F. X. Crowley

Appointed December 5, 2016 by Mayor Edwin Lee

Commissioner Francis X. (F.X.) Crowley is a labor relations consultant, helping labor unions and business collaborate on resolving differences. He spent 30 years with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 16 in San Francisco.

Commissioner Crowley began his career with IATSE as a stagehand in 1982 working in the San Francisco Opera, and broadening his field experience in motion pictures and performing arts. He joined IATSE Local 16’s management staff in 1990. Commissioner Crowley was elected IATSE Local 16 president in 1994 and rose to Business Manager in 1997, where he was elected to seven consecutive terms, distinguishing himself as a highly-skilled labor negotiator and mediator. In 2013, Commissioner Crowley started his eponymous firm, the FX Crowley Company, consulting to organized labor, business and nonprofit organizations.

Commissioner Crowley has served the City and County of San Francisco as Port Commissioner from 2010 to 2012 and as Public Utilities Commissioner from 2008 to 2010, where he also served as president from September 2009 through September 2010. He has served the San Francisco Labor Council Executive Committee since 1994 and is a charter member of the Friends of the San Francisco Film Commission. Commissioner Crowley has served three terms on the San Francisco Travel Board of Directors and is a member of the San Francisco-Cork Ireland Sister City Committee.

Commissioner Crowley received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Radio and Television from California State University, Long Beach in 1982. He and his wife Nancy are native San Franciscans and grateful parents to four adult children.