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 **FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW COMMISSION**
**CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONERS TENURES CHRONOLOGICAL**
**CHAIRMAN**
COMMISSIONER
COMMISSIONER
COMMISSIONER
COMMISSIONER1978
**Jerome R. Waldie**
Frank F. Jestrab
Marian P. Nease
A.E. Lawson
Richard V. Backley1979
**Jerome R. Waldie****Rotated**
Frank F. Jestrab
Marian P. Nease
A.E. Lawson
Richard V. Backley1980
**Rotated****Richard V. Backley**
Frank F. Jestrab
Marian P. Nease
A.E. Lawson1981
**Richard V. Backley,****Rosemary Collyer**
Frank F. Jestrab
Marian P. Nease
A.E. Lawson1982
**Rosemary Collyer**
Frank F. JestrabClair Nelson
L. Claire Nelson
A.E. Lawson
Richard V. Backley1983
**Rosemary Collyer**
Frank F. Jestrab
L. Claire Nelson
A.E. Lawson
Richard V. Backley1984
**Rosemary Collyer**
Frank F. JestrabJames A. Lastowka
L. Claire Nelson
A.E. Lawson
Richard V. Backley1985
**Richard V. Backley****Ford B. Ford**
James A. Lawstowka
L. Claire Nelson
Joyce A. Doyle1986
**Ford B. Ford**
James A. Lawstowka
L. Claire Nelson
Joyce A. Doyle
Richard V. Backley1987
**Ford B. Ford**
James A. Lawstowka
L. Claire Nelson
Joyce A. Doyle
Richard V. Backley1988
**Ford B. Ford**
James A. Lawstowka
L. Claire Nelson
Joyce A. Doyle
Richard V. Backley1989
**Ford B. Ford**
James A. Lawstowka
L. Claire Nelson
Joyce A. Doyle
Richard V. Backley1990
**Ford B. Ford****Richard V. Backley**
James A. Lawstowka
L. Claire Nelson
Joyce A. Doyle
Arlene Holen1991
**Ford B. Ford**
Arlene Holen
L. Clair Nelson
Joyce A. Doyle
Richard V. Backley1992
**Ford B. Ford****Arlene Holen**

L. Clair Nelson
Joyce A. Doyle
Richard V. Backley1993
**Arlene Holen**

L. Clair Nelson
Joyce A. Doyle
Richard V. Backley1994
**Arlene Holen****Mary Lu Jordan**
Marc L. Marks
L. Clair Nelson
Joyce A. Doyle
Richard V. Backley1995
**Mary Lu Jordan**
Marc L. Marks
Arlene Holen
Joyce A. Doyle1996
**Mary Lu Jordan**
Marc L. Marks
Arlene Holen
Joyce A. Doyle
James C. Riley1997
**Mary Lu Jordan**
Marc L. Marks
Theodore F. Verheggen
Robert H. Beatty, Jr.
James C. Riley1998
**Mary Lu Jordan**
Marc L. Marks
Theodore F. Verheggen
Robert H. Beatty, Jr.
James C. Riley1999
**Mary Lu Jordan**
Marc L. Marks
Theodore F. Verheggen
Robert H. Beatty, Jr.
James C. Riley2000
**Mary Lu Jordan**
Marc L. Marks
Theodore F. Verheggen
Robert H. Beatty, Jr.
James C. Riley2001
**Mary Lu Jordan****Theodore F. Verheggen**


Robert H. Beatty, Jr.
James C. Riley2002
**Theodore F. Verheggen****Vacant**
Michael F. Duffy
Mary Lu Jordan
Robert H. Beatty, Jr.2003
**Vacant****Michael F. Duffy**
Michael G. Young
Mary Lu Jordan
Robert H. Beatty, Jr.
Stanley C. Suboleski2004
**Michael F. Duffy**
Michael G. Young
Mary Lu Jordan
Robert H. Beatty, Jr.
Stanley C. Suboleski2005
**Michael F. Duffy**
Michael G. Young
Mary Lu Jordan

Stanley C. Suboleski2006
**Michael F. Duffy**
Michael G. Young
Mary Lu Jordan

Stanley C. Suboleski2007
**Michael F. Duffy**
Michael G. Young
Mary Lu Jordan2008
**Michael F. Duffy**
Michael G. Young
Mary Lu Jordan

Robert F. Cohen2009
**Michael F. Duffy****Mary Lu Jordan**
Michael G. Young


Robert F. Cohen2010
**Mary Lu Jordan**
Michael G. Young
Michael F. Duffy
Patrick K. Nakamura
Robert F. Cohen2011
**Mary Lu Jordan**
Michael G. Young
Michael F. Duffy
Patrick K. Nakamura
Robert F. Cohen2012
**Mary Lu Jordan**
Michael G. Young
Michael F. Duffy
Patrick K. Nakamura
Robert F. Cohen2013
**Mary Lu Jordan**
Michael G. Young
William I. Althen
Patrick K. Nakamura
Robert F. Cohen2014
**Mary Lu Jordan****Patrick K. Nakamura, Acting**
Michael G. Young
William I. Althen

Robert F. Cohen2015
**Patrick K. Nakamura, Acting****Mary Lu Jordan**
Michael G. Young
William I. Althen

Robert F. Cohen2016
**Mary Lu Jordan**
Michael G. Young
William I. Althen
Patrick K. Nakamura
Robert F. Cohen2017
**Mary Lu Jordan****William I. Althen, Acting**
Michael G. Young


Robert F. Cohen2018
**William I. Althen, Acting****Michael G. Young, Acting**


Mary Lu Jordan
Robert F. Cohen2019
**Michael G. Young, Acting****Marco M. Rajkovich, Jr.**
Michael G. Young
William I. Althen
Mary Lu Jordan
Arthur R. Traynor2020
**Marco M. Rajkovich, Jr.**
Vacant
William I. Althen
Vacant
Arthur R. Traynor2021
**Arthur R. Traynor**
Vacant
William I. Althen
Vacant
Marco M. Rajkovich, Jr.2022
**Arthur R. Traynor****Mary Lu Jordan**
Vacant
William I. Althen
Timothy J. Baker
Marco M. Rajkovich, Jr.2023
**Mary Lu Jordan**
Vacant
William I. Althen
Timothy J. Baker
Marco M. Rajkovich, Jr.
 
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