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Toll-Free Consumer Information No. 1-800-SEC-0330
Investor Information and Complaints (202) 942-7040
Filings By Registered Companies (202) 942-8090
Forms and Publications (202) 942-4040
Instant Information Recording (202) 942-8088
Personnel Locator (202) 942-4150
SEC Website http://www.sec.gov
For deaf/hard of hearing persons, please use relay service at 711 to make calls to any of the numbers listed above.

Commissioners Terms expire June 5
William H. Donaldson, Chairman
   (202) 942-0100
2007
Paul S. Atkins
   (202) 942-0700
2008
Roel C. Campos
   (202) 942-0500
2005
Cynthia A. Glassman
   (202) 942-0600
2006
Harvey J. Goldschmid
   (202) 942-0800
2004

Principal Offices

Managing Executive for Policy and Staff
Patrick Von Bargen
(202) 942-0100

Managing Executive for Operations
Peter Derby
(202) 942-0100

Managing Executive for External Affairs
Laura Cox
(202) 942-0100

Office of the General Counsel
Giovanni P. Prezioso, General Counsel
(202) 942-0900

Office of Administrative Law Judges
Brenda P. Murray, Chief Administrative Law Judge
(202) 942-0399

Office of Administrative and Personnel Management
Jayne L. Seidman, Associate Executive Director
(Administration / Personnel)
(202) 942-4000

Office of the Chief Accountant
Donald T. Nicolaisen
(202) 942-4400

Office of Economic Analysis
Lawrence E. Harris, Chief Economist
(202) 942-8020

Office of Equal Employment Opportunity
Deborah K. Balducchi, Director
(202) 942-0040

Office of the Executive Director
James M. McConnell, Executive Director
(202) 942-4300

Office of Filings and Information Services
Kenneth A. Fogash, Associate Executive Director
(202) 942-8938

Office of Financial Management
Margaret J. Carpenter, Associate Executive Director
(Finance)
(202) 942-0340

Division of Corporation Finance
Alan L. Beller, Director
(202) 942-2800

Division of Enforcement
Stephen M. Cutler, Director
(202) 942-4500

Division of Investment Management
Paul F. Roye, Director
(202) 942-0720

Division of Market Regulation
Annette L. Nazareth, Director
(202) 942-0090

Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations
Lori A. Richards, Director
(202) 942-7400

Office of Freedom of Information and Privacy Act Operations
Barry D. Walters, FOIA Officer
(202) 942-4320

Office of Information Technology
R. Corey Booth
(202) 942-8800

Office of the Inspector General
Walter J. Stachnik, Inspector General
(202) 942-4461

Office of International Affairs
Ethiopis Tafara, Director
(202) 942-2770

Office of Investor Education and Assistance
Susan Ferris Wyderko, Director
(202) 942-7040

Office of Legislative Affairs
Jane O. Cobb, Director
(202) 942-0010

Office of Public Affairs
Matthew Well, Director
(202) 942-0020

Office of Risk Assessment
Charles Fishkin, Director
(202) 942-8696

Office of the Secretary
Jonathan G. Katz, Secretary
(202) 942-7070


Historical Summary

    Served
Chairman
President Commissioner From To From To
           
Roosevelt *Joseph P. Kennedy (D), Chairman 7/2/34 9/23/35 7/2/34 9/23/35 
  *George C. Mathews (R) 7/2/34 4/15/40     
  *James L. Landis (D), Chairman 7/2/34 9/15/37 9/23/35 9/15/37 
  *Robert E. Healy (R) 7/2/34 11/16/46     
  *Ferdinand Pecora (D) 7/2/34 1/21/35     
  *J. D. Ross (D) 10/5/35 10/31/37     
  *William O. Douglas (D), Chairman 1/31/36 4/16/39 9/21/37 4/16/39 
  *Jerome N. Frank (D), Chairman 12/27/37 4/30/41 5/18/39 4/9/41 
  *John W. Hanes (D) 1/14/38 6/30/38     
  *Edward C. Eicher (D), Chairman 12/3/38 2/2/42 4/9/41 1/20/42 
  *Leon Henderson (D) 5/18/39 7/8/41     
  *Sumner T. Pike (R) 6/4/40 4/30/46     
  *Ganson Purcell (D), Chairman 6/17/41 6/30/46 1/20/42 6/30/46 
  *Edmund Burke, Jr. (D) 7/31/41 10/19/43     
  *Robert H. O'Brien (D) 2/3/42 12/28/44     
  *Robert K. McConnaughey (D) 12/29/43 6/5/49     
  *James J. Caffrey (D), Chairman 5/2/45 12/31/47 7/23/46 12/31/47 
Truman *Richard B. McEntire (R) 6/4/46 5/31/53     
  *Edmond M. Hanrahan (D), Chairman 7/22/46 11/3/49 5/18/48 11/3/49 
  *Harry A. McDonald (R), Chairman 3/26/47 2/25/52 11/4/49 2/25/52 
  *Paul R. Rowen (D) 5/28/48 6/5/55     
  *Donald C. Cook (D), Chairman 11/1/49 6/17/53 2/26/52 6/17/53 
  *Edward T. McCormick (D) 11/4/49 3/31/51     
  * Robert I. Millonzi (D) 7/17/51 6/5/52     
  *Clarence H. Adams (R) 5/12/52 6/5/56     
  *J. Howard Rossbach (D) 8/4/52 2/14/53     
Eisenhower *Ralph H. Demmler (R), Chairman 6/17/53 5/25/55 6/17/53 5/25/55 
  *J. Sinclair Armstrong (R), Chairman 7/16/53 6/27/57 5/25/55 6/27/57 
  *A. J. Goodwin, Jr. (D) 7/16/53 12/31/55     
  Andrew Downey Orrick (R) 5/26/55 7/15/60     
  *Harold C. Patterson (D) 8/5/55 11/29/60     
  *Earl F. Hastings (D) 3/11/56 8/31/61     
  James C. Sargent (R) 6/29/56 10/21/60     
  *Edward N. Gadsby (R), Chairman 8/20/57 8/4/61 8/20/57 3/26/61 
  *Byron D. Woodside (R) 7/15/60 4/30/67     
  *Daniel J. McCauley, Jr. (R) 10/24/60 3/26/61     
Kennedy *J. Allen Frear, Jr. (D) 3/15/61 9/30/63     
  *William L. Cary (D), Chairman 3/27/61 8/21/64 3/27/61 8/20/64 
  *Manuel F. Cohen (D), Chairman 10/11/61 2/22/69 8/20/64 2/22/69 
  *Jack M. Whitney II (R) 11/9/61 6/15/64     
Johnson *Hugh F. Owens (D) 3/23/64 11/20/73     
  *Hamer H. Budge (R), Chairman2 7/8/64 1/2/71 2/22/69 1/2/71 
  *Francis M. Wheat (D) 10/2/64 9/30/69     
  *Richard B. Smith (R) 5/1/67 7/30/71     
Nixon James J. Needham (R) 7/10/69 7/14/72     
  *A. Sydney Herlong (D) 10/29/69 6/30/73     
  *William J. Casey (R), Chairman 4/14/71 2/2/73 4/14/71 2/2/73 
  * Philip A. Loomis, Jr. (R) 8/13/71 6/18/82     
  John R. Evans (R) 3/3/73 12/2/83     
  G. Bradford Cook (R), Chairman 3/3/73 5/16/73 3/3/73 5/16/73 
  *Ray Garrett, Jr. (R), Chairman 8/6/73 10/28/75 8/6/73 10/28/75 
  *A. A. Sommer, Jr. (D) 8/6/73 4/2/76     
  Irving M. Pollack (D) 2/13/74 6/5/80     
Ford Roderick M. Hills (R), Chairman 10/28/75 4/10/77 10/28/75 4/10/77 
Carter Harold M. Williams (D), Chairman 4/21/77 3/1/81 4/21/77 3/1/81 
  Roberta S. Karmel (D) 9/30/77 2/1/80     
  Stephen J. Friedman (D) 4/14/80 6/5/81     
  Barbara S. Thomas (D) 10/21/80 11/11/83    
Reagan *John Shad (R), Chairman 5/6/81 6/18/87 5/6/81 6/18/87 
  Bevis Longstreth (D) 7/29/81 1/13/84     
  James C. Treadway, Jr. (R) 9/13/82 4/17/85     
  Charles C. Cox (R) 12/2/83 9/30/89     
  Charles L. Marinaccio (D) 5/24/84 7/10/85     
  Aulana L. Peters (D) 6/11/84 7/8/88     
  Joseph A. Grundfest (D) 10/28/85 1/18/90     
  Edward H. Fleischman (R) 1/6/86 3/31/92     
  David S. Ruder (R), Chairman 8/7/87 9/30/89 8/7/87 9/30/89 
  Mary L. Schapiro (I) 12/5/88 10/13/94     
George Bush Richard C. Breeden (R), Chairman 10/11/89 5/7/93 10/11/89 5/7/93 
  Philip R. Lochner, Jr. (R) 3/12/90 6/23/91     
  Richard Y. Roberts (R), (D) when appointed 10/1/90 7/15/95     
  J. Carter Beese, Jr. (R) 3/10/92 11/14/94     
Clinton Arthur Levitt (D), Chairman 7/27/93 2/9/01 7/27/93 2/9/01 
  Steven Wallman (D) 7/5/94 10/2/97     
  *Norman S. Johnson (R) 2/13/96 5/10/00     
  Isaac C. Hunt, Jr. (D) 2/29/96 12/20/01     
  *Paul R. Carey (D) 11/3/97 6/14/01    
  Laura S. Unger (R) 11/5/97 1/25/02     
George W. Bush Harvey L. Pitt (R) 8/3/01 2/17/03 8/3/01 2/17/03
  Isaac C. Hunt, Jr. (D) 1/23/02 8/02/02     
  Cynthia A. Glassman (R) 1/28/02       
  Harvey J. Goldschmid (D) 7/31/02       
  Paul S. Atkins (R) 8/08/02       
  Roel C. Campos (D) 8/22/02       
  William H. Donaldson (R) 2/18/03   2/18/03   

* deceased
2 On February 22, 1969, President Richard M. Nixon designated Hamer H. Budge as Chairman of the Commission.


Regional Offices

Region 1

Northeast Regional Office
The Woolworth Building
233 Broadway
New York, NY 10279
(646) 428-1500

Region: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia

Boston District Office
Walter G. Ricciardi, District Administrator
73 Tremont Street
Suite 600
Boston, MA 02108-3912
(617) 573-8900
TTY (617) 424-5933

Philadelphia District Office
Arthur S. Gabinet, District Administrator
The Mellon Independence Center
701 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106-1532
(215) 597-3100
TTY (215) 597-0687

Region 2

Southeast Regional Office
David Nelson, Regional Director
801 Brickell Ave., Suite 1800
Miami, FL 33131
(305) 982-6300

Region: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virgin Islands

Atlanta District Office
Richard P. Wessel, District Administrator
3475 Lenox Road, N.E.
Suite 1000
Atlanta, GA 30326-1232
(404) 842-7600
TTY (404) 842-7676

Region 3

Midwest Regional Office
175 W. Jackson Boulevard
Suite 900
Chicago, IL 60604
(312) 353-7390
TTY (312) 886-6256

Region: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin

Region 4

Central Regional Office
Randall J. Fons, Regional Director
1801 California Street
Suite 1500
Denver, CO 80202-2656
Voice/TTY (303) 844-1000

Region: Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming

Fort Worth District Office
Harold F. Degenhardt, District Administrator
801 Cherry Street
Suite 1900
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Voice/TTY (817) 978-3821

Salt Lake District Office
Kenneth D. Israel, Jr., District Administrator
15 W. South Temple Street
Suite 1800
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Voice/TTY (801) 524-5796

Region 5

Pacific Regional Office
Randall R. Lee, Regional Director
5670 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90036-3648
(323) 965-3998
TTY (323) 525-3631

Region: Alaska, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington

San Francisco District Office
Helane L. Morrison, District Administrator
44 Montgomery Street
Suite 1100
San Francisco, CA 94104
(415) 705-2500
TTY (415) 705-2517

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Modified: 09/16/2004