For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
August 11, 2005

Personnel Announcement

President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate two individuals and designate one individual to serve in his Administration:

The President intends to nominate John J. Danilovich of California, to be Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation. He is presently Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federative Republic of Brazil and has previously served as Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Illustrious Government of the Republic of Costa Rica. Ambassador Danilovich earned a bachelor's degree in Political Science from Stanford University in 1972 and a master's degree in International Relations from the University of Southern California (London) in 1980.

The President intends to nominate Jacqueline Ellen Schafer of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Administrator (Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade) at the United States Agency for International Development. Ms. Schafer is presently Deputy Assistant Administrator (Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade) at the United States Agency for International Development. Previously she has held the position of Director for the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and Director for the California Department of Fish and Game.

The President intends to designate Carlos Marin of Texas, to be Acting United States Commissioner of the United States and Mexico International Boundary and Water Commission. He is presently Principal Engineer and Operations-Treaty Compliance Policy Advisor for the United States Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission. Mr. Marin is a graduate of the University of Texas at El Paso.

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