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NOMINATIONS IN COMMITTEE (CIVILIAN)
This document identifies civilian nominations submitted by the President
to the Senate for confirmation during the current congress and that are
currently undergoing committee consideration. The nominations are
listed by committee and in reverse chronological order based on the
referral date.
In the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Jun 18, 09 PN620 Department of Agriculture
Edward M. Avalos, of New Mexico, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture
for Marketing and Regulatory Programs.
Jun 01, 09 PN498 Department of Agriculture
Evan J. Segal, of Pennsylvania, to be Chief Financial Officer,
Department of Agriculture.
May 20, 09 PN486 Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Bartholomew Chilton, of Maryland, to be a Commissioner of the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13,
2013.
Apr 29, 09 PN386 Department of Agriculture
Kevin W. Concannon, of Maine, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for
Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services.
Apr 21, 09 PN333 Department of Agriculture
Jonathan Steven Adelstein, of South Dakota, to be Administrator, Rural
Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture.
In the Committee on Armed Services
Jun 18, 09 PN629 Department of Defense
Juan M. Garcia III, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
Jun 11, 09 PN592 Department of Defense
Joseph W. Westphal, of New York, to be Under Secretary of the Army.
Jun 01, 09 PN508 Department of Defense
J. Michael Gilmore, of Virginia, to be Director of Operational Test
and Evaluation, Department of Defense.
In the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Jun 01, 09 PN499 National Credit Union Administration
Deborah Matz, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Credit Union
Administration Board for a term expiring April 10, 2015.
In the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Jun 25, 09 PN671 National Transportation Safety Board
Christopher A. Hart, of Colorado, to be a Member of the National
Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring December 31, 2012.
Jun 25, 09 PN670 Federal Communications Commission
Mignon L. Clyburn, of South Carolina, to be a Member of the Federal
Communications Commission for a term of five years from July 1, 2007.
Jun 25, 09 PN669 Federal Communications Commission
Meredith Attwell Baker, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal
Communications Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June
30, 2011.
Jun 22, 09 PN639 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Lori Garver, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Jun 22, 09 PN638 National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Charles F. Bolden, Jr., of Texas, to be Administrator of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Jun 18, 09 PN623 Federal Maritime Commission
Richard A. Lidinsky, Jr., of Maryland, to be a Federal Maritime
Commissioner for the term expiring June 30, 2012.
Jun 18, 09 PN622 Department of Transportation
Deborah A. P. Hersman, of Virginia, to be Chairman of the National
Transportation Safety Board for a term of two years.
Jun 18, 09 PN621 Department of Transportation
Deborah A. P. Hersman, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National
Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring December 31, 2013.
Jun 09, 09 PN561 Consumer Product Safety Commission
Robert S. Adler, of North Carolina, to be a Commissioner of the
Consumer Product Safety Commission for a term of seven years from
October 27, 2007.
Jun 08, 09 PN549 Department of Transportation
Polly Trottenberg, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of
Transportation.
In the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Jun 22, 09 PN640 Department of Energy
Warren F. Miller, Jr., of New Mexico, to be Director of the Office of
Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Department of Energy.
Jun 18, 09 PN625 Department of Energy
Warren F. Miller, Jr., of New Mexico, to be an Assistant Secretary of
Energy (Nuclear Energy).
Jun 18, 09 PN624 Department of Energy
James J. Markowsky, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of
Energy (Fossil Energy).
Jun 11, 09 PN579 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
John R. Norris, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the remainder of the term
expiring June 30, 2012.
Jun 10, 09 PN575 Department of the Interior
Robert V. Abbey, of Nevada, to be Director of the Bureau of Land
Management.
May 18, 09 PN462 Department of Energy
Richard G. Newell, of North Carolina, to be Administrator of the
Energy Information Administration.
May 06, 09 PN399 Department of the Interior
Wilma A. Lewis, of the Virgin Islands, to be an Assistant Secretary of
the Interior.
In the Committee on Environment and Public Works
Jun 19, 09 PN636 Environmental Protection Agency
Craig E. Hooks, of Kansas, to be an Assistant Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency.
Jun 18, 09 PN626 Environmental Protection Agency
Robert Perciasepe, of New York, to be Deputy Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency.
May 21, 09 PN492 Environmental Protection Agency
Paul T. Anastas, of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency.
May 20, 09 PN487 Environmental Protection Agency
Colin Scott Cole Fulton, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator
of the Environmental Protection Agency.
In the Committee on Finance
Jun 03, 09 PN526 Department of the Treasury
Daniel M. Tangherlini, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief
Financial Officer, Department of the Treasury.
Jun 03, 09 PN525 Department of the Treasury
Daniel M. Tangherlini, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury.
Jun 01, 09 PN500 Department of Health and Human Services
Ellen Gloninger Murray, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of
Health and Human Services.
May 18, 09 PN463 Department of the Treasury
Rosa Gumataotao Rios, of California, to be Treasurer of the United
States.
May 12, 09 PN416 Department of the Treasury
William J. Wilkins, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Counsel
for the Internal Revenue Service and an Assistant General Counsel in
the Department of the Treasury.
May 06, 09 PN400 Department of Health and Human Services
Carmen R. Nazario, of Puerto Rico, to be Assistant Secretary for
Family Support, Department of Health and Human Services.
Apr 20, 09 PN313 Executive Office of the President
Miriam E. Sapiro, of the District of Columbia, to be a Deputy United
States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador.
Apr 20, 09 PN311 Department of the Treasury
George Wheeler Madison, of Connecticut, to be General Counsel for the
Department of the Treasury.
Apr 20, 09 PN310 Department of Commerce
Francisco J. Sanchez, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Commerce
for International Trade.
Mar 23, 09 PN224 Department of the Treasury
Lael Brainard, of the District of Columbia, to be an Under Secretary
of the Treasury.
Mar 16, 09 PN183 Department of the Treasury
Kim N. Wallace, of Texas, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of the
Treasury.
In the Committee on Foreign Relations
Jun 25, 09 PN682 Foreign Service
Nominations beginning Christopher L. Andino, and ending Holly Hope
Zardus, which 149 nominations were received by the Senate and appeared
in the Congressional Record on June 25, 2009.
Jun 25, 09 PN679 Department of State
Charles Aaron Ray, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of
Zimbabwe.
Jun 25, 09 PN678 Department of State
Bruce J. Oreck, of Colorado, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of
Finland.
Jun 25, 09 PN677 Department of State
Karen Kornbluh, of New York, to be Representative of the United States
of America to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development, with the rank of Ambassador.
Jun 25, 09 PN676 Department of State
James Knight, of Alabama, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign
Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of
Benin.
Jun 25, 09 PN675 Department of State
David Killion, of the District of Columbia, for the rank of Ambassador
during his tenure of service as the United States Permanent
Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and
Cultural Organization.
Jun 25, 09 PN674 Department of State
Samuel Louis Kaplan, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of
Morocco.
Jun 25, 09 PN673 Department of State
Kerri-Ann Jones, of Maine, to be Assistant Secretary of State for
Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.
Jun 25, 09 PN672 Department of State
Judith Gail Garber, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor to be Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of
Latvia.
Jun 24, 09 PN652 Department of State
James B. Smith, of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia.
Jun 24, 09 PN651 Department of State
John Victor Roos, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Japan.
Jun 24, 09 PN650 European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
James Legarde Hudson, of the District of Columbia, to be United States
Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Jun 22, 09 PN646 Department of State
Teddy Bernard Taylor, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior
Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
Papua New Guinea, and to serve concurrently and without additional
compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
United States of America to the Solomon Islands and Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
the Republic of Vanuatu.
Jun 22, 09 PN645 Department of State
Jerry P. Lanier, of North Carolina, a Career Member of the Senior
Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of
Uganda.
Jun 22, 09 PN644 Department of State
Kenneth E. Gross, Jr., of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior
Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of
Tajikistan.
Jun 22, 09 PN643 Department of State
James B. Foley, of New York, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of
Croatia.
Jun 22, 09 PN642 Department of State
Ertharin Cousin, of Illinois, for the rank of Ambassador during her
tenure of service as U. S. Representative to the United Nations
Agencies for Food and Agriculture.
Jun 22, 09 PN641 Department of State
John R. Bass, of New York, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign
Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Georgia.
Jun 19, 09 PN637 Department of State
Mark Henry Gitenstein, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
Romania.
Jun 18, 09 PN627 Department of State
Miguel Humberto Diaz, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Holy See.
Jun 17, 09 PN613 Department of State
Vilma S. Martinez, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Argentina.
Jun 16, 09 PN604 Department of State
Howard W. Gutman, of Maryland, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Belgium.
Jun 16, 09 PN603 Department of State
Nicole A. Avant, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Commonwealth of
The Bahamas.
Jun 11, 09 PN590 Department of State
Vinai K. Thummalapally, of Colorado, to be Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Belize.
Jun 11, 09 PN589 Department of State
Pamela Jo Howell Slutz, of Texas, a Career Member of the Senior
Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
the Republic of Burundi.
Jun 11, 09 PN588 Department of State
Richard J. Schmierer, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior
Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
the Sultanate of Oman.
Jun 11, 09 PN586 Department of State
John R. Nay, of Michigan, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of
Suriname.
Jun 11, 09 PN585 Department of State
Alfonso E. Lenhardt, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United Republic
of Tanzania.
Jun 11, 09 PN584 Department of State
Gordon Gray, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of
Tunisia.
Jun 11, 09 PN583 Department of State
Donald Henry Gips, of Colorado, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of
South Africa.
Jun 11, 09 PN582 Department of State
Martha Larzelere Campbell, of Michigan, a Career Member of the Senior
Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
Jun 11, 09 PN581 Department of State
Donald Sternoff Beyer, Jr., of Virginia, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
Switzerland, and to serve concurrently and without additional
compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the
United States of America to the Principality of Liechtenstein.
Jun 11, 09 PN580 Department of State
Michael Anthony Battle, Sr., of Georgia, to be Representative of the
United States of America to the African Union, with the rank and
status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary.
Jun 10, 09 PN576 Department of State
Timothy J. Roemer, of Indiana, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to India.
Jun 09, 09 PN563 Department of State
Kenneth H. Merten, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign
Service, Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of
Haiti.
Jun 09, 09 PN562 Department of State
Maria Otero, of the District of Columbia, to be an Under Secretary of
State (Democracy and Global Affairs).
Jun 08, 09 PN554 Department of State
Arturo A. Valenzuela, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant
Secretary of State (Western Hemisphere Affairs).
Jun 08, 09 PN553 Department of State
Carlos Pascual, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
Mexico.
Jun 08, 09 PN552 Department of State
David C. Jacobson, of Illinois, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Canada.
Jun 08, 09 PN551 Department of State
Anne Elizabeth Derse, of Maryland, a Career Member of the Senior
Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
the Republic of Lithuania.
Jun 03, 09 PN524 Department of State
Laurie Susan Fulton, of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Denmark.
Jun 02, 09 PN523 Department of State
Louis B. Susman, of Illinois, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Jun 01, 09 PN504 Department of State
Thomas Alfred Shannon, Jr., of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior
Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
the Federative Republic of Brazil.
Jun 01, 09 PN503 Department of State
Charles H. Rivkin, of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and
Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to France, and to
serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
Monaco.
Jun 01, 09 PN502 Department of State
Christopher William Dell, of New Jersey, a Career Member of the Senior
Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
the Republic of Kosovo.
Jun 01, 09 PN501 Department of State
Patricia A. Butenis, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior
Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and to serve
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
the Republic of Maldives.
May 21, 09 PN493 Department of State
Nancy J. Powell, of Iowa, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign
Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Director General of the
Foreign Service.
May 19, 09 PN485 Department of State
Philip L. Verveer, of the District of Columbia, for the rank of
Ambassador during his tenure of service as Deputy Assistant Secretary
of State for International Communications and Information Policy in
the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs and U. S.
Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy.
May 14, 09 PN427 Department of State
Capricia Penavic Marshall, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief of
Protocol, and to have the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of
service.
Apr 20, 09 PN282-2 Foreign Service
The following-named person of the agency indicated for appointment as
Foreign Serive Officer of the class stated:
For appointment as Foreign Service Officer of Class Three, Consular
Officer and Secretary in the Diplomatic Service of the United States
of America:
Terence Jones
In the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Jun 11, 09 PN591 National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
Rocco Landesman, of New York, to be Chairperson of the National
Endowment for the Arts for a term of four years.
Jun 10, 09 PN577 National Mediation Board
Harry R. Hoglander, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National
Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2011.
Jun 09, 09 PN564 Department of Labor
William E. Spriggs, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.
Jun 08, 09 PN555 Department of Education
Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana, of California, to be Assistant Secretary
for Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education.
Jun 03, 09 PN527 Department of Labor
Raymond M. Jefferson, of Hawaii, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor
for Veterans' Employment and Training.
Jun 01, 09 PN505 Department of Health and Human Services
Nicole Lurie, of Maryland, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps
of the Public Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor as
provided by law and regulations, and to be Assistant Secretary for
Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services.
May 18, 09 PN461 Department of Education
Anthony W. Miller, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of Education.
May 11, 09 PN408 Department of Labor
Lorelei Boylan, of New York, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour
Division, Department of Labor.
Apr 27, 09 PN376 Department of Labor
Phyllis Corrine Borzi, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of
Labor.
Apr 20, 09 PN319 Department of Labor
M. Patricia Smith, of New York, to be Solicitor for the Department of
Labor.
In the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Jun 18, 09 PN507 Department of Defense
Gordon S. Heddell, of the District of Columbia, to be Inspector
General, Department of Defense.
Jun 08, 09 PN556 The Judiciary
Stuart Gordon Nash, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term
of fifteen years.
Jun 04, 09 PN529 Federal Labor Relations Authority
Ernest W. Dubester, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor
Relations Authority for a term of five years expiring July 29, 2012.
Jun 04, 09 PN528 Federal Labor Relations Authority
Julia Akins Clark, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Federal
Labor Relations Authority for a term of five years.
May 12, 09 PN417 Office of Personnel Management
Christine M. Griffin, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Director of the
Office of Personnel Management.
May 06, 09 PN405 Department of Homeland Security
Tara Jeanne O'Toole, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Science
and Technology, Department of Homeland Security.
In the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Jun 08, 09 PN558 Small Business Administration
Winslow Lorenzo Sargeant, of Wisconsin, to be Chief Counsel for
Advocacy, Small Business Administration.
In the Committee on the Judiciary
Jun 25, 09 PN681 The Judiciary
Jeffrey L. Viken, of South Dakota, to be United States District Judge
for the District of South Dakota.
Jun 25, 09 PN680 The Judiciary
Charlene Edwards Honeywell, of Florida, to be United States District
Judge for the Middle District of Florida.
Jun 19, 09 PN635 The Judiciary
Beverly Baldwin Martin, of Georgia, to be United States Circuit Judge
for the Eleventh Circuit.
Jun 19, 09 PN634 The Judiciary
Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr., of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit
Judge for the Third Circuit.
Jun 18, 09 PN628 Department of Commerce
David J. Kappos, of New York, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for
Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and
Trademark Office.
Jun 08, 09 PN557 Department of Justice
Ignacia S. Moreno, of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
Jun 04, 09 PN537 Department of Justice
Christopher H. Schroeder, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant
Attorney General.
Jun 04, 09 PN533 Department of Justice
Paul Joseph Fishman, of New Jersey, to be United States Attorney for
the District of New Jersey for the term of four years.
Jun 04, 09 PN532 Department of Justice
Jenny A. Durkan, of Washington, to be United States Attorney for the
Western District of Washington for the term of four years.
Jun 01, 09 PN506 Supreme Court of the United States
Sonia Sotomayor, of New York, to be an Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States.
May 21, 09 PN494 Department of Justice
Cranston J. Mitchell, of Virginia, to be a Commissioner of the United
States Parole Commission for a term of six years.
May 20, 09 PN488 Department of Homeland Security
Alejandro N. Mayorkas, of California, to be Director of the United
States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland
Security.
Apr 20, 09 PN328 Executive Office of the President
A. Thomas McLellan, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Director of National
Drug Control Policy.
In the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
Jun 23, 09 PN647 Department of Veterans Affairs
Joan M. Evans, of Oregon, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans
Affairs (Congressional and Legislative Affairs).
Jun 08, 09 PN527 Department of Labor
Raymond M. Jefferson, of Hawaii, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor
for Veterans' Employment and Training.
In the Select Committee on Intelligence
May 04, 09 PN394 Department of Homeland Security
Philip Mudd, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Intelligence and
Analysis, Department of Homeland Security.
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