[il-talk] Fw: President Obama announces the next RSA Commissioner

[Bill Reif]

I have cut most of this Press Release.  The new nominee is Lynnae M.
Ruttledge for Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services Administration,
Department of Education.  I wonder whether we can propose questions our
Senators or those in the appropriate committee can ask during the 
Confirmation Hearings, such as questions
regarding her position on the Randolph-Sheppard Program.

Bill


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 15, 2009

President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts

WASHINGTON - Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate
the following individuals to key administration posts:

· Clifford L. Stanley, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and
Readiness, Department of Defense

· Scott Quehl, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary of Commerce
for Administration, Department of Commerce

*Anne Slaughter Andrew, Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica, Department
of State

·Lynnae M. Ruttledge, Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services Administration,
Department of Education

*Jill Long Thompson, Member, Farm Credit Administration Board

President Obama said, "I appreciate the dedication and expertise that these
individuals have shown throughout their careers, and I am confident they
will show the same commitment in these new roles.  I look forward to working
with them in the months and years ahead."

President Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals
today:

Clifford L. Stanley, Nominee for Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel
and Readiness, Department of Defense

Dr. Clifford L. Stanley recently served as the President of Scholarship
America, the nation's largest nonprofit, private-sector scholarship
organization.  As President, Dr. Stanley provided leadership for over 50,000
volunteers in 42 states with a full-time staff of 160 men and women.  Prior
to assuming this position, Dr. Stanley served on the senior leadership team
of the University of Pennsylvania as Executive Vice President.  In that
capacity, he served as Chief Operating Officer and was responsible to the
president for the non-academic functions of the university, such as
business, finance, facilities maintenance, and campus security.  In 2002,
Dr. Stanley retired from the United States Marine Corps with the rank of
Major General.  During his distinguished 33-year career, he served in a
range of leadership positions including Deputy Commanding General, Marine
Corps Combat Development Command, where he was responsible for all doctrine,
organization, training and education in the U.S. Marine Corps; Commanding
General of the Marine Corps Base at Quantico, Virginia; Commanding General,
Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center; and Director of Public Affairs,
Marine Corps Headquarters.  Dr. Stanley earned his Doctorate of Education
Degree from the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education
and holds a Masters degree in Counseling from The Johns Hopkins University
and a Bachelors degree in Psychology from South Carolina State University.

Scott Quehl, Nominee for Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Administration, Department of Commerce

Scott Quehl is President of Quehl Advisors, LLC, and a Senior Managing
Director at Public Resources Advisory Group, providing advice to state and
local governments on capital market, budgeting, and management initiatives.
Quehl served as Managing Director for Tax-Exempt Capital Markets at JPMorgan
Securities, Inc.  While a Managing Director at Public Financial Management,
Inc., he served as a management and budget advisor to several local and
state authorities.  During his tenure at Public Financial Management, Quehl
took a leave of absence to serve as acting, then permanent, Chief Financial
Officer of the Metropolitan Police Department for the District of Columbia.
In the Executive Office of the President of the United States, he served as
a member of the Clinton Administration in the Office of Management & Budget,
Office of Federal Financial Management.  Before this, he served as The World
Bank's Country Officer for the Dominican Republic in a consulting capacity,
co-managed the development of Secondary Education Project for the Dominican
Republic, and advised the Governments of Colombia and Bolivia on the
decentralization of financial and management authority to sub-national
governments.  He also served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Sabanagrande,
Honduras.  He has written articles and reports for The World Bank Group,
Brookings Review, and Government Finance Review.  Quehl holds a Master's in
Government Administration from the University of Pennsylvania, Bachelor's in
History and Political Science from Lawrence University, and held FINRA NASD
Series 24, 63, and 7 licenses while at JPMorgan.

Anne Slaughter Andrew, Nominee for Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica,
Department of State

Anne Slaughter Andrew is currently the Principal of New Energy Nexus, LLC
and advises companies and entrepreneurs on investments and strategies to
capitalize on the New Energy Economy.  Andrew has successfully advised
companies in her corporate environmental/energy law practice, serving as Of
Counsel at Bingham McHale and as Co-Chair of the Environment/Energy Team at
Baker & Daniels, and also serving as a partner at the Washington, D.C. law
firm of Patton & Boggs. In addition, Andrew co-founded a medical bio-tech
consulting company, Anson Group LLC and, as an owner and Director from
2004-2007, co-led the organization towards sustained growth and national
recognition.  Andrew has been actively engaged with conservation and
environmental organizations, at the state and national level, including The
Sierra Club and the Indiana Natural Resources Foundation. Andrew has worked
with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) since 1995, serving as an Indiana Trustee,
and as a member of the TNC President's National Advisory Council. Andrew
also served as Special Counsel and Director for TNC in Arlington, Virginia.
In her professional and community work, Andrew is experienced in creating,
building and managing public policy initiatives in the environmental and
clean energy arena. Andrew graduated from Georgetown University with a
Bachelor of Arts and received her Juris Doctorate from Indiana University
School of Law-Indianapolis, where she served as Editorin-Chief of the
Indiana Law Review.

Lynnae M. Ruttledge, Nominee for Commissioner, Rehabilitation Services
Administration, Department of Education

Lynnae M. Ruttledge has served as the Director of the Washington Department
of Social and Health Service, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation since
2005. She is responsible for leading Washington's vocational rehabilitation
program, working annually with more than 23,000 individuals with significant
disabilities to achieve their vocational goals. Previously, Ruttledge served
in leadership positions at the Oregon Department of Human Services, Office
of Vocational Rehabilitation Services for more than 25 years. Ruttledge
began her public service career in Michigan as a classroom teacher in the
public school system. She has received numerous recognitions and awards for
her service including the Washington Governor's Award for Leadership in
Management in 2007.  As a person born with a disability, Ruttledge received
assistance from the vocational rehabilitation program and graduated from the
Northern Michigan University with a B.A. in Education.

Jill Long Thompson, Nominee for Member, Farm Credit Administration Board

Jill Long Thompson is a former Member of the United States House of
Representatives and the former Under Secretary for Rural Development at the
United States Department of Agriculture.  She also served as Chief Executive
Officer and Senior Fellow at The National Center for Food and Agricultural
Policy, a not-for-profit, non-advocacy research and policy organization.
She is the first and only woman to be nominated by a major party to run for
Governor in Indiana, as well as the first and only Hoosier woman to be
nominated by a major party to run for the United States Senate.  Long
Thompson joined the faculty at Valparaiso University in 1981 and in 1983 was
elected to the City Council.  In 1989 Long Thompson was elected to represent
Northeast Indiana in Congress.  She went on to serve three terms in the
House, where she was a member of the Agriculture Committee and the Committee
on Veterans' Affairs.  She introduced one of the nation's first pieces of
legislation banning Members of Congress from accepting gifts and expanding
the disclosure requirements for lobbying activities.  After leaving
Congress, Long Thompson was appointed by President Bill Clinton to serve as
the Under Secretary for Rural Development at the United States Department of
Agriculture.  In her five years at USDA, she oversaw a $10 billion annual
budget and 7,000 employees while managing a number of programs that provide
services to the underserved areas of rural America.  Long Thompson earned a
B.S. in Business Administration from Valparaiso University and an M.B.A. and
Ph.D. in Business from the Kelley School at Indiana University.

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