Lauren McFerran is an American lawyer and government official who served as a member and chairman of the National Labor Relations Board.

[1] From 2001 to 2002, McFerran served as a law clerk for Chief Judge Carolyn Dineen King on the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

[1][2] In November 2014, President Barack Obama nominated McFerran to the National Labor Relations Board to fill a seat previously held by Nancy F.

[6][7] In March 2020, President Donald Trump announced that he would re-nominate both McFerran and Marvin Kaplan, whose term was due to expire in August 2020, to the board.

[1] On January 20, 2021, incoming president Joe Biden announced McFerran would be the new chairman of the board, replacing John F.