Edmund C. Moy
Director of the United States Mint

Edmund C. Moy
Director of the United States Mint

Edmund C. Moy was sworn in as the 38th Director of the United States Mint on September 5, 2006.  The United States Mint, created by Congress in 1792, is the Nation's sole manufacturer of legal tender coinage.  Its primary mission is to produce circulating coinage for the Nation to conduct its trade and commerce.  The United States Mint also produces proof, uncirculated and commemorative coins; Congressional Gold Medals; and silver, gold and platinum bullion coins.  As Director of the United States Mint, Mr. Moy leads the world’s largest manufacturer of coins, medals, and numismatic (coin) products

Prior to becoming Director, Mr. Moy was a Special Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel at the White House.  He was responsible for recommending to President George W. Bush candidates for the most senior of political appointments for eleven Cabinet Departments and Cabinet-Rank Agencies in the human services, natural resources, legal, and national security arenas.

Additionally, he was responsible for senior political appointments for thirty-two independent federal agencies.  The wide array of agencies included the Social Security Administration, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, National Labor Relations Board, and the National Endowment for the Arts.  He served on the panel responsible for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security transition.

Prior to his current public service, Mr. Moy spent eight years working with venture capital firms and entrepreneurs, including the Wall Street private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, and served on the boards of several companies and nonprofit organizations.  From 1989 to 1993, he served President George H.W. Bush as a political appointee at the federal Health Care Financing Administration at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  As the Director of the Office of Managed Care, he was responsible for regulating health maintenance organizations, formulating our nation’s managed care policy, and overseeing $7 billion in annual expenditures to Medicare and Medicaid managed health care programs.  From 1979 to 1989, he was a sales and marketing executive for Blue Cross Blue Shield United of Wisconsin.

He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1979 with a triple major in economics, international relations, and political science.  Mr. Moy currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) Fraternity, Christianity Today International, and the Christianity Today Foundation.

He and his wife Karen have a daughter, Nora.

See also our list of all past Directors of the Mint.