Howard Pollack

From February 1998 until his selection to this position Pollack served as vice chair of the Board of Contract Appeals. He worked as an administrative judge with BCA from 1995-98. From 1988-95 he practiced law in the private sector, first based in Washington, DC and later based in Columbia, Md.

Pollack served as an administrative judge with the Board of Contract Appeals at the Veterans Administration from 1984-88, after having worked as a supervisory trial attorney at VA from 1980-84. He began his career in public service in 1972 as an attorney with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, based in Baltimore.

Ed Houry, the previous chair of the Board of Contract Appeals, retired from that position following 35 years of federal service. •