For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
May 16, 2007

Nominations Sent to the Senate

White House News

Andrew G. Biggs, of New York, to be Deputy Commissioner of Social Security for a term expiring January 19, 2013, vice James B. Lockhart III, to which position he was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

Miguel Campaneria, of Puerto Rico, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2012, vice Gerard Schwarz, term expired.

Lorne W. Craner, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation for a term of three years. (New Position)

Susan E. Dudley, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, vice John D. Graham, resigned, to which position she was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

Elizabeth A. Duke, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the unexpired term of fourteen years from February 1, 1998, vice Susan Schmidt Bies, resigned.

Larry Allan Klane, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the unexpired term of fourteen years from February 1, 1996, vice Mark W. Olson, resigned.

Randall S. Kroszner, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of fourteen years from February 1, 2008. (Reappointment)

Alan J. Patricof, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation for a term of three years. (New Position)

Carol Waller Pope, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term expiring July 1, 2009 (Reappointment), to which position she was appointed during the last recess of the Senate.

Ronald Spoehel, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, vice Gwendolyn Brown, resigned.

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