Past Administrators

GSA was established on July 1, 1949, when President Harry S. Truman signed the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act into law.

Listed is the history of the past and present administrators and acting administrators (*):

Name	Years
Robin Carnahan	7/1/2021 - Present
Katy Kale*	1/20/2021 - 6/30/2021
Alison Brigatti*	01/15/21 - 1/20/2021
Emily W. Murphy	12/12/17 - 1/14/2021
Tim Horne*	01/20/17 - 12/11/17
Denise Turner Roth	08/07/15 - 01/20/17
Denise Turner Roth*	02/22/15 - 08/06/15
Daniel M. Tangherlini	07/05/13 - 02/21/15
Daniel M. Tangherlini*	04/03/12 - 07/04/13
Martha N. Johnson	02/07/10 - 04/02/12
Stephen R. Leeds*	12/22/09 - 02/06/10
Paul F. Prouty*	01/21/09 - 12/21/09
James A. Williams*	08/30/08 - 01/20/09
David Bibb*	05/01/08 - 08/29/08
Lurita A. Doan	05/31/06 - 04/30/08
David Bibb*	11/01/05 - 05/30/06
Stephen A. Perry	05/31/01 - 10/31/05
Thurman Davis*	12/16/00 - 05/30/01
David J. Barram	03/04/96 - 12/15/00
Roger Johnson	07/08/93 - 02/29/96
Julia Stasch*	06/13/93 - 07/07/93
Dennis Fischer*	02/04/93 - 06/13/93
Robert Jones*	01/20/93 - 02/03/93
Richard Austin	09/27/88 - 01/19/93
John Alderson*	04/01/88 - 09/26/88
Paul Trause*	03/19/88 - 03/31/88
Terence Golden	06/29/85 - 03/18/88
Dwight Ink*	03/04/85 - 06/28/85
Ray Kline*	03/01/84 - 03/03/85
Gerald Carmen	05/26/81 - 02/29/84
Ray Kline*	01/15/81 - 05/25/81
Rowland G. Freeman III	07/02/79 - 01/14/81
Paul Goulding*	04/01/79 - 06/29/79
Jay Solomon	04/30/77 - 03/31/79
Robert Griffin*	02/15/77 - 04/29/77
Jack Eckerd	11/21/75 - 02/11/77
Arthur F. Sampson	06/02/72 - 10/15/75
Rod Kreger*	01/17/72 - 06/01/72
Robert Kunzig	03/17/69 - 01/14/72
Lawson Knott, Jr.	12/01/65 - 02/28/69
Bernard Boutin	11/27/61 - 11/30/64
John Moore	02/07/61 - 11/25/61
Franklin Floete	05/03/56 - 01/20/61
Edmund Mansure	05/02/53 - 02/29/56
Russell Forbe*	02/10/53 - 05/01/53
Jess Larson	07/03/49 - 01/29/53