Official Resumes of Nominees and Appointees of the President of the United States:
These documents are those published by the White House as nominations and appointments are made. We do not augment or correct resumes, but make them available as published.
Mary Geiger Lewis: Nominee for the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
Mary Geiger Lewis is a partner at Lewis & Babcock in Columbia, South Carolina, where her practice involves representing both plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of civil matters, including complex product liability and class action cases. She has worked at the firm since 1985, becoming a partner in 1987. From 1984 to 1985, Lewis served as a law clerk to Judge Owen T. Cobb, Jr., Circuit Court Judge of the South Carolina Fifth Judicial Circuit. While in law school, Lewis worked as a law clerk for the Senate Judiciary Committee of the South Carolina Legislature. Prior to law school, she clerked at the Richland County Solicitor’s Office. Lewis received her J.D. in 1984 from the University of South Carolina School of Law, and her B.A., cum laude, in 1980, from Clemson University.
Judge Jane Margaret Triche-Milazzo: Nominee for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Judge Jane Margaret Triche-Milazzo is a District Judge of the Twenty-third Judicial District in the State of Louisiana, a position she has held since 2008. As District Judge, Judge Triche-Milazzo has jurisdiction over a broad array of cases, including civil, criminal, and juvenile matters. From 1986 until her election to the bench, Judge Triche-Milazzo worked at the Law Office of Risley Triche, LLC, as a paralegal from 1986 to 1989, as a law clerk from 1989 to 1992, as an associate from 1992 to 1998, and as a partner from 1998 to 2008. Prior to law school, Judge Triche-Milazzo worked as an elementary school teacher. She received her J.D. in 1992 from the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center and her B.A., magna cum laude, in 1977 from Nicholls State University.
Lewis Lukens, Nominee for Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Department of State
Lewis A. Lukens is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. He currently serves as Executive Director of the State Department’s Executive Secretariat. Prior to this assignment he served as Consul General in Vancouver, BC, from 2005 to 2008, and as Executive Secretary at the US Embassy in Baghdad from 2004 to 2005. His other overseas assignments include Dublin, Sydney, Abidjan, and Guangzhou. In Washington, he worked twice previously in the State Department’s Executive Secretariat; as Special Assistant to the Director General of the Foreign Service; and as Senior Director for Administration at the National Security Council in the White House. He received his A.B. in History and Masters in Public Policy, both from Princeton University.
Paul Wohlers, Nominee for Ambassador to the Republic of Macedonia, Department of State
Paul Wohlers is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service and currently serves as Deputy Executive Secretary at the U.S. Department of State. Mr. Wohlers previously served as Director of the Office of Caucasus Affairs and Regional Conflicts in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Skopje, Deputy Director of the Executive Secretariat Staff, and Senior Watch Officer in the Operations Center. Earlier in his career, Mr. Wohlers held diplomatic postings at U.S. embassies in Bucharest, Moscow, and Nicosia. In Washington, Mr. Wohlers worked on arms control issues in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs and was Desk Officer for Bangladesh in the Bureau of South Asian Affairs. He also served on the Executive Secretariat Staff. He also served as a Naval Flight Officer. Mr. Wohlers is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, and earned a J.D. from the University of Washington
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Richard Howorth, Nominee for Member, Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority
Richard Howorth is the owner of Square Books, a leading independent bookstore in Oxford, Mississippi, which he founded in 1979. Mr. Howorth served two terms as the Mayor of Oxford, Mississippi, from 2001 to 2009, during which time he was chairman of the authority overseeing the Oxford Electric Department. He also served eight years as a director and officer of the North Mississippi Industrial Development Association, an economic development consortium made up of power association directors and mayors of cities in 29 Mississippi counties in the Tennessee Valley Authority service area. He is a former president and chairman of the board of the American Booksellers Association, the nation's trade association of bookstores established in 1900. Mr. Howorth holds a B.A. from the University of Mississippi.
Lisa Monaco, Nominee for Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Department of Justice
Lisa Monaco is currently the Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General at the Department of Justice, where she serves as the Deputy Attorney General’s primary advisor on a broad range of criminal, national security, and civil matters. Ms. Monaco also assists the Deputy Attorney General in the agency’s overall management. Prior to that, she was Chief of Staff to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Robert S. Mueller, III. Ms. Monaco initially joined the FBI on detail from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia and also worked as Special Counsel to Director Mueller. From 2001 to 2007, she was an Assistant U.S. Attorney; during this time she served as a prosecutor on the Enron Task Force. Due to her contributions on the Task Force, Ms. Monaco received the Attorney General’s Award for Exceptional Service. From 1998 to 2001, she also served as Counsel to Attorney General Janet Reno. Ms. Monaco clerked for Judge Jane R. Roth of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. She holds a B.A. from Harvard University and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
Myrna Pérez, Nominee for Commissioner, Election Assistance Commission
Myrna Pérez is currently Senior Counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, where she has worked and published on a variety of voting rights issues. Previously, Ms. Pérez was the Civil Rights Fellow at Relman, Dane, and Colfax, a civil rights law firm in Washington, DC, and served as a policy analyst at the United States Government Accountability Office. She currently is Chair of the Election Law Committee of the City of New York Bar Association. Ms. Pérez is the recipient of several awards, including the Puerto Rican Bar Association Award for Excellence in Academia and the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Excellence in Public Service. She clerked for Judge Anita B. Brody of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and for Judge Julio M. Fuentes of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Ms. Pérez holds a B.A. from Yale College, an M.P.P. from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.
Rear Admiral Jonathan W. Bailey, Nominee for Commissioner, Mississippi River Commission
Rear Admiral Jonathan W. Bailey is the director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Commissioned Officer Corps and NOAA’s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations. A commissioned officer for nearly 31 years, Rear Admiral Bailey completed seven years of sea duty serving aboard three different hydrographic survey vessels, and has nine years of flight duty piloting three NOAA aircraft in support of NOAA’s remote sensing program. He has served as Executive Director to the Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Chief of NOAA’s National Ocean Service Remote Sensing Division. At the time of the September 11 terrorist attacks, Rear Admiral Bailey oversaw NOAA’s aerial and ground based mapping operations, which aided search and recovery efforts at the World Trade Center and Pentagon. He was awarded the Commerce Gold Medal group award for technical skill and coordination for his efforts during this critical time. Rear Admiral Bailey has a M.S. in aeronautical science and a B.S. in natural resources.
Major General Michael J. Walsh, Nominee for President, Mississippi River Commission
Major General Michael J. Walsh is Commander of the Mississippi Valley Division (MVD) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Major General Walsh joined the MVD after serving in Baghdad, Iraq, where he was the Commander for the Corps Gulf Region Division responsible for a $7.5 billion program. He is also Commander of Task Force Hope, the designation given to the Corps effort in support of the national response plan to Hurricane Katrina. Major General Walsh graduated from the Polytechnic Institute of New York in 1977 with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. He also earned a master's degree in construction management from the University of Florida.
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Gineen M. Bresso, Nominee for Commissioner, Election Assistance Commission
Gineen M. Bresso currently serves as Commissioner in the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC). She was nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate to the EAC on October 2, 2008. Prior to her appointment, Commissioner Bresso was the minority elections counsel for the Committee on House Administration. She previously served as a policy advisor to former Maryland Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr., where her primary area of focus was on election law. Commissioner Bresso also served as an Attorney-Advisor in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, where she reviewed and prosecuted applications for federal trademark registration. Earlier in her career, she clerked for Judge Arrie W. Davis of the Maryland Court of Special Appeals. Commissioner Bresso holds a B.A. in political science from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a J.D. from Western New England College School of Law.
Madelyn R. Creedon, Nominee for Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs, Department of Defense
Madelyn R. Creedon is currently a counsel on the staff of the Senate Committee on Armed Services where she is responsible for the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces as well as threat reduction and nuclear nonproliferation issues. Ms. Creedon first joined the staff of the Senate Committee on Armed Services in 1990 serving until 1995 and then returned to the Committee from 1997 to 2000. In 2000 she became the first Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs at the National Nuclear Security Administration at the Department of Energy. From 1995 to 1997 she served as the General Counsel of the 1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission and then returned to the Department of Energy to be the Associate Deputy Secretary of Energy for National Security Programs. Prior to joining the Armed Services Committee in 1990, she spent 10 years in the General Counsel’s office at the Department of Energy. Ms. Creedon holds a B.A. from the University of Evansville and a J.D. from St. Louis University.
Alan F. Estevez, Nominee for Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness, Department of Defense
Alan F. Estevez is currently the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Logistics & Materiel Readiness). From October 2002 to November 2006, Mr. Estevez was the Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Supply Chain Integrations) responsible for development of global supply chain management and distribution policies. Prior to assuming this position, Mr. Estevez held key positions within the Office of the Secretary of Defense and prior to his time at the Department of Defense, held numerous positions with Military Traffic Management Command in Bayonne, New Jersey, Oakland, California, and Falls Church, Virginia. He is the recipient of the Presidential Rank Meritorious Executive Award, the Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service, and the 2005 Service to America Medal awarded by the Partnership for Public Service. Mr. Estevez received an M.A. in National Security Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1995 and a B.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University in 1979.
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