Administrators of BPA

The following lists BPA's administrators throughout the years.

James D. (J. D.) Ross
Oct. 10, 1937 — March 14, 1939

Paul J. Raver
Sept. 16, 1939 — Jan. 14, 1954

William A. Pearl
Jan. 15, 1954 — Feb. 14, 1961

Charles F. Luce
Feb. 15, 1961 — Aug. 30, 1966

David S. Black
Aug. 31, 1966 — Sept. 7, 1967

H.R. (Russ) Richmond, Jr. 
Sept. 7, 1967 - Nov. 30, 1972

Donald P. Hodel
Dec. 1, 1972 — Dec. 31, 1977

S. Sterling Munro, Jr.
Jan. 1978 — Feb. 1981

Peter T. Johnson
May 1981 — July 1986

James J. Jura
July 1986 — Aug. 1991

Randall W. Hardy
Oct. 1991 — Sept. 1997

Judith A. Johansen
June 1998 — Sept. 2000

Stephen J. Wright
Sept. 2002 — Feb. 2013

William K. Drummond
Feb. 2013 — Jan. 2014

Elliot Mainzer
Feb. 2014 — Aug. 2020

John Hairston
Jan. 2021 — April 2026

This list excludes terms of acting administrator. Terms of service are shown for the earliest of the dates when the persons were named to the position or when they showed up for the job. The “effective” dates of appointments weren’t always precise but were always after the dates of announcement, and they sometimes were before and sometimes after dates individuals actually began work on the job. Likewise, swearing-in dates were either before or after the start of actual work in the position.