John Cogbill was appointed by President Bush in June 2001 and served as NCPC chairman until the end of Bush's presidency. He earned a B.S from the U.S. Military Academy in 1970 and a J.D. in 1979 from the T. C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond. From 1970 to 1976 he served in the U.S. Army, and through 1982 in the Army Reserve. In 1979 Cogbill joined McGuireWoods LLP in Richmond, Virginia, as a real estate and land use attorney. He is currently a managing partner. Cogbill was a consistent contributor to the Bush-Cheney ticket, and has also given to the Republican National Committee, the Senate campaigns of George Allen (R) and Mitch McConnell (R), and the Congressional campaigns of Randy Forbes (R) and Eric Cantor (R).