For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
July 9, 2004

Personnel Announcement

July 9, 2004

President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate three individuals and appoint 17 individuals to serve in his administration:

The President intends to appoint Michael J. Hansen, of Wisconsin, to be a Commissioner of the United States Section of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission for the remainder of a six-year term expiring April 21, 2010.

The President intends to nominate George Perdue, of Georgia, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation (Governor), for the remainder of a six-year term expiring November 5, 2005.

The President intends to appoint Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, of Oregon, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation (Federal Judiciary), for the remainder of a six-year term expiring November 14, 2009.

The President intends to nominate the following individuals to be Members of the National Council on the Arts, for a six-year term expiring September 3, 2010:

James Ballinger of Arizona

Terence Alan Teachout of New York

The President intends to appoint the following individuals to be Members of the Board of Directors of the Help America Vote Foundation, for a four-year term:

Donetta Davidson of Colorado

Elizabeth G. Flores of Texas

J. Hayden Fry of Nevada

Keith J. Jackson of Arkansas

The President intends to appoint the following individuals to be Members of the President's Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities for the remainder of two year terms expiring May 11, 2006:

Madeleine Will, of Maryland, and upon appointment Designate Chairman

Vijayalakshmi Appareddy of Tennessee

James Brett of Massachusetts

Claudia Coleman of California

Olivia Colvin of Texas

Kathleen Hargett of Maryland

Kenneth Lohff of Wisconsin

Edward Mambruno of Connecticut

Lon Solomon of Virginia

Karen Staley of Oregon

Annette Talis of Wisconsin

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