Lauren McFerran

Lauren McFerran is an American lawyer and government official who served as a member and chairman of the National Labor Relations Board. Prior to serving on the board, she worked as a law clerk, in private practice, and as a labor lawyer for the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP Committee).

Biography McFerran received her Bachelor of Arts from Rice University and her Juris Doctor from Yale Law School. Obama had initially sought to appoint Sharon Block, who had served on the board under a recess appointment, but withdrew her nomination due to Republican opposition. He nominated McFerran instead, who was confirmed and began her term on December 17, 2014. After her term expired, the remaining Republican members on the board released a flurry of decisions favorable to management. In March 2020, President Donald Trump announced that he would re-nominate both McFerran and Marvin Kaplan, whose term was due to expire in August 2020, to the board. Both were confirmed, and McFerran began a second term on the board on July 29, 2020.