Updated:  Thursday February 25, 2010 - 12:19 PM

February 24 2010

John Foster: Nominee for U.S. Marshal, Southern District of West Virginia
John Foster is a Judicial Security Inspector with the United States Marshals Service (USMS) in the Southern District of West Virginia. Since 2007, he has overseen the protection of federal judges, U.S. attorneys, federal public defenders, and other court personnel.  He joined the USMS in 1990 as a Deputy U.S. Marshal.  From 1985 to 1990, Mr. Foster was a trooper with the West Virginia State Police in Summersville, WV.  He is retired from the West Virginia Air National Guard, in which he served from 1980 to 2000.  Mr. Foster was awarded a Regents Bachelor of Arts degree from Glenville State College in 1991.  He has also earned an Associate’s Degree in Fire Science from the Community College of the Air Force in 1989, and an Associate’s Degree in Political Science from Marshall University in 1986.

Paul Ward: Nominee for U.S. Marshal, District of North Dakota
Paul Ward is a Senior Special Agent with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of the Inspector General, a position he has held since 1989.  From 1986 to 1989, he was a Special Agent with the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigations.  Mr. Ward served as a Police Officer for the City of Nashua, New Hampshire, from 1985 to 1986, and as a Detective Lieutenant with the Ward County Sheriff’s Department in Minot, North Dakota from 1979 to 1985.  Prior to that, he was a Police Officer in Minot, and served with the U.S. Air Force Security Police.  Mr. Ward was awarded a Bachelor of Science Degree from Minot State University in 1983.

Gary M. Gaskins: Nominee for U.S. Marshal, Northern District of West Virginia
Gary Gaskins was the Captain with the West Virginia State Police, Troop 1 Headquarters when he retired on October 30, 2009.  He held that position from 2005.  He is a career-long employee of the State Police, having joined in 1976 and serving as a Trooper with the Clarksburg Detachment until 1988.  Mr. Gaskins has been promoted through the ranks and served throughout West Virginia, including assignments in Fairmont, Glenville, Bridgeport, and Morgantown.  Since 2005, he has been a member of the Project Safe Neighborhood Steering Committee, a law enforcement initiative managed by the Department of Justice.  Mr. Gaskins graduated from Fairmont State College with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice in 1994

Laura E. Duffy: Nominee for U.S. Attorney, Southern District of California
Laura Duffy has been with the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California since 1997, where was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Narcotics Enforcement Section until 2007 when she became the Deputy Chief of the General Crimes Section. Prior to that, Ms. Duffy worked for the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice from 1993 until 1997, first as a trial attorney for the Money Laundering Section until 1994, and then as a trial attorney for the Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Section.  Ms. Duffy is a graduate of Iowa State University (1988) and from the Creighton University School of Law (1993).

Wifredo A. Ferrer: Nominee for U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Florida
Wifredo Ferrer currently works as an Assistant County Attorney and as Chief of the Federal Litigation Section in the Miami-Dade County’s Attorney’s Office, where he has been since 2006. From 2000 until 2006, he was an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Florida. Prior to that, he had been Counsel and Deputy Chief of Staff in the Office of the United States Attorney General from 1995 until 2000. From 1994 until 1995, Mr. Ferrer was White House Fellow and Special Assistant to the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. From 1991 until 1994, he had been a Litigation Associate with Steel Hector & Davis. From 1990 until 1991 Mr. Ferrer was a law clerk to the Honorable Stanley Marcus of the United States District court for the Southern District of Florida. Mr. Ferrer is a graduate of the University of Miami (1987) and the University of Pennsylvania School of Law (1990).

Alicia Limtiaco: Nominee for United States Attorney, Districts of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands
Alicia Limtiaco has been the Attorney General of Guam since 2007.  Ms. Limtiaco also served in the Office of the Attorney General of Guam as the Deputy Attorney General from 1994 to 1995 and an Assistant Attorney General from 1991 to 1994, 1995 to 1996, 1998 to 2000.  From 2002 to 2006, she  was a partner at Torres, Limtiaco, Cruz & Sizon, P.L.L.C., which became Limtiaco, Cruz & Sizon, P.L.L.C., in 2004.  Ms. Limtiaco also worked as an associate in Torres, P.C., from 2000 to 2002 and Arriola, Cowan & Arriola from 1996 to 1997.  She began her legal career as a law clerk for the Honorable Benjamin J. F. Cruz of the Superior Court of Guam from 1990 to 1991.  Ms. Limtiaco graduated from the University of Southern California in 1985 and the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law in 1990.

John B. Stevens, Jr.:  Nominee for U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Texas
John Stevens has been a judge in the Criminal District Court for Jefferson County in Texas since 2007. Prior to that, in 2006, Judge Stevens worked as a private contract attorney. From 1985 until 2005, Judge Stevens was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas. From 1981 until 1985, Judge Stevens was an associate at Provost, Umphrey Attorneys. From 1979 until 1981, Judge Stevens was an Assistant Criminal District Attorney for the Jefferson County Criminal District Attorney’s Office in Texas.  Judge Stevens graduated from Lamar University (1974), the University of Houston School of Law (1979), and Syracuse University (2001

Justice Sharon Johnson Coleman:  Nominee for the United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois 
Justice Sharon Johnson Coleman sits on the Illinois Appellate Court in Chicago, a position she has held since 2008.  From 1996 until 2008, Justice Coleman served as a judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois.  Between 1993 and 1996, she held the position of Deputy State’s Attorney and Bureau Chief for the Public Interest Bureau of the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office.  From 1989 to 1993, Justice Coleman served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Northern District of Illinois.  From 1984 until 1989, she was an Assistant State’s Attorney in Cook County.  Justice Coleman received her J.D. in 1984 from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis and her B.A. in 1981 from Northern Illinois University.

Gary Scott Feinerman:  Nominee for the United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois  
Gary Scott Feinerman is a partner in the Chicago office of Sidley Austin LLP, where he practices in the general litigation and appellate practice groups.  He received his B.A., summa cum laude¸ from Yale College in 1987 and his J.D. from Stanford, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif and the Law Review, in 1991.  After law school, Feinerman clerked for Judge Joel M. Flaum of the Seventh Circuit and for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the Supreme Court of the United States.  After his clerkships, Feinerman worked in the Justice Department’s Office of Policy Development (now known as the Office of Legal Policy).  From 2003- 2007, Feinerman served as Solicitor General of Illinois, where he received  Best Brief Awards from the National Association of Attorneys General in each year from 2004-2007.
                                                                                    
William J. Martínez: Nominee for the United States District Court, District of Colorado
William “Bill” Martínez has been a partner at McNamara, Roseman, Martínez and Kazmierski in Denver, Colorado, since 2001.  Between 1997 and 2001, he was a sole practitioner in Denver.  Mr. Martínez served as the Regional Attorney for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 1992 to 1996 at its Denver district office.  He was an associate with Pendleton and Sabian in Denver between 1988 and 1992.  From 1980 to 1987, he worked as an attorney for the Legal Assistance Foundation in Chicago, Illinois.  Mr. Martínez is a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.  He received a B.S. and a B.A. from the University of Illinois in 1977 and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School in 1980.

President Obama Nominates Three for District Court Bench

President Obama nominated Justice Sharon Coleman and Gary Feinerman to serve on the United States District Court Bench for the Northern District of Illinois and William J. Martínez to serve on the United States District Court Bench for the District of Colorado.

Goodwin Liu: Nominee for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Goodwin Hon Liu is an Associate Dean and Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.  An acclaimed scholar, teacher, and lawyer, with experience in both the private and public sectors, Liu is a nationally-recognized expert on constitutional law and education law and policy.  In 2009, he received Berkeley's most prestigious teaching award.

Prior to joining the Berkeley faculty in 2003, Liu was an associate at O'Melveny & Myers in Washington, D.C.  He clerked for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the October 2000 Term, and for Judge David S. Tatel on the Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit from 1998-1999.  Between his clerkships, Liu served as a Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary at the U.S. Department of Education.   He has also worked for the Corporation for National Service, where he helped launch the AmeriCorps program.

Liu was born in Augusta, Georgia, to parents who emigrated from Taiwan, and he grew up in Sacramento where he attended public schools.  Liu earned a B.S. from Stanford University in 1991, an M.A from Oxford in 2002 (where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar), and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1998.

Judge Robert N. Chatigny: Nominee for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge Robert Neil Chatigny has served as a U.S. District Judge for the District of Connecticut since 1994.  He was Chief Judge of the Court from 2003 to 2009.  Judge Chatigny is being nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Judge Chatigny was born in Taunton, Massachusetts, and raised in upstate New York.  He graduated from Brown University in 1973 and Georgetown University Law Center in 1978, where he was Case & Note Editor of the Georgetown Law Journal.

After graduation, Judge Chatigny served as a Law Clerk to District Judge Samuel Conti (Northern District of California), Judge José A. Cabranes (then of the District of Connecticut), and Circuit Judge Jon O. Newman (Second Circuit).  After clerking, Judge Chatigny spent two years at the law firm of Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C.  He returned to Connecticut in 1984 to start his own litigation practice.

Judge Chatigny has served on the Judicial Council for the Second Circuit and the Federal-State Judicial Council of Connecticut.  He has been active in the Oliver Ellsworth Inn of Court and the Connecticut Bar Association, including as an elected member to its House of Delegates and on the Executive Committee of its Federal Practice Section.  In 2008, he received the Children’s Justice Award from the Center for Children’s Advocacy at the University of Connecticut School of Law

February 23 2010

Stephen T. Ayers, Nominee for Architect of the Capitol 
Stephen T. Ayers is Deputy Architect of the Capitol and Chief Operating Officer, a position he has held since 2005; he has served as the Acting Architect of the Capitol since February 2007.  He previously served as Superintendent of the Library Buildings and Grounds and Deputy Superintendent for the Senate Office Buildings.  Prior to joining the Architect of the Capitol in 1997, Mr. Ayers was a General Engineer with Voice of America, leading the organization’s construction efforts at several sites in Greece and Germany.  He also served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force.   Mr. Ayers is a licensed architect in California, a member of the American Institute of Architects, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and an Accredited Professional in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. He completed his Master's of Science degree in Systems Management from the University of Southern California and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture at the University of Maryland.

Eduardo M. Ochoa, Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, Department of Education
Dr. Eduardo M. Ochoa has served as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Sonoma State University since 2003.   He is responsible for the University’s academic programs, strategic planning, and overall diversity initiative. He is also involved with the California State University Graduation Initiative. As a member of the CSU Academic Council, Dr. Ochoa contributes to CSU’s academic administration and plays a significant role in system-wide strategic planning and academic technology initiatives.   Prior to his position at Sonoma, he served for six years as Dean of the College of Business Administration at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona and for thirteen years as Professor of Economics at California State University-Los Angeles.  Dr. Ochoa is a graduate of Reed College (B.A., Physics, Philosophy), Columbia University (M.S., Nuclear Engineering), and the New School for Social Research (Ph.D., Economics).

Deborah Loewenberg Ball, Nominee for Member, National Board for Education Sciences, Department of Education
Deborah Loewenberg Ball is currently Dean of the School of Education and William H. Payne Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan. She conducts research on mathematics instruction and on professional education to improve the quality and effectiveness of teaching. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Michigan, she was on the faculty at the College of Education at Michigan State University from 1988-1996, and an elementary classroom teacher in East Lansing, Michigan from 1976–1988. Dr. Ball has authored or co-authored over 150 publications and has lectured and made numerous major presentations around the world. Her research has been recognized with several awards and honors, and she has served on several national and international commissions and panels focused on policy initiatives and the improvement of education. She serves on the Board of the Spencer Foundation, is a trustee of the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley, California, and was elected to membership in the National Academy of Education in 2007. Dr. Ball holds a B.A. in French and education from Michigan State University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in education, with specializations in teacher education, education policy, and mathematics education, also from Michigan State University.

Adam Gamoran, Nominee for Member, National Board for Education Sciences, Department of Education
Adam Gamoran is the John D. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and Educational Policy Studies and Director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  He has been on the University faculty since 1984.  From 2001-2004, he served as chair of the department of sociology, and from 2008-2009 he served as interim dean of the School of Education.  Dr. Gamoran is an elected member of the National Academy of Education and has served on several committees of the National Research Council, including the Board on Science Education.  He also chairs the Independent Advisory Panel of the National Assessment of Career and Technical Education for the U.S. Department of Education.  Dr. Gamoran received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago.

Bridget Terry Long, Nominee for Member, National Board for Education Sciences, Department of Education
Bridget Terry Long is currently a Professor of Education and Economics at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education.  Dr. Long is also a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a Research Affiliate of the National Center for Postsecondary Research (NCPR). As an economist specializing in the study of education, Dr. Long examines the transition from high school to higher education and beyond.  Her work focuses on college access and choice, factors that influence student outcomes, and the behavior of postsecondary institutions.  Dr. Long received the National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship and has been awarded numerous research grants and awards, including the Robert P. Huff Golden Quill Award for excellence in research and published works on student financial assistance.  Dr. Long received her Ph.D. and M.A. from the Harvard University Department of Economics and her A.B. from Princeton University.

Margaret R. (Peggy) McLeod, Nominee for Member, National Board for Education Sciences, Department of Education
Dr. Margaret R. (Peggy) McLeod is currently Executive Director of Student Services and Special Education in the Alexandria City Public Schools.  She has also worked as a consultant to national advocacy and professional organizations, universities, states, and school districts. She served as Assistant Superintendent for Special Education in the D.C. Office of the State Superintendent of Education. In D.C., she has also served as State Title III Director, Director of the Office of Bilingual Education, Title VII Coordinator, Bilingual Program Developer, and ESL teacher. From 2002 - 2003, she served as Deputy Director of the National Organization for Bilingual Education. She worked at the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services from 1995 - 2001. In her native Puerto Rico, she taught in two Montessori schools and owned a center that provided after school services to students with disabilities.  Dr. McLeod holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Puerto Rico, an M.A. in Special Education from New York University, and an Ed.D. in Bilingual Special Education Leadership from the George Washington University.

February 16 2010

Robert Stephen Ford, Nominee for Ambassador to the Syrian Arab Republic, Department of State
Robert Stephen Ford is presently Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq. Mr. Ford is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Ambassador to Algeria on May 27, 2006, and sworn in on August 11, 2006. Mr. Ford served from 2004 until 2006 and again from 2008 until 2009 as the Political Counselor to the U.S. Embassy Baghdad, Iraq and was Deputy Chief of Mission in Bahrain from 2001 until 2004. Mr. Ford has also served in a number of other posts since entering the Foreign Service in 1985, including Izmir, Cairo, Algiers, and Yaoundé. Mr. Ford earned a Master of Arts in 1983 from Johns Hopkins University. He is a recipient of a number of Department of State awards, including the 2005 James Clement Dunn Award for outstanding work at the mid-level in the Foreign Service as well as three Superior Honor Awards and two Meritorious Honor awards. Mr. Ford speaks German, Turkish, French, and Arabic.

Jonathan Andrew Hatfield, Nominee for Inspector General, Corporation for National and Community Service
Jonathan Andrew Hatfield has served as the Deputy Inspector General of the Federal Election Commission since 2005.  He has been with the Federal Election Commission Office of Inspector General since 1994 and has held several executive, managerial, and staff positions.  As the Deputy Inspector General, Mr. Hatfield is responsible for assisting the Inspector General coordinate and supervise audits, investigations, and inspections at the Commission.  He is also responsible for policy setting and strategic planning that integrates key audit and investigative goals and priorities to provide effective oversight of the Commission.  Mr. Hatfield has received several awards during his professional career for outstanding accomplishments; most notably, the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency recognized Mr. Hatfield for his audit, investigative, and individual accomplishments.  In 2009, he was granted a graduate certificate by American University for completion of the University’s Key Executive Leadership Certificate Program for Inspector General Leaders.  Mr. Hatfield holds a B.B.A. in Accounting from Radford University and is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Virginia.

February 5 2010

Chuck Close, Member, President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
Chuck Close is a visual artist noted for his highly inventive techniques used to paint the human face, and is best known for his large-scale, photo based portrait paintings. He is also an accomplished printmaker and photographer whose work has been the subject of more than 200 solo exhibitions in more than 20 countries, including major retrospective exhibitions at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and most recently at The State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 2000, Mr. Close was presented with the prestigious National Medal of Arts by President Clinton.  Close is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and has served on the boards of many arts organizations.

Fred Goldring, Member, President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
Fred Goldring co-founded the prominent California-based entertainment law firm Goldring, Hertz and Lichtenstein which represents numerous global superstar recording and performing artists, and is also co-founder of entertainment strategic consultancy, MemBrain, which works with Fortune 500 companies and new media and technology enterprises regarding entertainment marketing strategy. Mr. Goldring is also the former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rock The Vote, and has been the co-recipient of an Emmy Award, a Clio Award, a Global Media Award and an NAACP Image Award.

Sheila Johnson, Member, President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
Sheila Johnson is the founder and CEO of Salamander Hospitality; co-founder of Black Entertainment Television; a documentary film producer; and the only African-American woman to co-own three professional sports teams.  A classically trained violinist who began her career as a music teacher, Ms. Johnson is a long time advocate for the arts. She serves as Chair of the Board of Governors of Parsons The New School for Design and several boards including Americans for the Arts.

Pamela Joyner, Member, President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
Pamela Joyner is the Founder of Avid Partners, LLC.  Her other business experiences include holding senior positions at Bowman Capital, LLC and Capital Guardian Trust Company. Ms Joyner is a former Co-Chair and current Trustee Emeritus of the San Francisco Ballet.  She is a Trustee of The MacDowell Colony, The School of American Ballet and Dartmouth College.  Ms. Joyner also serves a Director of The California Healthcare Foundation and an Advisory Board Member of First Republic Bank.

Jhumpa Lahiri, Member, President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
Jhumpa Lahiri is a fiction writer whose debut collection of stories, Interpreter of Maladies, received the Pulitzer Prize, the PEN/Hemingway Award, the Addison M. Metcalf Award, and the New Yorker magazine's Debut of the Year. Her novel, The Namesake, was a New York Times Notable Book, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was selected as one of the best books of the year by USA Today and Entertainment Weekly. Her latest story collection, Unaccustomed Earth, won the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and the Vallombrosa-Gregor von Rezzori Prize.

Ken Solomon, Member, President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
Ken Solomon is chairman of Ovation TV, a national cable and satellite network focused on bringing art, culture and personal creativity to all Americans.  He is also chairman and CEO of Tennis Channel, the only 24-hour network dedicated to both the professional sport and tennis lifestyle.  With more than 25 years of television and multimedia experience, Mr. Solomon has held top posts with the Walt Disney Corp., Universal Television, DreamWorks, News Corp. and Scripps.  He is currently vice chairman of the Young Presidents Organization Bel-Air (YPO) and has been named “Humanitarian of the Year” by H.E.L.P. Group, one of the largest and most influential children’s charities in the United States, for which he serves on the Circle of Friends advisory board.

February 4 2010

Myles Watts, Member of the Board of Directors, Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation 
Myles Watts is a professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics at Montana State University.  After receiving a Ph.D. at the University of Nebraska, he joined the Montana State faculty in 1978.  He served as Department Head for 17 years, and his current responsibilities include classroom teaching, research, and outreach education.  Dr. Watts has served in various editorial capacities for the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics. He has also received multiple honors and awards from professional associations including the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Western Agricultural Economics Association.  His family still owns and operates the cattle and wheat ranch where he was raised in southeastern Montana. 

Governor James H. Douglas, Appointee for Co-Chair, Council of Governors
James H. Douglas was first elected Governor of Vermont in 2002 and is now in his fourth term. He serves as Chair of the National Governors Association and is past president of the Council of State Governments. As Governor of Vermont, Governor Douglas established Vermont’s Homeland Security Advisory Council to assess Vermont’s overall homeland security preparedness, policies, and communications and to advise the governor on strategies to improve the current system. Prior to being elected governor, he was elected State Treasurer and served as president of the National Association of State Treasurers. Governor Douglas has also served as a state legislator and Secretary of State. He graduated from Middlebury College.  

Governor Chris Gregoire, Appointee for Co-Chair, Council of Governors
Chris Gregoire is the Governor of the State of Washington.  She was first elected in 2005 and re-elected in 2009. She sits on the National Governors Association Executive Committee, Economic Development and Commerce Committee, as well as the Special Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety.  From 1993 – 2005, Governor Gregoire was a three-term Washington State Attorney General. She graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Arts degree in speech and sociology, and received her law degree from Gonzaga University.

Governor Janice K. Brewer, Appointee for Member, Council of Governors
Janice K. Brewer became the 22nd Governor of Arizona taking the oath of office on January 21, 2009. She serves on the National Governors Association Health and Human Services Committee. Governor Brewer was first elected as the Secretary of State in 2002 and re-elected in 2006. She served as an appointee on the Governor's Military Task Force dealing with base closure issues. Prior to becoming Secreatry of State she served as Maricopa County Supervisor, and as a member of both houses of the Arizona Legislature.

Governor Luis G. Fortuño, Appointee for Member, Council of Governors
Luis G. Fortuño is the current governor of Puerto Rico.  He was elected in 2008. He sits on the National Governors Association Economic Development and Commerce Committee.  He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004. In 1994, he became Puerto Rico's first secretary of the Department of Economic Development and Commerce. Governor Fortuño earned a bachelor's degree from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and a law degree from the University of Virginia Law School.

Governor Brad Henry, Appointee for Member, Council of Governors
Brad Henry is currently serving his second term as governor of Oklahoma. Governor Henry is a member of the National Governors Association Education, Early Childhood and Workforce Committee. Originally elected in 2002, Governor Henry was re-elected in 2006. Before his election as governor, he served ten years in the Oklahoma State Senate. Governor Henry attended the University of Oklahoma as a President's Leadership Scholar and earned a bachelor's degree in economics   He was awarded his law degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Law.

Governor Robert F. McDonnell, Appointee for Member, Council of Governors
Robert F. McDonnell was elected in 2009, and is the 71st Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Governor McDonnell serves on the National Governors Association Health and Human Services Committee. He began his career in public service as a prosecutor in the Virginia Beach Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office. In November 1991, he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates. He served 14 years in the Virginia House of Delegates from Virginia Beach. Previously, he served as Attorney General of Virginia. Governor McDonnell served as a medical supply officer in the United States Army for four years and in the U.S. Army Reserve for 16 years, retiring with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. McDonnell attended the University of Notre Dame on a ROTC scholarship, graduating with a BBA in Management. McDonnell received a MSBA from Boston University and a MA/JD from the Regent University School of Law.

Governor Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Appointee for Member, Council of Governors
Jeremiah W. Nixon was elected as Missouri’s 55th governor in 2008. Governor Nixon serves on the National Governors Association Health and Human Services Committee. He is responsible for operating Missouri’s innovative fusion center, the Missouri Information Analysis Center. Governor Nixon has also served four terms as the state attorney general and was first elected Missouri Attorney General in 1992. Governor Nixon received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Missouri and after practicing law for several years, he was elected to the Missouri State Senate in 1986.

Governor Martin O’Malley, Appointee for Member, Council of Governors
Martin O’Malley is the Governor of Maryland. He was first elected in 2006. Governor O’Malley sits on the National Governors Association Committee on Education, Early Childhood, and Workforce and co-chairs the National Governors Association Special Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety. He has been a leader in the area of national security, releasing the first comprehensive inventory of any state's cyber security assets. Before being elected governor, he served as the Mayor of Baltimore City for seven years. He has also served on the Baltimore City Council. Governor O’Malley graduated from Catholic University and received a law degree from the University of Maryland.

Governor Beverly Eaves Perdue, Appointee for Member, Council of Governors
Beverly Eaves Perdue was elected Governor of North Carolina in 2008. She sits on the National Governors Association Committee on Economic Development and Commerce and Committee on Homeland Security and Public Safety, and is a Lead Governor on the National Guard.   Governor Perdue has a long history of public service, including her tenure as Lt. Governor from 2000 -2008 as well three years in the North Carolina House of Representatives and nine years in the State Senate. As Lt. Governor she led North Carolina’s response during the 2005 round of the Base Closure and Realignment Commission.  Prior to running for office she worked as a public school teacher and as director of geriatric services at a community hospital.  Perdue holds a Ph.D. in Education Administration.

Governor M. Michael Rounds, Appointee for Member, Council of Governors
M. Michael Rounds was sworn-in as South Dakota’s 31st governor in 2003, and re-elected in 2006. Governor Rounds is Chair of the National Governors Association Health and Human Services Committee. He formerly chaired the Western Governors Association. From 1991 to 2000, he served five terms in the South Dakota State Senate. In 1995, he was chosen by his peers to serve as senate majority leader, a post he held for six years. Governor Rounds graduated from South Dakota State University with a  degree in political science.

Elizabeth Erny Foote: Nominee for the United States District Court, Western District of Louisiana
Elizabeth Erny Foote is a partner in The Smith Foote Law Firm, LLP, in Alexandria, Louisiana, where she specializes in commercial business litigation and counseling, insurance defense and medical malpractice defense. She has been in full-time practice in Alexandria since 1979. She served as President of the Louisiana State Bar Association from 2008-09. She also co-chaired the Bar's Disaster Relief Committee in 2005 and served as president of the Louisiana Civil Justice Center, the organization it established to serve the legal needs of the community in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Ms. Foote received her B.A., with honors, from Louisiana State University in 1974, her M.A. from Duke University in 1975, and her J.D. from Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 1978.

Mark A. Goldsmith: Nominee for the United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan
Judge Mark A. Goldsmith is a Circuit Court Judge in Oakland County, Michigan. Judge Goldsmith has served as a state court trial judge since March 2004, presiding over criminal and civil matters. Prior to his appointment to the bench, Judge Goldsmith was a litigation partner at the law firm of Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn in Detroit, where he worked since 1987, and also litigated at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in New York following law school. He has served as an adjunct instructor at Wayne State Law School, teaching pretrial litigation. Judge Goldsmith is a former President of the Eastern District of Michigan chapter of the Federal Bar Association. He helped establish the Circle of Friends program, which teaches language and acculturation skills to new immigrants, in Oakland County, and also established JUST US, a continuing judicial education program for the Oakland County Circuit Court and Probate Court bench. Judge Goldsmith received his B.A., with high distinction, in 1974 from the University of Michigan. He received his J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1977.

Marc Thomas Treadwell: Nominee for the United States District Court, Middle District of Georgia
Marc Thomas Treadwell is a shareholder and partner with Adams, Jordan and Treadwell, P.C., in Macon, Georgia, where he has specialized in personal injury and wrongful death actions since 2000.  Prior to that, he worked as an attorney with Chambless Higdon and Carson, LLP, and Kilpatrick and Cody, where he represented clients in civil litigation. Treadwell is an active member and current President of the William Augustus Bootle Inn of Court and an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University. He has been listed in Georgia Super Lawyers and was recently inducted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers.  Treadwell received his B.A. from Valdosta State University in 1978, and a J.D. from Mercer University in 1981.

Josephine Staton Tucker: Nominee for the United States District Court, Central District of California
Judge Josephine Staton Tucker is a California Superior Court Judge, which is California’s trial-level court. Judge Tucker has served as a state court judge in the County of Orange since 2002, and her tenure has included assignments presiding over criminal, family, and civil law matters. Judge Tucker has also served on the California Court of Appeals on temporary assignment by order of the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court. Prior to her appointment to the bench, Judge Tucker litigated employment law cases on behalf of both individuals and corporations at Morrison & Foerster LLP, where she worked as a partner and an associate from 1987 to 2002. Judge Tucker received her B.A., summa cum laude, in 1983 from William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri. After receiving her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1986, Judge Tucker served as a law clerk to the Honorable John R. Gibson on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Loren Carl: Nominee for United States Marshal, Eastern District of Kentucky
Loren “Squirrel” Carl has been the District Coordinator for Representative Ben Chandler since 2004.  He is also a Director of the Woodford County Kentucky Bank Board. Carl was the Chief of Police at the Woodford County, Kentucky, Police Department from December 2003 to April 2004, and a detective with that agency from 1980 to 1985.  From 1996 to 2003, he was the Director of the Financial Integrity Enforcement Division of the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office.  He served as Sheriff of Woodford County from 1986 to 1996 and was a deputy sheriff from 1978 to 1979.  Prior to his law enforcement experience, Carl was a manager with the Kentucky Finance Company from 1973 to 1977.  He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1969 to 1971.  Carl received a general business certificate from Kentucky Business College in 1971.

Kerry Forestal: Nominee for United States Marshal, Southern District of Indiana
Kerry Forestal is the Chief Deputy of Marion County Sheriff’s Department, Indiana, where he oversees 1,000 employees.  He joined the Department as a Deputy Sheriff in 1977, served as a Detective in the Narcotics and Vice Section from 1986 to 1991, and worked his way through the ranks to his current position.  Specialized assignments during his law enforcement career include service on the Integrated Threat Analysis Group and involvement with the complex security elements of the Indianapolis 500.  In addition to his extensive professional training, Forestal studied criminal justice and public administration at Ball State University and at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis.

Gerald S. Holt: Nominee for United States Marshal, Western District of Virginia
Gerald Holt is the Sheriff of Roanoke County, Virginia, a position he has held since 1992.  He is also the Chairman of the Western Virginia Regional Jail Authority Board and is an advisor at the Roanoke County Criminal Justice Academy.  Holt previously served 14 years as a deputy sheriff in Roanoke County and was employed by the Walker Machine and Foundry Corporation for 15 years.  He earned a bachelor’s degree in general studies with a concentration in criminal justice and psychology from Radford University in 1995, and an associate’s degree in the administration of justice, cum laude, from Virginia Western Community College in 1989.

Clifton Massanelli: Nominee for United States Marshal, Eastern District of Arkansas
Clifton Massanelli is the Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal in the Eastern District of Arkansas, a position he has held since 2006.  He has risen through the ranks in the Eastern District since joining the U.S. Marshals Service as a Deputy U.S. Marshal in 1983.  Previously, Massanelli served the Pine Bluff Police Department as a Patrolman from 1981 to 1982 and as a Detective  from 1982 to 1983.  In addition to his professional law enforcement training, Massanelli is the recipient of a Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 1980.

Scott Parker: Nominee for United States Marshal, Eastern District of North Carolina
Scott Parker is the Narcotics Division Commander of the Nash County, North Carolina, Sheriff’s Office, where he has risen to the rank of Lieutenant since joining in 1995.  From 1989 to 1995, he was an Assistant Commander with the Roanoke Chowan Narcotics Task Force in Hertford County, North Carolina.  Parker served with the Nashville, North Carolina, Police Department from 1987 to 1989.

David Fein: Nominee for United States Attorney, District of Connecticut
David Fein has been a partner at Wiggin and Dana since 1997.  Prior to that, Fein served as an Associate White House Counsel to President William Jefferson Clinton from 1995 to 1996.  From 1989 to 1995, he was as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, serving as Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division from 1993 to 1994 and Counsel to the United States Attorney from 1994 to 1995.  From 1986 to 1989, Fein was an associate at Debevoise & Plimpton.  He also served as a law clerk for the Honorable Frank M. Coffin of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit from 1985-1986.  Fein graduated from Dartmouth College in 1982 and the New York University School of Law in 1985.

Timothy Q. Purdon: Nominee for United States Attorney, District of North Dakota
Timothy Purdon has been a partner at Vogel Law Firm since 2005; prior to his promotion he also served as an associate at the firm.  From 1996 until 2001, Purdon worked as an associate at Dickson & Purdon, and he became a partner in the firm in 2001. From 1995 through 1996, he was an associate at Olson & Cichy.  Purdon has also served as a law clerk for the Honorable Bruce M. Van Sickle of the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota.  Purdon is a 1989 graduate of the North Dakota State College of Science, a 1991 

Richard M. Lobo, Nominee for Director, International Broadcasting Bureau 
Richard M. Lobo is currently serving as chairman of the Florida Public Broadcasting Service Inc.  Mr. Lobo is president and chief executive officer of WEDU (PBS)Tampa/St. Petersburg/Sarasota. He previously was president and general manager of WTVJ in Miami, station manager for WNBC-TV in New York, and vice president and general manager of NBC stations in Chicago and Cleveland. Early in his TV career his interview subjects included Fidel Castro, Robert Kennedy, Mickey Mantle, Malcolm X, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Barbra Streisand and The Beatles.  He also served as Director of the Office of Cuba Broadcasting in the United States Information Agency from 1994-1995.  A graduate of the University of Miami, Mr. Lobo is a member of the Tampa Bay chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists and the Leadership Council of the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay. He is on the board of the Florida Association of Broadcasters and a member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences’ Suncoast chapter. He earned the Leadership Award from the Chicago Latino Committee on the Media. He will be inducted into the Tampa Bay Business Hall of Fame in March. Mr. Lobo is a Captain (Retired) in the U.S. Army Reserve.

Lowell Junkins, Chairman and Member of the Board of Directors, Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation 
Lowell Junkins is the current Acting Chairman of the Board of FarmerMac. Mr. Junkins has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation since June 13, 1996, Vice Chairman of the Board since December 5, 2002 and Acting Chairman of the Board since September 15, 2008. He serves as Chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee and the Executive Committee and is a member of the Compensation Committee and the Public Policy Committee. Mr. Junkins works as a public affairs consultant for his companies Integrated Energy of Montrose, Iowa and Lowell Junkins & Associates in Des Moines, Iowa. From 1974 through 1986, Mr. Junkins served as an Iowa State Senator, including as Minority Leader from 1981 to 1983 and Majority Leader from 1983 to 1985. He owns and operates Hillcrest Farms in Montrose, Iowa, where he served as Mayor from 1971 to 1972.

Sara L. Faivre-Davis, Member of the Board of Directors, Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation  
Since 2005, Sara L. Faivre-Davis has been Owner and Managing Partner at Wild Type Ranch, a purebred cattle ranch and direct-sale Natural Angus Beef program. From 2006-2008, Dr. Faivre-Davis was a Board Member of the Texas Red Angus Association. Before starting Wild Type Ranch, Dr. Faivre-Davis founded ViaGen, Inc, a livestock genetic improvement company, where she served in several capacities, including President, from 2001-2006. During that time, Dr.. Faivre-Davis also sat on the Scientific Review Board of Exeter Life Sciences, a human, plant, and animal biotech investment holding company. Dr. Faivre-Davis was Vice President of Bioinformatics and Vice President of Swine Business Development at GenomicFX, a livestock genomics company from 2000-2001. Prior to 2000, Dr. Faivre-Davis was an academic in genetics and animal science. She holds a Ph.D. in Genetics from Texas A&M University and a B.S. in Agricultural Business and Animal Science from Iowa State University.

February 1 2010

Larry Robinson, Nominee for Assistant Secretary of Commerce (Conservation and Management), NOAA, Department of Commerce
Dr. Larry Robinson is the Vice President for Research and a professor in the Environmental Sciences Institute at Florida A&M University (FAMU).  Since 2001, he has served as Director of the NOAA Environmental Cooperative Science Center (ECSC) headquartered at FAMU, which is a multi-institutional consortium of predominantly minority-serving institutions which conducts research, education and outreach to improve the scientific basis of coastal resource management.  From 1997 to 2003, Dr. Robinson directed FAMU’s Environmental Sciences Institute where he led efforts to establish B.S. and Ph.D. degree programs in 1998 and 1999, respectively.  Between 1984 and 1997, Dr. Robinson served as a research scientist and a group leader at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).  Dr. Robinson attended LeMoyne-Owen College in 1975, graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in chemistry from Memphis State University in 1979, and earned a Ph.D. in nuclear chemistry from Washington University in St. Louis in 1984.

Jeffrey A. Lane, Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, Department of Energy
Jeffrey A. Lane is a Capitol Hill veteran who has spent more than 15 years in senior positions in the United States Senate.  Most recently, Mr. Lane served as chief of staff for Senators Michael Bennet of Colorado (2009), Ken Salazar of Colorado (2007-2009) and John Edwards of North Carolina (2000-2002).  He helped direct Senator Salazar's legislative work on the Energy and Natural Resources, Agriculture and Finance Committees. Mr. Lane also served for three years as a senior aide to Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle.  He began his Senate career as the legislative director for Tennessee Senator James Sasser, where he worked as Senator Sasser's lead staffer on the Senate Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee. Mr. Lane also worked in the Clinton Administration as an attorney in the General Counsel's office of the U.S. Small Business Administration. He also served as Counsel at Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice from 2002-2006.

Paul Steven Miller, Nominee for Governor, Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service
Paul Steven Miller is the Henry M. Jackson Professor of Law at the University of Washington School of Law who is an expert in workplace and employment law.  He has spent his career moving between academia, public service, and law practice. Most recently, Professor Miller spent the first nine months of the Obama Administration as a Special Assistant to the President in The White House.  Prior to joining the University of Washington faculty in 2004, Professor Miller had been one of the longest serving commissioners of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency which enforces employment discrimination laws.  He has also served in The White House as Liaison to the Disability Community and as Deputy Director of the U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs during the Clinton Administration. Earlier in his career, Professor Miller was the Director of Litigation for the Western Law Center for Disability Rights and a lawyer at the Los Angeles law firm of Manatt Phelps and Phillips.  He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, cum laude, and the Harvard Law School.

Dennis J. Toner, Nominee for Governor, Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service
Dennis J. Toner has directed policy, public and political affairs for over 30 years for then-Senator and now-Vice President Biden. He most recently served as Finance Director for Biden for President and Citizens for Biden. He spent the 30 years prior to that working for then-Senator Biden in his Senate office. He last held the position of Deputy Chief of Staff for the Senator from 1995 to 2005. He has also previously launched his own business, Horizon Advisors, which provides guidance and advice to private clients and non-profit organizations. He received his B.A. from the University of Delaware.

J. Patricia Wilson Smoot, Nominee for Commissioner, United States Parole Commission, Department of Justice
J. Patricia Wilson Smoot has served as the Deputy State’s Attorney for Prince George’s County, Maryland since 2002.  Outside of being an adviser to the State’s Attorney, she is responsible for overseeing the Sex Offense and Child Abuse Unit, the Domestic Violence Unit, the Juvenile Division, and the District Court Division.  From 1994 to 2002, Ms. Smoot was an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia where she served as a line assistant before she became Deputy Chief of the Misdemeanor Trial Division and next Director of Professional Development.  She has served on a number of boards and committees including the National Black Prosecutors Association, Maryland Coalition Against Sexual Abuse, Prince George’s County Criminal Justice Coordination Council, and the Prince George’s County Domestic Violence Fatality Review Team.  Ms. Smoot has also served as a Public Defender in Prince George’s County, as an associate at a tort defense litigation firm, and as a Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Susan R. Holmes Winfield in the Superior Court for the District of Columbia.  Ms. Smoot holds a B.A. in English and Sociology with a concentration in Legal Studies from Bucknell University and a J.D. from Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law.

Lana Pollack, Nominee for Commissioner, International Joint Commission, Department of State
A Michigan native, Lana Pollack was elected three times to the Michigan legislature, serving as a state Senator from 1983-1994. Following her tenure in public office, she served from 1996-2008 as President of the Michigan Environmental Council, a coalition of 70 environmental organizations working to protect North America’s Great Lakes and Michigan’s natural resources and environment.  As a state Senator, Ms. Pollack became a leading advocate for women, children and the environment. In this capacity, she earned praise as the architect of Michigan’s landmark 1990 polluter pay statute which, before it was repealed in 1995, saved taxpayers $100 million by requiring proven polluters to pay for the cleanup of toxic waste.  In addition to these roles, Ms. Pollack was a Fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, taught at the University of Michigan, was elected a trustee of the Ann Arbor Board of Education, and served on a number of educational, non-profit and corporate boards.  Among these boards, Ms. Pollack currently chairs the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund Board, which annually directs $35-50 million in discretionary public funds to protect, purchase and enhance parkland and open space for preservation and recreation. She has also served on the boards of NextEnergy (which promotes the development and commercialization of technologies advancing a low-carbon economy), ReCellular (the world’s largest recycler of cell phones) and the University of Michigan’s Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute.  Ms. Pollack, who grew up on the shores of Lake Michigan in the town of Ludington, earned a BA in political science from the University of Michigan (U-M) in 1965, and an MA in Education from U-M in 1970.

January 25 2010

Elisabeth Hagen, Nominee for Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety, Department of Agriculture
Dr. Elisabeth Hagen is currently the USDA’s Chief Medical Officer, serving as an advisor to USDA mission areas on a wide range of human health issues.  Prior to her current post, she was a senior executive in the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), where she played a key role in developing and executing the agency’s scientific and public health agendas.  She has been instrumental in building relationships and fostering coordination with food safety and public health partners at the federal, state, and local level.  Before joining the federal government in 2006, Hagen taught and practiced medicine in both the private and academic sectors, most recently in Washington, DC.  She holds an M.D. from Harvard Medical School, and a B.S. from Saint Joseph’s University.  Dr. Hagen completed her specialty medical training at the University of Texas Southwestern and the University of Pennsylvania, and is board certified in infectious disease.

Michele M. Leonhart, Nominee for Administrator of Drug Enforcement, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice
Michele M. Leonhart has nearly 30 years of experience as a Special Agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration.  She was unanimously confirmed by the Senate to serve as DEA Deputy Administrator and became the Acting Administrator in 2007.  Throughout her career at the Department of Justice, Special Agent Leonhart has served in senior management roles in DEA headquarters as well as Field Divisions across the United States.  She was the agency’s first female Special Agent in Charge (“SAC”) and later became the SAC for the DEA Los Angeles Field Division, which is its third largest Field Division.  She first joined the DEA in 1980 as a Special Agent in Minneapolis and St. Louis until promoted to DEA's supervisory ranks in San Diego in 1988.  She was previously a police officer with the Baltimore Police Department.  Special Agent Leonhart was awarded the Women in Federal Law Enforcement Outstanding Federal Law Enforcement Employee Award in 2005, the Presidential Award for Meritorious Service in 2005 and 2000, the Presidential Rank Award for Distinguished Executive in 2004, and the DEA Administrator’s Award in 1993.  She received her B.S. in Criminal Justice from Bemidji State University in 1978.

January 20 2010

Marsha J. Rabiteau, Nominee for Member, Board of Directors of the State Justice Institute
Marsha J. Rabiteau has been Associate General Counsel and consultant on legal reform for Koch Industries, Inc., since 2007. Prior to Koch, Ms. Rabiteau was Vice President & Assistant General Counsel, Director of Civil Justice Policy for The Hartford Financial Services Group. From 1989 to 2001, she was Litigation Counsel and Crisis Manager for The Dow Chemical Company. She has participated as the chair or co-chair of the following organizations: Civil Justice Reform Group Operating Committee; Product Liability Advisory Council Foundation; IADC Class Action and Aggregated Torts Committee; and Federalist Society Litigation Practice Group. She is a member of the National Judicial College’s Advisory Council, and a member of the Michigan and Wisconsin Bars. She received her J.D., cum laude, from Marquette University Law School.

Earl F. Weener, Nominee for Member, National Transportation Safety Board
Dr. Earl F. Weener is currently a Foundation Fellow of the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) in Alexandria Virginia. This organization, founded in 1947, is an international non-profit organization focused on safety for all segments of the aviation industry. Previously, Dr. Weener was co-leader of the international FSF Runway Safety Initiative which has recently produced the FSF safety toolkit entitled Reducing the Risks of Runway Excursion. He was co-leader of the FSF Ground Accident Prevention Program. Dr. Weener was the initiator and initial leader of the FSF Controlled Flight Into Terrain (CFIT) and Approach and Landing Accident Reduction (ALAR) Task Forces. Dr. Weener retired from The Boeing Company in 1999 where he held positions that included Chief Engineer - Airworthiness, Reliability & Maintainability, and Safety; Chief Engineer – Systems Engineering; and Chief Engineer – Safety Technology Development. Dr. Weener received the 1994 Aviation Week and Space Technology Laurels Award in Operations for his leadership in CFIT prevention. He is also the recipient of the 2005 Honeywell-Bendix Trophy for Aviation Safety. Dr. Weener is an active pilot with a Commercial License and Instrument and Flight and Ground Instructor ratings. His academic credentials include a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from University of Michigan.Katherine G. Hammack, Nominee for Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations and Environment), Department of Defense

Katherine G. Hammack has more than 25 years of experience as an energy and sustainability professional with private industry. Currently she is a leader in Ernst & Young’s (EY’s) Climate Change and Sustainability Services, an international professional services firm. At EY she has focused on the evaluation of energy conservation projects, green buildings, energy efficiency strategies, demand side management programs, and marketing electricity in deregulated markets. In that capacity she worked with clients to obtain Energy Star or LEED certification for their new construction or existing buildings. Katherine was the key LEED advisor on the world’s largest LEED-NC certified project (8.3 million square feet). Prior to joining Ernst & Young, Katherine was a marketing manager for a large electric utility, focused on services for architects and engineers. Katherine is a founding member of US Green Building Council in Washington, D.C. She was a consultant to the White House on the "Greening" of the White House and Executive Office Building where she led the group focused on Indoor Environmental Quality issues. Ms. Hammack has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Oregon State University and an M.B.A. from the University of Hartford. She is a Certified Energy Manager and LEED Accredited Professional.

Theodore Sedgwick, Nominee for Ambassador to the Slovak Republic, Department of State
Theodore Sedgwick is a business executive with experience in the publishing and timber industries. He founded Pasha Publications, a specialty publisher focused on energy, defense and environment markets, and served as its chief executive for 20 years. More recently, he founded Io Energy, an online energy information company covering the natural gas, coal and electricity industries. He was president of Red Hills Lumber Co., a producer of pine flooring. Mr. Sedgwick serves on a number of private company boards, including Inside Higher Ed, Atlantic Information Services, and Washington Business Information Inc. He has served on the boards of a number of cultural institutions including the Folger Shakespeare Library, the Shakespeare Theater Co. and the Gennadius Library in Athens, Greece. He has also served on the boards of a number of land preservation organizations, including the Civil War Preservation Trust, which he chaired in 2006-2009, and Wetlands America Trust, an affiliate of Ducks Unlimited. He is on the National Council of the Land Trust Alliance. Mr. Sedgwick is a member of the Chief Executives Organization, an organization of global business leaders. He graduated with honors from Harvard College, cum laude, where he majored in Ottoman History.

Dennis P. Walsh, Nominee for Chairman, Special Panel on Appeals
Dennis P. Walsh is currently the Deputy General Counsel at the Federal Labor Relations Authority. Mr. Walsh previously served as a Member of the National Labor Relations Board on three different occasions. He was a Board Member from 2000 to 2001, from 2002 to 2004, and from 2006 to 2007. Previously, Mr. Walsh held several staff positions at the NLRB. He was Chief Counsel to NLRB Member Wilma B. Liebman from 1997 to 2000 and to former Member Margaret A. Browning from 1994 to 1997. From 1989 to 1994, Mr. Walsh practiced law with Spear, Wilderman, Borish, Endy, Browning & Spear, a Philadelphia firm. He has been an Adjunct Professor of Labor Law at Howard University School of Law for several years. Mr. Walsh holds a J.D. from Cornell Law School and a B.A. from Hamilton College.

Jon DeGuilio: Nominee for the United States District Court, Northern District of Indiana
Jon DeGuilio has been Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Peoples Bank/Northwest Indiana Bancorp in Munster, Indiana since 2001.  Mr. DeGuilio served as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana from 1993 to 1999, and was the Lake County Prosecutor from 1989 to 1993.  He also has been in private practice and served as a deputy prosecutor and public defender.  Mr. DeGuilio received his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame in 1977 and his J.D. from Valparaiso University School of Law in 1981.   

Judge Audrey Goldstein Fleissig: Nominee for the United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
 Judge Audrey Goldstein Fleissig is a United States magistrate judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, a position she has held for the last eight years. Prior to taking the bench, Fleissig was a federal prosecutor in the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District, where she also served as the Senate-confirmed United States Attorney for approximately one year. Before joining the United States Attorney's Office in 1991, Fleissig was in private practice at the St. Louis firm of Peper Martin Jensen Maichel and Hetlage (now Husch Blackwell Sanders), first as an associate from 1980 to 1989, and later as a partner from 1989 to1991. She is the former President of the Women Lawyer’s Association of Greater St. Louis and is a member of the National Association of Women Judges.  Fleissig received her Bachelor's degree from Carleton College in 1976. In 1980, she received her J.D. from Washington University School of Law, where she is an adjunct professor.

Judge Lucy H. Koh: Nominee for the United States District Court, Northern District of California
Judge Lucy H. Koh currently sits on the Superior Court of California  for  the County of Santa Clara, the state's trial court of general jurisdiction.  Prior to being appointed to the bench by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2008, she was in private practice in Palo Alto, where she was a litigation partner representing technology companies in patent, trade secret, and commercial civil matters.  Prior to her work in private practice, Judge Koh was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California.  She is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Korean American Bar Association of Northern California.  Judge Koh received her B.A. from Harvard University in 1990 and her J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1993.
 
Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson: Nominee for the United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana
Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson serves as a United States Magistrate Judge in the Southern District of Indiana, a position to which she was appointed in January 2007.  Prior to her appointment, she served 12 years as a Superior Court judge for Marion County, Indiana, where she served on the Court's Executive Committee, supervised the Probation Department, and was one of six judges presiding over major felony cases.  Judge Magnus-Stinson has been an active member of the Indianapolis Bar Association, including as chair of its Pro Bono Standing Committee, co-chair of its Professionalism Committee, and Moderator of its leadership series.  Prior to becoming a judge, Magnus-Stinson was counsel and deputy chief of staff to then-Governor Evan Bayh, and before that was in private litigation practice with the Indianapolis firm of Lewis, Bowman, St. Clair and Wagner (now Lewis Wagner).  Magnus-Stinson was named Outstanding Judge by the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence and receieved the Outstanding Service Award from the Indiana Coalition Against Sexual Assault.  She graduated cum laude from Butler University in 1979 and from the Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis in 1983.

Judge Tanya Walton Pratt:  Nominee for the United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana
Judge Tanya Walton Pratt currently sits in the Probate Division of the Marion County Superior Court.  Prior to her assignment to the probate court in 2009, Judge Pratt was a trial judge in the Marion County Superior Court’s Criminal Division, presiding over major felony matters for 12 years.  Judge Pratt has been a member of the Marion Superior Court’s four-member Executive Committee, which oversees the administrative operations of the court, since 2006.   In 2007, Judge Pratt became Supervising Judge of the Marion County Juvenile Detention Center.   Prior to taking the bench in 1997, she was in private practice and also served as a deputy public defender.  She is a member of the House of Delegates for the Indiana Bar Association and was Chair of the Dr. Martin Luther King Holiday Commission in Indiana from 2001 to 2007.  Judge Pratt received her B.A. from Spelman College in 1981 and her J.D. from Howard University School of Law in 1984. 

Christopher Hoye: Nominee for United States Marshal, District of Nevada
Christopher Hoye is a Lieutenant with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department where has risen through the ranks since joining the Police Department in 1988.  He was appointed by the mayor of Las Vegas to serve as Commissioner of the City of Las Vegas Housing Authority from 1998 to 2003.  He previously worked as a casino security officer from 1986 to1988.  Lt. Hoye received a Master’s Degree from the University of Phoenix in 2007, a Bachelor of Science degree from Arizona State University in 1985, and an associate’s degree from the College of Southern Nevada in 1980.

Gervin K. Miyamoto: Nominee for United States Marshal, District of Hawaii
Gervin Miyamoto is the Law Enforcement Coordinator for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Honolulu, a position he has held since 1999.  He served 10 different assignments with the Honolulu Police Department from 1971 to 1999, and rose to the rank of Lieutenant.  From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Miyamoto was activated to serve with the Hawaii Air National Guard as its Counterdrug Coordinator.  He served with the Hawaii Army National Guard from 1968 to 1970.  In addition to extensive professional law enforcement training, Mr. Miyamoto received a Master of Arts degree in Organizational Management from the University of Phoenix in 1999.  He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Chaminade University in 1980 and an Associate’s degree in Police Science from Honolulu Community College in 1976.

Peter Munoz: Nominee for United States Marshal, Western District of Michigan
Peter Munoz is the Director of the Michigan Department of State Police, a position he has held since 2006.  He previously served as the Deputy Director of the Field Service's Bureau from 2003 to 2006.  He joined the State Police as a Trooper in 1978, rising through the ranks to his current position.  Mr. Munoz earned a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice from the University of Detroit in 1978.

Kelly M. Nesbit: Nominee for United States Marshal, Western District of North Carolina
Kelly Nesbit is currently the Chief Deputy United States Marshal for the Western District of North Carolina.  He joined the United States Marshals Service as a Deputy U.S. Marshal in 1983 and rose through the ranks to his current position in 2006.  Chief Nesbit is a graduate of the University of North Carolina where he graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in political science in 1982.

Brian T. Underwood: Nominee for United States Marshal, District of Idaho
Brian Underwood is a Warden with the Idaho Department of Correction, a position he has held since 2002.  He joined the Department in 1992 as a Senior Probation/Parole Officer, rising through the ranks to his current rank.  Mr. Underwood supervised the most difficult and dangerous adult felons on the “Intensive Supervision Team.”  Prior to his service with the DOC, Mr. Underwood worked as a police officer in Pocatello, ID, from 1988 to 1992.  His professional education includes over 1,000 hours in criminal justice, law enforcement, and parole/probation training.  Mr. Underwood earned an Associate’s degree in 1993, and a Bachelor of Science degree in 1998, both from Idaho State University.

Stephanie A. Finley: Nominee for United States Attorney, Western District of Louisiana 
Stephanie Finley is an Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, where she has worked since 1995.  Prior to that, Ms. Finley served as an Assistant Staff Judge Advocate in the United States Air Force from 1991 to 1995 and was honorably discharged as a Captain.  She has continued to serve in the United States Air Force Reserves since 1995, attaining the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 2007.  Ms. Finley graduated from Grambling State University in 1988 and Southern University Law Center in 1991.

Robert Booth Goodwin, II: Nominee for United States Attorney, Southern District of West Virginia 
R. Booth Goodwin is an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, where he has worked since 2001.  Prior to that, he was an attorney at Goodwin & Goodwin, LLP from 1996 to 2001. Mr. Goodwin graduated from West Virginia University in 1993, and Washington & Lee University School of Law in 1996.

David J. Hale: Nominee for United States Attorney, Western District of Kentucky 
David Hale has been an attorney at Reed Weitkamp Schell & Vice, PLLC, since 1999 and made partner in 2002.  From 1995 to 1999, Mr. Hale served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.  Prior to that, he was an associate at Brown, Todd, and Heyburn from 1992 to 1994.  Mr. Hale graduated from Vanderbilt University in 1989 and the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1992.

Kerry B. Harvey: Nominee for United States Attorney, Eastern District of Kentucky 
Kerry Harvey has been the General Counsel and Acting Inspector General of the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services since 2008.  He was a partner in Owen, Harvey, and Carter from 1991 to 2008, Prince, Harvey, Brien & Carter from 1986 to 1991, and Prince & Harvey from 1984 to 1986.  Mr. Harvey worked as the Marshall County, Kentucky, Attorney from 1986 to 1994.  He began his legal career as an associate at Brown, Todd & Heyburn from 1982 to 1984.  Mr. Harvey graduated from Murray State University in 1978, and the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1982.

Loretta E. Lynch: Nominee for United States Attorney, Eastern District of New York
Loretta Lynch is a partner at Hogan & Hartson, LLP, where she has worked since 2001.  From 2002 to 2007, Ms. Lynch worked pro bono as counsel to the prosecutor at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania.  She served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York from 1990 to 1999 and was the United States Attorney for that district from 1999 until 2001.  Prior to that, Ms. Lynch was an associate at Cahill Gordon & Reindel from 1984 to 1990.  Ms. Lynch graduated from Harvard College in 1981 and Harvard Law School in 1984.

January 19 2010

Dana K. Bilyeu, Nominee for Member, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
Dana K. Bilyeu has served as the Executive Officer of the Public Employees' Retirement System of Nevada since October of 2003. She is responsible for all aspects of fund management including analysis of plan funding, investment oversight, operational and strategic planning,  as well as fiduciary and governance issues.  Mrs. Bilyeu served for eight years, beginning in 1995, as the System's Operations Officer, managing all aspects of benefit administration, including survivor, disability, and retirement programs. Preceding   her tenure at the System, Mrs. Bilyeu was assigned in 1989  as the Retirement System's legal counsel in the Office of the Nevada Attorney General and served in that  capacity until her appointment as Operations Officer. In 2006, Mrs. Bilyeu was nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to the Social Security Advisory Board. Mrs. Bilyeu is a member of the executive committee of the National Association of State Retirement Administrators, is a member of the National Council on Teacher Retirement, the National Conference of Public Employee Retirement Systems, the National Association of Public Pension Attorneys and the Public Employees’ Board of the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. She received her juris doctor from California Western School of Law in 1985 and her B.A. from the University of Arizona in 1982.

Michael Kennedy, Nominee for Member, Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
Michael Kennedy is a Senior Client Partner at Korn/Ferry International and a member of the firm’s Global Financial Services Practice based in Atlanta.  Prior to joining Korn/Ferry, he founded and led Venture South, a private equity advisory firm.  Previously, he served as a Vice President in the Corporate Finance Group at GE Capital Corporation and, prior to that, as a Vice President for Wachovia Corporation’s US. Corporate Finance Group.  Mr. Kennedy began his financial services career in investment management at J.P. Morgan & Company in New York.  Mr. Kennedy has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Employees Retirement System’s pension fund since 2000, serving as its Chairman from 2000 to 2005. He also is currently Chairman of the Board of Visitors at the University of North Carolina, and is an active member of the Atlanta Venture Forum and the National Association of Securities Professionals. Mr. Kennedy holds a B.A. with highest honors in history and political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School.

JoAnn Lynn Balzer, Nominee for Member, Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development
JoAnn Lynn Balzer, a community leader and arts advocate, helped found the Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, the Institute of American Indian Arts Foundation, the Museum of Spanish Colonial Arts, the Code of the West Foundation, and the Center for Cowboy Ethics and Leadership in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Ms. Balzer currently serves on the boards of the Lensic Performing Arts Center, the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market and is an advisory trustee of the Museum of New Mexico Foundation. Balzer formerly served on the boards of the Southwest Museum and Autry National Center in Los Angeles, Creative Santa Fe, and New Mexico Women in the Arts, and was Executive Director of the Institute of American Indian Arts, Code of the West, and Center for Cowboy Ethics and Leadership Foundations. In 2003, she was appointed by Governor Bill Richardson to serve as President of the New Mexico Film Museum and as a Commissioner of the state arts agency. In addition to her educational experience teaching mathematics at Pepperdine University and Pennsylvania State University, she has twenty-five years of technology and business experience with IBM. Balzer is a magna cum laude graduate of Westminster College, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in mathematics with a minor in education, and holds a Master’s of Science in mathematics from Carnegie Mellon University.

Cynthia Chavez Lamar, Nominee for Member, Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development
Dr. Cynthia Chavez Lamar (San Felipe Pueblo, Hopi, Tewa, and Navajo) is the director of the Indian Arts Research Center at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, NM, where she works to foster collaborative relationships and projects among Native peoples, organizations, and institutions. She is the former Museum Director of the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center (IPCC) in Albuquerque, NM, and the former Associate Curator of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in Washington DC.  While at NMAI, she led the development of the inaugural exhibition, Our Lives: Contemporary Life and Identities. She holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from the University of New Mexico, a B.A. from Colorado College, and a M.A. in American Indian Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles. In 2008 Dr. Chavez Lamar received an honorary doctorate from her alma mater Colorado College.  In 2009 she received a governor’s appointment to the New Mexico Arts Commission.

Daryl J. Boness, Nominee for Chairman, Marine Mammal Commission  
Daryl J. Boness is a retired Senior Scientist with the Smithsonian Institution where, before his retirement, he led the Zoological Research and Conservation Biology Departments at the National Zoological Park.  He currently serves as Chairman of the Committee of Scientific Advisors for the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission, of which he has been a member since 1994, Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal Marine Mammal Science, and a Research Professor in the Department of Wildlife Ecology and School of Marine Science at the University of Maine.  He has also served as an Adjunct or Research Professor at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada, American University in Washington, DC, and La Rochelle University in France, and as an advisor at other academic and scientific institutions. Dr. Boness joined the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park in 1978 as a Curator of Mammals and subsequently became a full-time Research Zoologist there in 1985. He has since published more than 100 scientific papers, book chapters, and major reports, served on the Committee of Scientific Advisors for the Marine Mammal Commission and on review panels for the National Marine Fisheries Service, the Fish & Wildlife Service, the Office of Naval Research, the North Pacific Research Board, and the Alaska Department of Fish & Game. Dr. Boness earned his Ph.D. in Psychology with an emphasis on Behavioral Ecology from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia in 1979; a M.A. in Human Psychophysiology from Hollins College 1973; and a B.A. from Cornell College in 1972.

Michael F. Tillman, Nominee for Member, Marine Mammal Commission  
Dr. Michael F. Tillman currently serves as an independent contractor to the National Marine Fisheries Services of NOAA, acting as senior advisor to the U.S. delegation to the International Whaling Commission (IWC).  He is also a non-resident Research Associate working on marine wildlife conservation issues at the Center for Marine Biodiversity & Conservation with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.  Dr. Tillman is a former career senior executive with the National Marine Fisheries Service, having served as the agency’s first Chief Scientist,  Deputy Director, and ultimately as Director of the Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla, CA.  His extensive experience in international marine conservation includes appointments by President Clinton as Deputy U.S. Commissioner to the IWC and U.S. Commissioner to the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission.  Among Dr. Tillman’s numerous career awards are the Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Service for sustained excellence in supporting U.S. goals of protecting whales internationally and recovering protected species domestically, the prestigious Animal Welfare Institute’s Albert Schweitzer Medal for whale conservation efforts, and three Department of Commerce Bronze Medals for outstanding contributions to international marine resource management. His current marine wildlife research interests include the conservation and management of marine mammals generally, the whaling issue specifically and the subsistence use of marine wildlife resources. Dr. Tillman is a Viet Nam era veteran and a member of the Tlingit Indian Tribe of Southeast Alaska.  He received his Ph.D. in fisheries science with a minor in natural resource economics in 1972, his M.S. in 1968, and a B.S. in Fisheries Science in 1965; all from the University of Washington.

John Coppola, Nominee for Member, National Museum and Library Services Board, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities 
John Coppola has consulted on strategic planning and professional training for museums throughout Latin America and the Middle East since 1996. Previously, he served as the Director of the Office of Exhibits Central at the Smithsonian Institution; as Chief of the Bureau of International Expositions and Exhibitions Program Manager, Arts America, for the U.S. Information Agency; and as a Foreign Service Officer.  Mr. Coppola has organized and managed exhibitions for the Museum of Latin American Art, Smithsonian Latino Center, National Museum of Women in the Arts at St. Thomas University, and Stonewall Library & Archives.

Carla D. Hayden, Nominee for Member, National Museum and Library Services Board, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
A veteran of the Chicago public library system, Dr. Carla Hayden is a past president of the American Library Association and the current Chief Executive Officer of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, Maryland.  She previously served as Deputy Commissioner and Chief Librarian of the Chicago Public Library, Assistant Professor in the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh, and Library Services Coordinator for the Museum of Science and Industry, one of Chicago's leading cultural institutions. Dr. Hayden began her career with the Chicago Public Library in 1973 as a library associate and children's librarian and then as a young adult services coordinator with the Chicago system, one of the largest in the United States.

Winston Tabb, Nominee for Member, National Museum and Library Services Board, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
Winston Tabb is the Sheridan Dean of University Libraries and Museums at Johns Hopkins University where he leads and coordinates the university’s entire system of libraries, directs the Sheridan Libraries, and oversees the Homewood Museum and the Evergreen Museum & Library. Prior to joining Hopkins, Mr. Tabb served at the Library of Congress for over 30 years, ultimately serving as associate librarian. He holds a degree in library science from Simmons College, a master’s degree from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma Baptist University.

Robert Wedgeworth, Nominee for Member, National Museum and Library Services Board, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
Robert Wedgeworth was the founding President of ProLiteracy Worldwide, the largest non-governmental adult literacy training organization in the world, until his retirement in June 2007. He previously served as University Librarian, Professor of Library Administration, and Professor of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He also served as the Dean of the School of Library Service at Columbia University, the Executive Director of the American Library Association, and as President of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.  In 1975 President Gerald R. Ford appointed Mr. Wedgeworth to the National Commission on New Uses of Copyrighted Works. He is a life member of the American Library Association, a life member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), a member of the Board of Trustees of Wabash College, the Board of Trustees of the Newberry Library, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Poetry Foundation.

Hernán D. Vera, Nominee for Member, Board of Directors of the State Justice Institute
Hernán D. Vera is the President & Chief Executive Officer of Public Counsel, the nation’s largest pro bono, public interest law firm. He is the first Latino leader of the 40-year-old civil rights organization, which is based in Los Angeles.  Prior to joining Public Counsel in 2002, Mr. Vera was a commercial litigator with the international firm of O’Melveny & Myers LLP, where he specialized in class actions. Mr. Vera has also worked as an Education Staff Attorney for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund and clerked for the Honorable Consuelo B. Marshall, U.S. District Court Judge for the Central District of California. He makes frequent media appearances on issues relating to access to justice, civil rights, and consumer protection.  Mr. Vera received an A.B., with Distinction, from Stanford University, and his J.D. from the UCLA School of Law.

President Obama also announced his appointment of a member of the U.S. Commission of the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, and his intent to appoint a member to the President’s Commission on White House Fellows:

Edward Drusina, Commissioner, U.S. Commission of the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico
Edward Drusina is an engineer from El Paso, Texas with extensive management experience in government and the private sector.  From 2004-2009, Mr. Drusina held various principal and executive engineering positions in the as Area Director of Paragon Project Resources, Inc.,  President of OMNI Construction Services, and Senior Project Engineer and Corporate Associate with Moreno Cardenas, Inc.  From 1997-2004, he worked for the City of El Paso as Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Municipal Services and Director of Public Works.  Mr. Drusina also has 20 years of federal experience with the Department of Defense, including 16 years with the US Army at Fort Bliss, Texas where he held various positions including Chief of Design for the Directorate of Public Works and Logistics, and Deputy Director of the Source Selection Evaluation Board.  Mr. Drusina holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso, is a graduate of the United States Army Management Staff College, and is a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Texas.

Steven Gunderson, Member, President’s Commission on White House Fellows
Steven Gunderson is the President and CEO of the Council on Foundations, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit membership association of approximately 2,100 grant making foundations and corporations. He previously served as the senior consultant and managing director of the Washington office of The Greystone Group, a strategic management and communications consulting firm. In 1981 he was elected to U.S. Congress, where he served 16 years as a representative of Wisconsin, having already served three terms in the Wisconsin State Legislature.  Mr. Gunderson currently sits on the Advisory Board of Partner for Surgery – a philanthropic effort bringing surgery to the rural poor of Guatemala. He has served on the boards of Gallaudet University, the Mary Fisher Family AIDS Network and the Human Rights Campaign.