{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2018}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Nancy Berryhill | image = Nancy Berryhill official photo.jpg | caption = Official portrait, 2017 | office = Commissioner of the Social Security Administration | president = Donald Trump | term_start = January 23, 2017 | term_end = June 4, 2019* | predecessor = Carolyn Colvin (acting) | successor = Andrew Saul | birth_date = | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | education = Control Data Institute (BS) | footnotes = <nowiki>*</nowiki>The GAO ruled on March 6, 2018 that Berryhill was unauthorized to serve as acting commissioner from November 17, 2017; however, she functionally continued to lead the agency. | status = Acting }} '''Nancy Ann Berryhill''' is the former acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.ssa.gov/meet-our-new-acting-commissioner|title=Nancy Berryhill, Acting Commissioner for Social Security {{!}} Social Security Matters|website=blog.ssa.gov|access-date=February 11, 2017}}</ref> On March 6, 2018, the Government Accountability Office stated that as of November 17, 2017, Berryhill's status violated the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, which limits the time a position can be filled by an acting official; "[t]herefore Ms. Berryhill was not authorized to continue serving using the title of Acting Commissioner after November 16."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/03/07/role-of-social-security-acting-chief-violated-law-after-nov-17-president-told/?hpid=hp_hp-cards_hp-card-politics |title=Role of Social Security acting chief violated law after Nov. 17, president told |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=March 7, 2018 |first=Joe |last=Davidson}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gao.gov/products/D18772 |title=Violation of the Time Limit Imposed by the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1988 Commissioner, Social Security Administration |date=March 6, 2018 |publisher=Government Accountability Office}}</ref> Berryhill responded that "Moving forward, I will continue to lead the agency from my position of record, Deputy Commissioner of Operations."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2018/03/12/social-security-now-headless-because-of-trumps-inaction-will-others-agencies-be-decapitated |title=Social Security is now headless because of Trump's inaction. Will other agencies be decapitated? |first=Joe |last=Davidson |date=March 12, 2018 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref>
On April 17, 2018, President Trump nominated Andrew Saul to the position of Commissioner of Social Security. This action allowed Berryhill to regain the title of “Acting Commissioner;"<ref>Patterson v. Berryhill, No. 2:18-cv-00193-DWA, at 2 (W.D. Pa. June 14, 2018).</ref> she held that position until Saul was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 4, 2019.
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=Carolyn Colvin<br>{{small|Acting}}}} {{s-ttl|title=Commissioner of the Social Security Administration<br>{{small|Acting}}|years=2017–2019}} {{s-aft|after=Andrew Saul}} {{s-end}}
{{SSA commissioners}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Berryhill, Nancy}} Category:Commissioners of the Social Security Administration Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:First Trump administration personnel Category:21st-century American women civil servants