[nfbmi-talk] President Obama Announces More KeyAdministration Posts

[Larry Posont]

Congratulations Anil from the great state of Massachusetts!

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> Subject: President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
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> THE WHITE HOUSE
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> Office of the Press Secretary
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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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> May 9, 2012
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> President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
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> WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to
> nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts:
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> ·         Deborah Malac – Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia, Department
> of State
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> ·         Tommy Sowers – Assistant Secretary for Public and
> Intergovernmental Affairs,  Department of Veterans Affairs
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> ·         Fernando Torres-Gil – Member, National Council on Disability
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> The President also announced his intent to appoint the following
> individuals to key Administration posts:
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> ·         Lothar von Falkenhausen – Member, Cultural Property Advisory
> Committee
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> ·         Rear Admiral Mark F. Heinrich, USN – Member, Committee for
> Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
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> ·         Anil Lewis – Member, Committee for Purchase from People Who Are
> Blind or Severely Disabled
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> President Obama said, “These individuals have demonstrated knowledge
> and dedication throughout their careers.  I am grateful they have
> chosen to take on these important roles, and I look forward to working
> with them in the months and years to come.”
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>
> President Obama announced his intent to nominate the following
> individuals to key Administration posts:
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> Deborah Malac, Nominee for Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia,
> Department of State
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> Deborah Malac, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of
> Counselor, currently serves as Director of the Office of East African
> Affairs at the Department of State.  Prior to this role, she served as
> Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa.  Previous
> posts in Washington include Deputy Director of the Office of East
> African Affairs and Deputy Director of the Office of Agricultural,
> Biotechnology, and Textiles Trade Affairs.  Other overseas assignments
> have included service in Dakar, Senegal; Bangkok, Thailand; Pretoria,
> South Africa; and Yaounde, Cameroon.  Ms. Malac received a B.A. from
> Furman University, an M.A. from the University of Virginia, and an
> M.S. from the National Defense University.
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> Dr. Tommy Sowers, Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Public and
> Intergovernmental Affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs Dr. Tommy
> Sowers is currently an Associate with McKinsey & Company.
> Previously, he served as a senior advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan
> Veterans of America, and in 2010, was the Democratic candidate for the
> U.S. House of Representatives in Missouri’s 8th Congressional District.  Earlier, Dr.
> Sowers served as a commissioned officer in the United States Army.
> During his military service, he served as assistant professor at the
> United States Military Academy (2006-2009), Special Forces Detachment
> Commander (2004-2006), Brigade Adjutant in the Army’s 1st Infantry
> Division (2001), Combat Engineer Platoon Leader and Company Executive Officer (1999-2001).
> He holds an A.B. from Duke University, and an M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the
> London School of Economics.
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> Fernando Torres-Gil, Nominee for Member, National Council on
> Disability Fernando Torres-Gil is the Chair of the Social Welfare
> Department, the Director of the Center for Policy Research on Aging,
> and a Professor of Social Welfare and Public Policy at the University
> of California, Los Angeles, Luskin School of Public Affairs.  Mr.
> Torres-Gil, who is a polio survivor, was first appointed to the
> National Council on Disability by President Obama in March 2010.
> Earlier in his career, he served as the Associate Dean of Academic
> Affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles Luskin School of
> Public Affairs and a professor of Gerontology and Public
> Administration at the University of Southern California.  Before
> serving in academia, Mr. Torres-Gil was the first Assistant Secretary
> for Aging in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and served as a staff director of the House of Representatives Select Committee on Aging.
> From 1989 to 1992, Mr. Torres-Gil served as President of the American
> Society on Aging.  He is currently a member of the San Francisco Bay
> Area Polio Survivors, the National Academy of Social Insurance, and
> the Board of Directors of the AARP Foundation.  He received an A.A.
> from Hartnell Community College, a B.A. from San Jose State
> University, and an M.S.W. and Ph.D. from Brandeis University.
>
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> President Obama announced his intent to appoint the following
> individuals to key Administration posts:
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> Dr. Lothar von Falkenhausen, Appointee for Member, Cultural Property
> Advisory Committee Dr. Lothar von Falkenhausen is a professor of
> Chinese Archaeology and the Associate Director of the Cotsen Institute
> of Archaeology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
> He has published widely on early Chinese ritual and music, bronze
> vessels and their inscriptions, regional cultures, trans-Eurasian
> contacts, and the history of archaeology in East Asia.  His Chinese
> Society in the Age of Confucius (1000-250 BC): The Archaeological
> Evidence received the Society for American Archaeology Book Award.
> From
> 1999 to 2004, Dr. von Falkenhausen was co-Principal Investigator of
> the UCLA-Peking University joint archaeological project in the Upper
> Yangzi River Basin.  He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
> Dr. von Falkenhausen studied at Bonn University, Peking University,
> and Kyōto University, and holds an M.A. in East Asian Studies and a
> Ph.D. in Anthropology from Harvard.
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> Rear Admiral Mark F. Heinrich, USN, Appointee for Member, Committee
> for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Rear
> Admiral Mark F. Heinrich, USN, is Commander of the Naval Supply
> Systems Command (NAVSUP) and 46th Chief of Supply Corps.  Prior to his
> current appointment, Rear Admiral Heinrich served as Commander of
> NAVSUP Global Logistics Support.  At sea, he served as Supply Officer
> of USS Gridley and USS Constellation, and as Assistant Supply Officer of the USS Kinkaid.
> Previously, Rear Admiral Heinrich served as Director of Logistics
> Operations and Readiness for the Defense Logistics Agency, and
> Director of the United States Central Command Deployment and
> Distribution Operations Center at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait.  He has been
> recognized with two Defense Superior Service Medals, two Legions of
> Merit awards, and a Defense Meritorious Service medal, in addition to various other awards. Rear Admiral Heinrich has a B.S.
> in engineering from the United States Naval Academy and an M.S. in
> Petroleum Management and an M.B.A., both from the University of Kansas.
>
> Anil Lewis, Appointee for Member, Committee for Purchase from People
> Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Anil Lewis is currently the
> Director of Strategic Communications for the National Federation of
> the Blind.  Previously, Mr. Lewis was the President and CEO of the
> National Federation of the Blind of Georgia, where for eight years he
> developed and administered programs that provide education, training,
> and opportunity for blind youth and adults.  Blind since 1989, Mr.
> Lewis has worked throughout his career to assist people with
> disabilities to obtain employment; he has served as a job placement
> specialist for a community rehabilitation program, as the manager of
> the Disability Employment Initiative for Randstad Staffing, and as a
> counselor and advocate for the Georgia Client Assistance Program.  Mr.
> Lewis received a B.B.A. in Computer Information Systems and an M.P.A.
> in Program Evaluation and Policy Studies from Georgia State University.
>