For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 7, 2004

Personnel Announcement

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

The President intends to designate Tim S. McClain, of California, to be Acting Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Human Resources and Administration).

The President intends to designate Cortright Wetherill, Jr., of Pennsylvania, to be a Chairman of the Advisory Committee on the Arts, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

The President intends to appoint W. Roy Grizzard, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Committee For Purchase From People Who Are Blind Or Severely Disabled (Department of Labor Representative).

The President intends to appoint the following individuals to be Members of the Arctic Research Commission for the remainder of a four-year term expiring February 26, 2008:

Michele Longo Eder of Oregon (Business Representative)

Thomas C. Royer of Virginia (Academic Representative)

The President intends to appoint the following individuals to be Members of the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee:

Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr. of New York

Gregory Q. Brown of Illinois

Ken Dahlberg of California

William J. Hannigan of New Jersey

Stan Sigman of Texas

Joseph R. Wright of New York

The President intends to appoint the following individuals to be Members of the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts:

Elisabeth D. DeVos, of Michigan, for a six-year term expiring September 1, 2010

Mary Mochary, of Virginia, for a six-year term expiring September 1, 2010

Mary M. Ourisman, of the District of Columbia, for a six-year term expiring September 1, 2010

Gabrielle B. Reynolds, of Ohio, for a six-year term expiring September 1, 2010

David Rubenstein, of Maryland, for the remainder of a six-year term expiring September 1, 2008

Stephen Schwarzman, of New York, for the remainder of a six-year term expiring September 1, 2008

Alex Spanos, of California, for a six-year term expiring September 1, 2010

Sandy Treadwell, of New York, for a six-year term expiring September 1, 2010

The President intends to appoint the following individuals to be Members of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel:

Cheryl Bates-Harris, of Pennsylvania, for the remainder of a four-year term expiring July 27, 2008

Dorothy L. Watson, of Maryland, for the remainder of a four-year term expiring July 27, 2008

The President intends to designate Berthy De La Rosa-Aponte, of Florida, to be Chairperson of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel.

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