[Nfbn-announce] President Obama Announces More KeyAdministration Posts

[Amy Buresh]

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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 9, 2012

President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts



WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to
nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts:


·         Deborah Malac – Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia, Department
of State

·         Tommy Sowers – Assistant Secretary for Public and
Intergovernmental Affairs,  Department of Veterans Affairs

·         Fernando Torres-Gil – Member, National Council on Disability


The President also announced his intent to appoint the following individuals
to key Administration posts:


·         Lothar von Falkenhausen – Member, Cultural Property Advisory
Committee

·         Rear Admiral Mark F. Heinrich, USN – Member, Committee for
Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

·         Anil Lewis – Member, Committee for Purchase from People Who Are
Blind or Severely Disabled

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.”


President Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals
to key Administration posts:


Deborah Malac, Nominee for Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia, Department
of State

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.


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.



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.


President Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to
key Administration posts:



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.


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.

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