Nancy Ann Nord was a commissioner of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). Often the only Republican commissioner during her tenure, she served with Hal Stratton at the beginning of her tenure, Anne Northup, and Ann Marie Buerkle near the end of her tenure. Early career Before joining the CPSC, Nord was the Director of Federal Government Relations for the Eastman Kodak Company. Previously, she served as general counsel to the Council on Environmental Quality at the White House, an attorney at the Federal Communications Commission, and Republican Counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Commerce Committee, specializing in product liability and consumer protection legislation. She also practiced law at the Washington, D.C., law firm of Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand, and served as the first executive director of the American Corporate Counsel Association. In 2006 and 2007 Nord served as president of Executive Women in Government, a nonprofit organization for senior women government leaders. Nord has a bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska and a law degree from George Washington University. She was born and raised in South Dakota. She is married to the Honorable James S. Halpern, a judge on the United States Tax Court. Appointment The U.S. Senate confirmed her appointment by President George W. Bush on April 29, 2005; she was sworn into office on May 5 of that year. From July 2006 to June 2009 Nord served as acting chairman of the agency. She was initially succeeded as acting chairman by Thomas Hill Moore—a Democrat and the only other active commissioner at the time—until President Obama's nominee for the chairman's seat, Inez Tenenbaum, was appointed and confirmed. Nord's final term concluded on October 26, 2012, and she remained on the Commission during the holdover year provided for under the Consumer Product Safety Act until October 26, 2013. Consumer Product Safety Commission During her time at the CPSC as Acting Chairman, Nord came under scrutiny by Members of the United States Congress and the media for the agency's recall of large numbers of toys that violated the federal lead paint ban. These recalls lead to the passage of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) in 2008. Nord came under further attack when she raised questions about the wisdom of certain provisions of the legislation as it was being considered by Congress. She was criticized for being a defender of industry and