For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 29, 2001
President Bush to Nominate Six Individuals to Serve in His Administration
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate six
individuals to serve in his administration and has designated one
individual to serve.
The President intends to nominate
Grant D. Aldonas to be Under
Secretary of Commerce for International Trade. He is
currently the Chief International Trade Counsel for the Senate Finance
Committee and was a Partner with Miller & Chevalier from 1986 to
1997. Aldonas served as Director of South America and
Caribbean Affairs at the Office of the United States Trade
Representative from 1984 to 1985 and as Special Assistant to the Under
Secretary of State for Economic Affairs from 1983 to
1984. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and
received his J.D. from the University of Minnesota Law School.
The President intends to nominate William Gerry Myers, III to be
Solicitor of the Department of the Interior. He is currently
an attorney with Holland & Hart in Boise, Idaho, and was the Executive
Director of the Public Lands Council. He served as the
Deputy General Counsel for Programs at the U.S. Department of Energy
from 1992 to 1993 and served as Assistant to the Attorney General at
the Department of Justice from 1989 to 1992. Myers is a graduate of
the College of William and Mary and received his law degree from the
University of Denver College of Law.
The President intends to nominate John F. Manning to be Assistant
Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel. He is
currently the Michael I. Sovern Professor of Law at Columbia Law
School in New York, New York. From 1991 to 1994 he served as
Assistant to the Solicitor General of the United States and was an
Attorney-Adviser in the Office of Legal Counsel at the Department of
Justice from 1986 to 1988. He is a graduate of Harvard
College and Harvard Law School.
The President intends to nominate
Shinae Chun to be Director of the
Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor. She is currently the
Managing Director of the ITR Corporation in Chicago, Illinois, and was
Director of the Illinois Department of Labor from 1991 to
1999. Chun was Director of the Illinois Department of
Financial Institutions from 1989 to 1991 and was Special Assistant to
the Governor of Illinois for Asian American Affairs from 1984 to
1989. She is a graduate of Ewha Women's University in Seoul,
Korea, and received a Master's degree from Northwestern University.
The President intends to nominate
Carl W. Ford to be Assistant
Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research. He is the
President of Ford and Associates, a consulting firm specializing in
Asia and the Middle East. He served as Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs and
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Near East and Asian Affairs
concurrently from 1991 to 1993 and served concurrently as Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security
Affairs and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia and
Pacific Affairs from 1989 to 1991. He was a professional
staff member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 1979 to
1985 and is a former member of the CIA. Originally from Hot
Springs, Arkansas, he is a veteran of the United States Army and
received both his undergraduate and Master's degree from Florida State
University.
The President intends to nominate Jeanne L. Phillips to be
Representative of the United States of America to the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development with the rank of
Ambassador. She has most recently been the Executive
Director of the 54th Presidential Inaugural
Committee. Phillips was President of Jeanne Johnson and
Company, Inc., in Dallas, Texas, from 1981 to 1994 and was Managing
Director of the Dallas office of Public Strategies, Inc., from 1995 to
1998. Originally from Texas, she is a graduate of Southern
Methodist University.
The President has designated Larry Massanari to be Acting Commissioner
of the Social Security Administration. He is currently the
Regional Commissioner of the Social Security Administration in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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