For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
September 10, 2004

Personnel Announcement

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

The President intends to nominate Richard Greco, Jr., of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management) at the Department of Defense. Mr. Greco currently serves as a consultant to the Department of Defense. Previously, he was Acting Director of Private Sector Development for the Coalition Provisional Authority Representative Office at the Department of Defense. Prior to that, he worked in the Office of the Secretary of Defense as a White House Fellow. Earlier in his career, Mr. Greco served as Vice President and Managing Director of Stern Stewart & Company, a global corporate financial advisory firm. He earned his bachelor's degree from Fordham University, his first master's degree from the University of Chicago, and his second master's degree from Johns Hopkins University.

The President intends to nominate the following individuals to be United States Representatives to the General Assembly of the United Nations:

Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont

John E. Sununu of New Hampshire

The President intends to appoint Lisa Kirk Colburn, of Utah, to be a Member of the Advisory Committee on the Arts.

The President intends to appoint the following individuals to be Members of the Public Interest Declassification Board:

L. Britt Snider, of Virginia, for an initial four-year term and designate chairman for a two year-term upon appointment

Martin Faga, of Virginia, for an initial four-year term

Steven Garfinkel, of Maryland, for an initial four-year term

Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker, of California, for an initial three-year term

Richard N. Smith, of Illinois, for an initial two-year term

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