For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 21, 2001
President George W. Bush Today Announced His Intention to Nominate Ten
Individuals to Serve in His Administration and His Nomination of Two
individuals to serve as members of the Federal Judiciary. The
President intends to nominate Peter Russell Chaveas to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
the Republic of Sierra Leone. A career member of the Senior
Foreign Service, he has served as Political Advisor at EUCOM in
Stuttgart since 1997. From 1994 to 1997, he served as Chief
of Mission in Malawi. At the Department of State, he was
Director of West African Affairs, Director of Southern African Affairs
and twice served as an International Economist in the Bureau of
International Organization Affairs. He has held a variety of
overseas posts including Principal Officer in Johannesburg and
Political Officer in Lagos. Originally from Pennsylvania, he
is a graduate of Denison University and received a Master's degree from
Rutgers University. The President intends to nominate Hilda Gay Legg
to be Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service in the Department of
Agriculture. She has served since 1994 as the Executive
Director and CEO of the Center for Rural Development in Somerset,
Kentucky, and was the Alternate Federal Co-Chairman of the Appalachian
Regional Commission from 1990 to 1993. She is a member of
numerous education related and civic boards including the Kentucky
Appalachian Commission and the Council on Postsecondary Education. She
is a graduate of Campbellsville College and received a Master's degree
from Western Kentucky University. The President intends to nominate
Mark Edward Rey to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural
Resources and Environment. He is presently a Professional
Staff Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural
Resources, and from 1992 to 1994, he served as Vice President for
Forest Resources at the American Forest and Paper
Association. Rey was Executive Director of the American
Forest Resource Alliance from 1989 to 1992, and served as Vice
President of Public Forestry Programs at the National Forest Products
Association from 1984 to 1989. He completed his
undergraduate study and received a Master's degree in Natural Resources
Policy and Administration from the University of Michigan. The
President intends to nominate Nancy Victory to be Assistant Secretary
of Commerce for Communications and Information. She has been
with the law firm of Wiley, Rein and Fielding since 1989 and is
currently a Partner. She is a graduate of Princeton University and
received her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. The President
intends to nominate Robert Pasternack to be Assistant Secretary of
Special Education and Rehabilitative Services at the Department of
Education. He is currently the State Director of Special
Education at the New Mexico State Department of
Education. From 1994 to 1998, he served as CEO of Casa de
Corazon, a children's comprehensive community mental health
center. He has also served as Director of Clinical Services
for Taos/Colfax Community Services, Inc. and as the Superintendent of
the New Mexico Boys? School. He is a member of numerous
professional organizations including the Developmental Disabilities
Planning Council, of which he serves as
Chairperson. Pasternack is a graduate of the University of
South Florida, received a Master's degree from New Mexico Highlands
University and a Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico. The
President intends to nominate Joanne M. Wilson to be Commissioner of
the Rehabilitative Services Administration at the Department of
Education. She is Founder and Director of the Louisiana Center for the
Blind and also serves as a consultant to the Connecticut Board of
Education and Services for the Blind, the New Jersey Orientation and
Adjustment Center for the Blind and the New York Commission for the
Blind. Wilson was formerly a Continuing Education Instructor
at Louisiana Tech University where she taught Braille and Mobility for
Blind Students. She taught second and fourth grade in Ames,
Iowa. She is the Founder and Chairperson of the Louisiana
Rehabilitation Services Council and is a member of numerous other civic
and professional organizations. She received both her
undergraduate and graduate degrees from Iowa State University. The
President intends to nominate Marianne Lamont Horinko to be Assistant
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency for the Office of
Solid Waste. She has served since 1992 as President of Clay
Associates, a public policy firm devoted to hazardous waste
issues. From 1990 to 1993, she served as an Attorney-Advisor
to the Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response
at the EPA. Horinko was previously with the law firm of
Morgan, Lewis and Bockius and served as a Staff Scientist from 1983 to
1986 at ENVIRON Corporation. She is a graduate of the University of
Maryland and received her law degree from Georgetown University Law
Center. The President intends to nominate Kenneth M. Donohue, Sr., to
be Inspector General at the Department of Housing and Urban
Development. He is presently the President of the Mikadon
Group, an international management and security consultation
firm. From 1990 to 1997, he served as Assistant Director of
the FDIC's Resolution Trust Corporation and was with the Secret Service
from 1969 to 1990, retiring as a Senior Special Agent. He
received a Master's degree from the University of Maryland Coppin
State, and he is a Certified Fraud Examiner. The President intends to
nominate Michael Minoru Fawn Liu to be Assistant Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development for Public and Indian Housing. He is currently
the Sr. Vice President and Community Investment Officer for the Federal
Home Loan Bank of Chicago. From 1994 to 1996, he served in
the Hawaii State Senate, and he served at the U.S. Department of
Agriculture from 1991 to 1993 as Deputy Under Secretary for Small
Community and Rural Development and as Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Natural Resources and Environment. He was a member of the
Hawaii State House of Representatives first from 1980 to 1982 and then
again from 1984 to 1990. Liu is a graduate of Stanford
University and received a J.D. from the University of Hawaii. The
President intends to nominate Emily Stover DeRocco to be Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training. She is
currently the Executive Director of the National Association of State
Workforce Agencies and CEO of the Center for Employment Security
Education and Research. From 1981 to 1983 and then again from 1985 to
1989, she served as Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior and
Director of External Affairs, and from 1983 to 1985, she held the same
position at the Department of Energy. She is a graduate of
Pennsylvania State University and received her law degree from
Georgetown Law School. The President has nominated Harris L. Hartz to
be a United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit. The President
will nominate Mary Ellen Coster Williams to be a Judge of the United
States Court of Federal Claims.
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