NCUA Board and Actions

NCUA has a full-time, three-member board appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. No more than two board members can be from the same political party, and each member serves a staggered six-year term. The NCUA board normally meets monthly, except August, in open session in Alexandria, Virginia.

• Chairman JoAnn Johnson - President George W. Bush nominated Senator Johnson to a seat on the Board November 27, 2001 and named her Chairman effective May 3, 2004. She was confirmed by the Senate March 22, 2002, and had served as NCUA Board Vice Chair since January 2003. Chairman Johnson is a former educator, athletic coach and community activist. She was elected to office in 1994 and chaired both the Iowa Senate Commerce Committee and Ways and Means Committee before resigning to join NCUA. Her term expires August 2, 2007.
  Senior Advisor and Chief of Staff to the Chairman: Holly Herman
  
• Board Member Deborah Matz - President George W. Bush nominated Deborah Matz to a seat on the NCUA Board in January 2002 and the Senate confirmed her nomination March 22, 2002. An expert in finance, she has over 20 years of public service experience and extensive knowledge of both the executive and legislative branches of the federal government Matz held a political appointment during the Clinton Administration and spent over nine years on Capitol Hill as an economist with the Joint Economic Committee. Her term expires August 2, 2005.
  Executive Assistant : Steve Bosack