Travis Hill
Present
Travis Hill was confirmed to a five-year term as the 23rd Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Board of Directors beginning on January 2, 2026. Mr. Hill had previously served as FDIC’s Acting Chairman since January 20, 2025, and had also served as Vice Chairman since January 5, 2023. Prior to his terms on the Board of Directors, he was Deputy to the Chairman for Policy from 2018 to 2022 and, before that, served as Senior Advisor to the Chairman.
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Past Chairmen
Martin J. Gruenberg
February 5, 2022 – January 4, 2023
(Acting)
January 5, 2023 – January 19, 2025
Jelena McWilliams
June 5, 2018 – February 4, 2022
Martin J. Gruenberg
July 9, 2011 – November 28, 2012
(Acting)
November 29, 2012 – June 5, 2018
Sheila C. Bair
June 26, 2006 – July 8, 2011
Martin J. Gruenberg
November 16, 2005 – June 26, 2006
(Acting)
Donald E. Powell
August 29, 2001 – November 15, 2005
John N. Reich
July 12, 2001 – August 29, 2001
(Acting)
Donna A. Tanoue
May 26, 1998 – July 11, 2001
Andrew C. Hove, Jr.
June 1, 1997 – May 26, 1998
(Acting)
Ricki R. Tigert
October 7, 1994 – June 1, 1997
(Name changed to Ricki Tigert Helfer from January 7, 1995, and then to Ricki Helfer from May 8, 1995)
Andrew C. Hove, Jr.
August 20, 1992 – October 7, 1994
(Acting)
William Taylor
October 25, 1991 – August 20, 1992
Andrew C. Hove, Jr.
October 17, 1991 – October 25, 1991
(Acting)
L. William Seidman
October 21, 1985 – October 16, 1991
William M. Isaac
August 3, 1981 – October 21, 1985
Irvine H. Sprague
February 7, 1979 – August 2, 1981
John G. Heimann
August 16, 1978 – February 7, 1979
(Acting)
George A. LeMaistre
June 1, 1977 – August 16, 1978
Robert E. Barnett
March 18, 1976 – June 1, 1977
James E. Smith
March 16, 1976 – March 18, 1976
(Acting)
Frank Wille
April 1, 1970 – March 16, 1976
William B. Camp
March 9, 1970 – April 1, 1970
(Acting)
Kenneth A. Randall
April 21, 1965 – March 9, 1970
Joseph W. Barr
January 22, 1964 – April 21, 1965
James J. Saxon
August 4, 1963 – January 22, 1964
(Acting)
Erle Cocke, Sr.
January 20, 1961 – August 4, 1963
Jesse P. Wolcott
September 17, 1957 – January 20, 1961
Ray M. Gidney
September 6, 1957 – September 17, 1957
(Acting)
Henry E. Cook
May 10, 1953 – September 6, 1957
Maple T. Harl
January 5, 1946 – May 10, 1953
Preston Delano
October 15, 1945 – January 5, 1946
(Acting)
Leo T. Crowley
February 1, 1934 – October 15, 1945
Walter J. Cummings
September 11, 1933 – February 1, 1934