On December 9, 2014 the Senate confirmed nominations of Tony Hammond and Nanci E. Langley as Postal Regulatory Commissioners by voice votes:

• Executive Calendar #800 Tony Hammond – to be a Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory Commission for a term expiring October 14, 2018; and
• Executive Calendar #801 Nanci E. Langley – to be a Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory Commission for a term expiring November 22, 2018.

Nanci E. Langley  (D) was sworn in as a Commissioner in June 2008.  During her tenure, she has been elected to two separate terms as Vice Chairman of the Commission.  Commissioner Langley has over 30 years of public service experience, including 24 years as a senior advisor to two United States Senators from her home state of Hawaii, as well as deputy staff director on the Senate Committee on Homeland Security subcommittee on government management and the federal workforce.  Her current term expires in November 2012, and President Barrack Obama nominated her for a second term in April 2013.

Commissioner Langley brings 30 years of federal public service to the Commission as a leader in policy, regulatory, and legislative activities.  She was instrumental in the development and enactment of the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act of 2006 and her counsel to Senator Daniel K. Akaka, the former chairman of the Senate postal subcommittee, provides her with a unique perspective and keen understanding of the Act, the U.S. Postal Service, and citizen and business mailers. She led the Commission’s first analysis of the effectiveness and efficiency of postal laws which was then submitted to the President and Congress.  During her appointment as Commissioner she has served two terms as Vice Chairman, most recently in 2012.

Tony Hammond (R) was sworn into office on May 1, 2012 for a third time as Commissioner of the PRC. Commissioner Hammond served on the Postal Regulatory Commission and its predecessor agency, the Postal Rate Commission, from 2002 to 2011, as an appointee of President George W. Bush. During that time, he was elected to two separate terms as Vice Chairman of the Commission and represented the Commission on the U. S. State Department delegation to the Universal Postal Union. In 2011, President Barack Obama nominated Commissioner Hammond to fill a term on the Commission expiring October 2012.

Before being named to the PRC, Commissioner Hammond was owner and managing member of T. Hammond Company, LLC, a private consulting firm with offices in Arlington, Virginia, and Newport Beach, California. He also served as Senior Vice President of the direct marketing firm, FL&S, and Senior Consultant to Forbes 2000, Incorporated.

 

The remaining Postal Regulatory Commissioners

Robert G. Taub (R) was designated Acting Chairman by President Barack Obama on December 4, 2014. He was sworn in as Commissioner in October 2011, following his nomination by President Obama and confirmation by the United States Senate. The Commission elected him Vice Chairman for calendar year 2013. Chairman Taub has 30 years of experience in public service. At the time of his appointment as Commissioner, Mr. Taub had been the Special Assistant to Secretary of the Army John M. McHugh since October 2009. In this role as an Army Department senior executive, he was one of the principal civilian advisors to Secretary McHugh, helping him oversee a workforce of more than 1.2 million people, and manage an annual budget over $200 billion. He was awarded the Army’s Decoration for Distinguished Civilian Service.

 

 

Commissioner Mark Acton (R) was nominated to the Postal Regulatory Commission by President Barack H. Obama on May 12, 2011 for a second term of office extending until October 14, 2016. Commissioner Acton was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 26, 2011. George W. Bush first nominated Mr. Acton as a Commissioner on November 7, 2005, and he was confirmed by the Senate on August 3, 2006. Prior to that appointment, Mr. Acton served from 2002 to 2005 as Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Postal Rate Commission and assisted in managing all aspects of Commission operations.

 

 

 

Ruth Goldway  (D) is an experienced regulatory and public affairs professional with expertise in citizen participation, consumer issues, urban planning issues, education and the arts, as well as the mailing industry.

Ruth Goldway served as Chairman of the Postal Regulatory Commission from August 2009 to December 2014. She was first appointed by President Clinton in April, 1998 to the predecessor agency, the Postal Rate Commission, and twice reappointed by President George W. Bush, most recently in 2008 to serve a third term ending in November 2014. She is the longest serving, full-time, Senate-confirmed Presidential appointee within the Executive Branch of the United States Government. The Postal Regulatory Commission oversees the performance and accountability of the U.S. Postal Service, the world’s largest post and the second largest civilian employer in the United States.