On January 23, 2008, the EEOC announced that President Barack Obama has named Commissioner Stuart Ishimaru as Acting Chairman of the EEOC and Commissioner Christine Griffin as Acting Vice Chair.

Ishimaru has been a Commissioner since November 2003, and his current term expires on July 1, 2012. Griffin, whose term expires on July 1, 2009, has been on the Commission since January 2006. The other members on the Commission are Naomi Earp, whom Ishimaru replaces as Chair, and Constance Barker. The fifth seat on the Commission is vacant.