For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 9, 2002

President Designates 11 to Attend Nicaraguan Inauguration
President Bush Announced His Designation of Eleven Individuals to Represent the United States at the Inauguration of the President of the Republic of Nicaragua

President George W. Bush today announced his designation of eleven individuals to represent the United States at the Inauguration of his Excellency Enrique Bolanos Geyer, President of the Republic of Nicaragua on January 10, 2002.

The following individuals will be members of the delegation representing the United States at the Inauguration of his Excellency Enrique Bolanos Geyer, President of the Republic of Nicaragua.

The Honorable Mel Martinez, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will serve as the leader of the delegation.

• The Honorable Oliver Garza, U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua
  
• The Honorable John Maisto, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs at the National Security Council
  
• The Honorable Lino Gutierrez, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs
  
• Dr. Janet Ballantyne, Counselor, U.S. Agency for International Development
  
• Mr. George Prescott Bush
  
• Mr. James C. Kenny, Vice President and Owner of Kenny Construction Company, Wheeling, Illinois
  
• Mr. Earle Irving Mack, Senior Partner of the Mack Company, Fort Lee, New Jersey
  
• Ms. Anna Navarro, Senior Consultant at Black, Kelly, Scruggs and Healy, Washington, D.C.
  
• Mr. Raul Romero, President and CEO of S&B Infrastructure, Ltd., Washington, D.C.
  
• Mrs. Evelyn Dee Potter Rose, Dallas, Texas

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