For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
January 19, 2005

Personnel Announcement

President George W. Bush today announced his intention to appoint one individual to serve in his administration:

The President intends to appoint Jeffrey F. Kupfer to be Executive Director of the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform. He currently serves as Deputy Chief of Staff at the Treasury Department. Mr. Kupfer previously served as Special Assistant for policy in the White House Chief of Staff's office. Earlier in his career, he served as a Tax Counsel for the Senate Finance Committee and was a trial attorney in the Department of Justice's Tax Division. He earned his bachelor's degree from Yale University and his law degree from Harvard Law School.

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