For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
December 7, 2001
Nominations
President Bush to Nominate Three Individuals and Nominates One Individual to Serve in His Administration
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate
three individuals and his nomination of one individual to serve in his
administration.
The President intends to nominate Alberto Faustino Trevino to be
Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Policy
Development and Research. Trevino has served as the
Principal and Managing Director of the Urban Interface Group and
Alberto F. Trevino Advisors, a management firm working in strategic
planning, investment analysis, housing and education, since
1975. He was Vice President of the Walt Disney Company from
1974 to 1975 where he developed strategies and concepts for EPCOT, and
from 1973 to 1974, he was Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development.
The President intends to nominate W. Roy Grizzard to be Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Disability Employment
Policy. Grizzard has been Commissioner of the State of
Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired. From 1987 to
1995, he was Personnel Administrator for Employee Relations and Special
Staffing for Henrico County Public Schools, and from 1968 to 1987,
Grizzard was a teacher and assistant principal with Henrico County
Public Schools. He received a bachelor's degree and Master's degree
from Virginia Commonwealth University and doctorate degree from Nova
Southeastern University.
The President intends to nominate Victoria Lipnic to be Assistant
Secretary of Labor for the Employment Standards Administrator. Lipnic
has been a professional staff member and Counsel to the U.S. House of
Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce since
2000. From 1994 to 2000, she was an attorney in the
Employment and Labor Law Department of the U.S. Postal Service, and
she was previously an attorney in private practice. From 1984, to
1989, Lipnic was at the Department of Commerce, first as Special
Assistant to the Director of Business Liaison and then as Special
Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Trade
Development. She is a graduate of Allegheny College and
George Mason University Law School.
The President intends to nominate Christopher J. Christie to be
United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey.
Christie has been a partner with Dughi, Hewitt and Palatucci of
Cranford, New Jersey since 1987. He is a graduate of the
University of Delaware and Seton Hall University School of Law.
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