For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 14, 2003
Personnel Announcement
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate
one individual and appoint five individuals to serve in his
administration:
The President intends to nominate Pamela J.H. Slutz of Texas, to be
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of
America to the Republic of Mongolia. A career member of the Senior
Foreign Service, she has served as Deputy Director of the American
Institute in Taiwan since September 2001. Prior to that assignment,
she was a Political Officer in Jakarta. Previously, she served as
Director of the Office of Regional Security Policy for the Bureau of
East Asian Affairs and as Deputy Director of the Office of Chinese and
Mongolian Affairs. Earlier in her career, she worked as Political
Officer in Shanghai and Kinshasa. Ms. Slutz is a graduate of Hollins
College and earned her master's degree from the University of Hawaii.
The President intends to appoint Margaret Louise Kripke of Texas,
to be a Member of the President's Cancer Panel for a three-year term
expiring February 20, 2006. Dr. Kripke currently serves as Executive
Vice President and Chief Academic Officer at the University of Texas,
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. She earned her bachelor's degree,
master's degree and her Ph.D. from the University of California at
Berkeley.
The President intends to appoint Jo Ann Krukar Webb of Virginia, to
be a Member of the National Veterans Business Development Corporation,
for the remainder of a six-year term expiring January 15, 2009. Ms.
Webb currently serves as the Director of Federal Relations and Policy
at the American Organization of Nurse Executives. She is a graduate of
Pennsylvania State University and earned her master's degree from
George Washington University.
The President intends to appoint the following individuals to be
Members of the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
(Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia and the District of
Columbia):
James Winston Porter of Virginia George Wesley Reiger of Virginia
Jane Graeffe Witheridge of Pennsylvania
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