The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board (FSB) elected Shirley Moore Green of Austin, Texas, for a second term as Chair at its quarterly meeting in Washington, DC on December 2, 2008. Jean Becker of Houston, Texas, was elected by the Board to serve as Vice Chair. Shirley Green was appointed by President George W. Bush to the Fulbright Board in 2003. She served as Chair of the Fulbright Board in 2008 and for two terms as Vice Chair, in 2006 and in 2007. Ms. Green has served in government at the federal and state levels. She was Director of Communications Services in the Office of Texas Attorney General John Cornyn. She also served as Director of Constituent Services and Correspondence for Governor George W. Bush. In Washington, DC, she managed communications for democracy programs at the International Republican Institute of the National Endowment for Democracy. She served in the White House from 1989-1993 as Deputy Assistant to the President for Presidential Messages and Correspondence. At the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) she was Deputy Associate Administrator for Communications and Director of Public Affairs. She had previously served as deputy and acting press secretary for Vice President George Bush from 1981-1985.

Jean Becker was appointed by President George W. Bush to the Fulbright Board in 2005. She has been Chief of Staff to Former President George Bush since 1994, supervising his office operations in both Texas and Maine and overseeing the opening of the George Bush Presidential Library Center in 1997. Previously, Ms. Becker served as Deputy Press Secretary to First Lady Barbara Bush. Before joining the Bush White House staff in 1989, Ms. Becker was a newspaper reporter for 10 years, including a four-year stint at USA TODAY where her duties included covering the 1988 presidential election and a Page One editor. She has served as a member of the Presidential Scholars Commission and is an ad hoc member of the advisory boards of the George Bush Presidential Library, the George Bush School of Government and Public Service, and C-Change, an organization with a mission to eliminate cancer.

The J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board was established by Congress to supervise the Fulbright Program and to select its participants. Appointed by the President of the United States, the 12 members of the Board meet quarterly. They come from academic, business, cultural, and public life.