Jim Nussle

Jim Nussle
36th Director of the Office of Management and Budget
In office
September 10, 2007 – January 20, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
DeputyStephen S. McMillin
Preceded byRob Portman
Succeeded byPeter Orszag
Chair of the House Budget Committee
In office
January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007
Preceded byJohn Kasich
Succeeded byJohn Spratt
Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Iowa
In office
January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2007
Preceded byTom Tauke
Succeeded byBruce Braley
Constituency2nd district (1991–2003)
1st district (2003–2007)
Personal details
Born
James Allen Nussle

(1960-06-27) June 27, 1960 (age 64)
Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
Political partyIndependent (since 2021)
Other political
affiliations
Republican (before 2021)
Spouse(s)Leslie Nussle (Divorced 1996)
Karen Nussle
EducationLuther College (BA)
Drake University (JD)

James Allen Nussle (born June 27, 1960) is an American businessman and retired politician who has been president and chief executive officer of the Credit Union National Association from 2014 to 2024 and of its successor group America's Credit Unions since 2024. Nussle served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2007 and was the Republican nominee for the 2006 Iowa gubernatorial election, losing to Democrat Chet Culver. He was then appointed director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in 2007 by President George W. Bush, an office he retained until 2009.