For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
May 16, 2001
President Bush to Nominate Six Individuals to Serve in His Administration
and Designate Two Individuals to Hold Positions within His Administration
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate six
individuals to serve in his administration and has designated two
individuals to hold positions within his administration.
The President intends to nominate P.H. Johnson to be Federal
Co-chairperson of the Delta Regional Authority. He currently
practices law with the firm of Johnson Bobo in Clarksdale,
Mississippi. Johnson was elected Mississippi State Auditor
in 1988 for a four-year term and was then appointed by President George
H. W. Bush as Mississippi's State Director of the Farmer's Home
Administration. He is a graduate of the University of
Mississippi and the LSA School of Banking of the South as well as the
Jackson School of Law.
The President intends to nominate Joseph M. DeThomas to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
the Republic of Estonia. DeThomas is a career member of the
Senior Foreign Service and has served as Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State in the Bureau of Nonproliferation. He has
previously served as Director of the Office of European Union and
Regional Affairs, Director of Regional Nonproliferation Affairs in the
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs and twice served as Science
Officer in the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental
Scientific Affairs. He has held several posts abroad as well
including Deputy Chief of Mission in Vienna and Addis Ababa and
received a Department Superior Award in 1998. Originally
from Pennsylvania, he received both an undergraduate and Master's
degree from Pennsylvania State University.
The President intends to nominate Theodore H. Kattouf to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
the Syrian Arab Republic. A career member of the Senior
Foreign Service, he has held the post of Ambassador to the United Arab
Emirates since 1998. He previously served as Deputy Chief of
Mission in Saudi Arabia and in Syria. From 1988 to 1992 he was Deputy
Director and then Director of the Office of Lebanon, Jordan and Syria
Affairs and has served in a variety of other positions
abroad. Ambassador Kattouf is a graduate of Pennsylvania
State University.
The President intends to nominate Maureen Quinn to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
the States of Qatar. Ms. Quinn is a career member of the
Senior Foreign Service and has served as Deputy Chief of Mission in
Rabat, Morocco, since 1998. She has served in a variety of
positions at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., including the
Deputy Executive Secretary of the Department and as Executive Assistant
to the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs. Her
previous overseas assignments include service as Economic Counselor in
Panama, Economic Officer in Conakry, and Consular Officer and General
Services Officer in Karachi. A resident of New Jersey, she
is a graduate of Tulane University and received a Master's degree from
Georgetown University. The President intends to nominate Arlene Render
to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States
of America to the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire. She presently
serves as the Director of the Office of Southern African Affairs at the
Department of State and served as Ambassador to Zambia from 1996 to
1999. From 1993 to 1996, Ambassador Render was Director of
the Office of Central African Affairs and was Ambassador to Gambia from
1990 to 1993. She has also served as Deputy Chief of Mission
in Accra and Brazzaville among other overseas assignments. She is a
graduate of West Virginia State College and received a M.Ph. from the
University of Michigan.
The President intends to nominate Marcelle Wahba to be Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to
the United Arab Emirates. She has served since 1999 as the
Public Affairs Officer in Cairo, and served as Public Affairs Officer
in Amman, from 1995 to 1999 and in Nicosia, from1991 to
1995. Over the past eight years, she has served as Acting
Deputy Chief of Mission in Cyprus, Jordan and Cairo. From 1987 to 1988
she served as Deputy Policy Officer in the Near Eastern Affairs Bureau
of the United States Information Agency. A resident of
Sacramento, California, she is a graduate of the Western College for
Women in Oxford, Ohio.
The President has designated John E. Higgins to be Acting General
Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. He currently
serves as Solicitor of the National Labor Relations Board and has
served with the Board since 1964. He is a graduate of Boston
College, received a J.D. from Boston University Law School and a M.S.
from Cornell University.
The President has designated Peter J. Hurtgen to be Chairman of the
National Labor Relations Board. He has served as a member of
the National Labor Relations Board since 1997. Before his
nomination to the National Labor Relations Board, he was a Partner with
the law firm of Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, LLP, in Miami,
Florida. Hurtgen is a graduate of Georgetown University and
Georgetown University Law School.
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