For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
February 5, 2001
President Bush Nominates Mark Weinberger Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Tax Policy
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate Mr.
Mark A. Weinberger as Assistant Secretary of Treasury for Tax Policy.
Mark Weinberger is presently the Director of National Tax Practice at
Ernst & Young in Washington, D.C. He was appointed to the
Social Security Advisory Board by President Clinton and was confirmed
by the Senate in October of 2000. Prior to joining Ernst &
Young, he was a Partner and Cofounder of the Washington Counsel Law
Firm. He also served as Chief of Staff for the 1994
Entitlement and Tax Reform Committee.
He is a graduate of Emory University and received his law degree and
Masters of Business Administration from Case Western Reserve
University. He then received his LLM from Georgetown
University. He is a native of Scranton, Pennsylvania, and is
married with four children.
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