For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
July 10, 2001

Nominations Sent to the Senate

Theresa Alvillar-Speake, of California, to be Director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact, Department of Energy, vice James B. Lewis, resigned.

J. Richard Blankenship, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.

Ross J. Connelly, of Maine, to be Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, vice Kirk K. Robertson, resigned.

Emily Stover DeRocco, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, vice Raymond L. Bramucci.

Melody H. Fennel, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Hal C. DeCell III.

Thomas C. Hubbard, of Tennessee, 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 Korea.

Thomas J. Miller, 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 Greece.

Larry C. Napper, 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 Kazakhstan.

Joan E. Ohl, of West Virginia, to be Commissioner on Children, Youth, and Families, Department of Health and Human Services, vice Patricia T. Montoya, resigned.

Harvey Pitt, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2005, vice Isaac C. Hunt, Jr., term expired.

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