional district since 2019. The district includes a swath of suburban and exurban areas west of New York City. A member of the Democratic Party,Sherrill was elected on November 6,2018,defeating Republican Jay Webber. She was reelected in 2020 by a slightly narrower margin and reelected in 2022 by a wide margin.
Rohit Chopra is an American consumer advocate who is the 3rd director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and previous member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Prior to this,Chopra served as assistant director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB),a federal agency tasked with consumer protection in the financial sector. Chopra also served within the CFPB as the agency's first Student Loan Ombudsman,an office created by the Dodd–Frank Act.
Lina M. Khan is a British-born American legal scholar serving as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission since 2021. While a student at Yale Law School,she became known for her work in antitrust and competition law in the United States after publishing the influential essay "Amazon's Antitrust Paradox". She was nominated by President Joe Biden to the Commission in March 2021,and has served since June 2021 following her confirmation. She is also an associate professor of law at Columbia Law School.
Charles Hoyt March was the chair of the Federal Trade Commission from January 1,1933 to December 31,1933,again from January 1,1936 to December 31,1936,and a third time from January 1,1941 to December 31,1941.
David A. Clanton was the acting chair of the Federal Trade Commission from March 4,1981,to September 25,1981.
Christine Smith Wilson is an American attorney and former government official. A member of the Republican Party,Wilson was appointed by President Donald Trump in 2018 to serve on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Wilson resigned from the FTC in 2023.
Noah Joshua Phillips is an American attorney who served on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 2018 to 2022. Phillips was appointed to this position in 2018 by President Donald Trump,and was confirmed unanimously by the U.S. Senate. During the Biden Administration,Phillips was one of two Republicans on the FTC,along with fellow commissioner Christine S. Wilson.
Mary Laurie Azcuenaga is an American attorney who served from 1984 to 1998 as a member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). As of 2017,Azcuenaga is one of just three political independents to serve on the FTC.
Alvaro Martin Bedoya is an American attorney and government official who has served on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) since 2022.
Deborah Kaye Owen is an American attorney who served as a member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from October 25,1989,to August 26,1994. A member of the Republican Party,Owen served previously served as an aide to President Ronald Reagan.
