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.
Thomas James Walsh was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Helena,Montana who represented Montana in the US Senate from 1913 to 1933. He was initially elected by the state legislature,and from 1918 on by popular vote,in keeping with the requirements of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
The Antonin Scalia Law School is the law school of George Mason University,a public research university in Virginia. It is located in Arlington,Virginia,roughly 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Washington,D.C.,and 15 miles (24 km) east-northeast of George Mason University's main campus in Fairfax,Virginia.
Robert Pitofsky was an American lawyer and politician who was the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission of the United States from April 11,1995,to May 31,2001. He had previously been Dean of the Georgetown University Law Center from 1983 to 1989,and was Dean Emeritus at the time of his death.
James Clifford Miller III is an American economist and former government official who served as chairman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) between 1981 and 1985 and as Budget Director for President Ronald Reagan between 1985 and 1988. Miller was the first member of the FTC with a background as a career economist,as opposed to a legal background as is common.
Michael Pertschuk was an American attorney and advocate for consumer protection and public health. He served as a member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 1977 to 1984,and served as FTC Chair from 1977 to 1981. During his tenure,Pertschuk worked to strengthen the FTC's consumer protection powers.
Jonathan David Leibowitz is an American attorney who served under President Barack Obama as Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 2009 to 2013. Leibowitz was appointed to the commission in 2004,and resigned in 2013. During Leibowitz's tenure,the FTC brought privacy cases against Google,Facebook and others for violating consumer privacy,as well as enforcement against "pay-for-delay" deals in which pharmaceutical companies paid competitors to stay out of the market. Prior to joining the FTC,Leibowitz was Vice President for Congressional Affairs from 2000 to 2004 of the MPAA.
Deborah Platt Majoras is the former chair of the Federal Trade Commission,appointed May 11,2004,by President George W. Bush and sworn in on August 16,2004. President Bush had announced his intention to appoint her to the position on July 30,2004. Majoras is a member of the Republican Party.
Samuel Huston "Shy" Thompson Jr. was an American lawyer and college football coach. The Princeton University graduate served as head football coach at Oberlin College in 1897,at Lehigh University from 1898 to 1899,and at the University of Texas at Austin from 1900 to 1901,compiling a career college football record of 24–18–3. He was the first head coach at Texas to return for a second season. Thompson served as assistant U.S. attorney general under President Woodrow Wilson from 1913 to 1918 and on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 1919 to 1927. He was the chair of the FTC from December 1,1920 to November 30,1921,and again from December 1,1923 to November 30,1924.
William Evan Kovacic is an American legal scholar who served as a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 2006 to 2011,including as its chairman from 2008 to 2009. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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.
Joshua Daniel Wright is an American economist and legal scholar who served as a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 2013 to 2015. He has been a professor of law at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School since 2004,and is the executive director of its Global Antitrust Institute. At the time of his nomination,Wright was the fourth economist to serve as a commissioner of the FTC.
Jesse William Markham was an American economist. Markham was best known for his work on antitrust policy,price theory and industrial organization. Markham was the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School (HBS),and the former chief economist to the Federal Trade Commission.
Mozelle Willmont Thompson is an American attorney who served as a member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 1997 to 2004. Thompson was the second African American to serve as a member of the FTC.
Earl Wilson Kintner was the chair of the Federal Trade Commission from June 11,1959 to March 20,1961.
Lowell Blake Mason was the chair of the Federal Trade Commission from January 1,1949,to May 23,1950. Mason was the last FTC chair to be selected by the Commissioners,rather than being designated by the President of the United States.
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.
Dennis Alden Yao is an American academic who served as a member of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 1991 to 1994. A member of the Democratic Party,Yao was the first Asian American to serve on the FTC and the third career economist to serve on the body,which has generally been composed of attorneys.
