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==Organizational structure and members==

The Board comprises five members nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate for five-year terms. The President designates the Board's chairman from among the members. As its chief executive, the chairman coordinates and organizes the agency's work and acts as its representative in legislative matters and relations with other governmental bodies.
[[File:Patrick J. Fuchs.jpg|thumb|Patrick Fuchs, chairman of the Surface Transportation Board since 2025]]
The current chairman is Republican [[Patrick Fuchs]], who was nominated to the STB by President [[Donald Trump]] in 2018, confirmed by the Senate, and sworn in in January 2019. Fuchs was chosen by President [[Donald Trump]] to serve as chairman of the STB on January 20, 2025, succeeding Robert E. Primus, who had been Chairman between May 2024 and January 2025.

The vice chairman represents the Board and assumes the chairman's duties as appropriate. Additionally, the vice chairman oversees matters involving the admission, discipline, and disbarment of non-attorney Board practitioners. The current vice chairman is [[Karen Hedlund]], appointed on January 9, 2023, succeeding [[Michelle A. Schultz]] in the board's annual rotation of that position.

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=== Nominations ===
* Karen J. Hedlund was confirmed on December 16, 2021, as a member of the Board. Hedlund was named vice chair on January 9, 2023.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Karen Hedlund Designated Vice Chairman of Surface Transportation Board |url=https://www.stb.gov/news-communications/latest-news/pr-23-01/ |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=Surface Transportation Board |language=en}}</ref>
* Patrick Fuchs was confirmed to the Board on January 2, 2019, by a voice vote in the United States Senate.
* Michelle Schultz and Robert E. Primus were confirmed to two newly created seats on the board on November 18, 2020, both by voice vote.<ref>{{cite web |title=PN70 - Nomination of Michelle A. Schultz for Surface Transportation Board, 116th Congress (2019-2020) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/116th-congress/70 |website=www.congress.gov |date=18 November 2020}}</ref> Schultz's term runs for five years from the day of entering office. Primus' term runs until December 31, 2027.<ref name="STB">{{cite web |title=STB: Now (Finally) There Are Five |url=https://www.railwayage.com/regulatory/stb-now-there-are-five/ |website=Railway Age |access-date=3 July 2021 |date=19 November 2020}}</ref> Primus was named chair on May 11, 2024.<ref name="PrimusChair">{{Cite web |title=President Biden Designates Robert E. Primus as STB Chairman |url=https://www.stb.gov/news-communications/latest-news/pr-24-25/ |access-date=2024-05-15 |website=Surface Transportation Board |language=en}}</ref>

Assisting the Board in carrying out its responsibilities is a staff of 117 (FY2018) with experience in economics, law, accounting, transportation analysis, finance, and administration.<ref>{{cite web |title=Surface Transportation Board Salary Statistics |url=https://www.federalpay.org/employees/surface-transportation-board |website=www.federalpay.org}}</ref>

=== Past members<ref>{{cite web|title=Past Board Members|url=https://prod.stb.gov/about-stb/board-members/previous-board-members/|publisher=Surface Transportation Board}}</ref> ===
* [[Linda J. Morgan]] April 28, 1994 – December 31, 2003
* [[Gus A. Owen]] 1995 – 1998
* [[J.J. Simmons III]] January 1, 1996 – end of 1996
* [[William Clyburn, Jr.]] 1998 – 2001
* [[Wayne Burkes]] February 22, 1999 – December 31, 2002
* [[Roger Nober]] 2002 – January 4, 2006
* [[Francis P. Mulvey]] 2004 – January 3, 2013
* [[W. Douglas Buttrey]] May 28, 2004 – March 13, 2009
* [[Charles D. Nottingham]] August 2006 – 2011
* [[Daniel R. Elliott III]] 2009 – 2017
* [[Ann D. Begeman]] May 2, 2011 – December 17, 2021
* [[Deb Miller]] April 28, 2014 – January 1, 2019
* [[Martin J. Oberman]] January 22, 2019 – May 10, 2024