Board Members
Susan Tsui Grundmann was nominated by President Barack Obama on July 31, 2009 to serve as a Member and Chairman of the Merit Systems Protection Board. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 5, 2009. Ms. Grundmann's term expires on March 1, 2016.
Previously, Ms. Grundmann served as General Counsel to the National Federation of Federal Employees (NFFE), which represents 100,000 Federal workers nationwide and is affiliated with the International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers. At NFFE, she successfully litigated cases in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. In 2004, Ms. Grundmann represented NFFE and other labor unions in the statutory “meet and confer” process with officials from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), which sought agreement on how to proceed with new DHS personnel regulations. She represented NFFE and the United Department of Defense Workers Coalition, consisting of 36 labor unions, and has served on the Coalition’s litigation team in a coordinated response to proposed personnel changes at the Department of Defense (DoD). In addition to DoD employees, Ms. Grundmann represented employees in the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, Passport Services, Veterans Administration, General Services Administration, and some 25 additional Federal agencies. From 2003 to 2009, she was a regular instructor on Federal sector labor and employement law at the William W. Winpisinger Education Center in Placid Harbor, Maryland. Prior to joining NFFE, Ms. Grundmann served as General Counsel to the National Air Traffic Controllers Association. She began her legal career as a law clerk to the judges of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit of Virginia, and later worked in both private practice and at the Sheet Metal Workers National Pension Fund.
Ms. Grundmann earned her undergraduate degree at American University and her law degree at Georgetown University Law Center.
Anne M. Wagner was nominated by President Barack Obama on July 31, 2009 to serve as a Member of the Merit Systems Protection Board with the designation of Vice Chairman. Her nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 5, 2009. Ms. Wagner’s term expires on March 1, 2014.
Ms. Wagner comes to the Merit Systems Protection Board after serving as General Counsel of the Personnel Appeals Board of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). Prior to that, Ms. Wagner was appointed by the U.S. Comptroller General to serve a five-year statutory term as a Member of the GAO Personnel Appeals Board. Ms. Wagner began her career as a staff attorney in the Office of the General Counsel for the General Services Administration, where she primarily handled labor and employment issues. From there, she went on to become an Assistant General Counsel for the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), AFL-CIO, the largest Federal sector labor organization representing more than 600,000 Federal and District government employees. In her nearly twenty years with AFGE, she led precedent setting litigation and handled cases arising under the full array of laws governing Federal employment.
Ms. Wagner graduated from the University of Notre Dame and received her J.D. from the George Washington University, National Law Center. She is admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Illinois as well as before various Federal courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court.
Mary M. Rose was nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as a Member of the Merit Systems Protection Board on June 23, 2005. On December 17, 2005, the Senate confirmed the nomination, and Mrs. Rose was sworn in as a Member on December 28, 2005. On January 27, 2006, the President designated Member Rose as Vice Chairman of the Board. She served in that capacity until November 6, 2009. Mrs. Rose's term will expire on March 1, 2011.
Prior to joining the Merit Systems Protection Board, Mrs. Rose was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as Vice Chairman of the Federal Salary Council. She was Chairman of the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory Committee where she advised the Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management on Federal pay, benefits, and other policy issues. Previously, Mrs. Rose served as Deputy Associate Director of the Office of Presidential Personnel at the White House during the George W. Bush Administration. She served four years as the Elected Clerk of the Circuit Court, Anne Arundel, Maryland.
Earlier in her career, Mrs. Rose was nominated by President Ronald Reagan, and confirmed by the Senate, to serve as the Deputy Undersecretary for Management at the Department of Education. Prior to that, Mrs. Rose served the Reagan Administration as Assistant Director for Executive Administration, Office of Personnel Management and Director of Personnel, White House Personnel Office.
Her private sector experience includes positions as a consultant with an Annapolis law firm and as a Visiting Fellow with the Heritage Foundation where she recruited, interviewed, and recommended Presidential Appointments to the George W. Bush transition team.
Mrs. Rose received an R.N. degree from the Bon Secours Hospital School of Nursing, and she completed the Maryland Registered Nurse Recertification Program in May 2000.