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Personnel Announcement
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For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary June 24, 2008

Personnel Announcement

˙˙White House News


President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate four
individuals, appoint nineteen individuals and designate one individual to
serve in his Administration.

The President intends to nominate Holly A. Kuzmich, of Indiana, to be
Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Congressional Affairs at the
Department of Education. Ms. Kuzmich currently serves as Deputy Chief of
Staff for Policy and Programs at the Department of Education. Prior to
this, she served as Associate Director of the Domestic Policy Council at
the White House. Earlier in her career, she served as a Professional Staff
Member on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
Ms. Kuzmich received her bachelor's degree from Northwestern University.

The President intends to nominate Christopher M. Marston, of Virginia, to
be Assistant Secretary for Management at the Department of Education. Mr.
Marston currently serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Process
Improvement in the Office of Management at the Department of Education.
Prior to this, he served as White House Liaison at the Department of the
Interior. Earlier in his career, he served as Washington Office Director in
the Office of Governor Bob Taft. Mr. Marston received his bachelor's degree
from Dartmouth College and his JD from Georgetown University Law Center.

The President intends to nominate David D. Pearce, of Virginia, to be
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of
America to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Mr. Pearce, a
career member of the Senior Foreign Service, most recently served as Senior
Advisor to Ambassador Ryan Crocker in Baghdad. Prior to this, he served as
Minister Counselor for Political Affairs at the United States Embassy in
Rome. Earlier in his career, he served as Consul General and Chief of
Mission in Jerusalem. Mr. Pearce received his bachelor's degree from
Bowdoin College and his master's degree from The Ohio State University.

The President announced his intention to nominate Lyndon L. Olson, Jr., of
Texas, to be a Member of the United States Advisory Commission on Public
Diplomacy, for a term expiring 07/01/11.

The President intends to appoint Sambhu N. Banik, of Maryland, to be a
Member of the President's Committee for People with Intellectual
Disabilities, for the remainder of a two-year term expiring 05/11/09.

The President intends to appoint the following individuals to be Members of
the President's Council on Bioethics, for terms of two years:

Floyd E. Bloom, of California;
Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., of Maryland;
Rebecca Susan Dresser, of Missouri;
Nicholas Eberstadt, of the District of Columbia;
Jean B. Elshtain, of Tennessee;
Daniel Willett Foster, of Texas;
Michael S. Gazzaniga, of Vermont;
Robert Peter George, of New Jersey;
Alfonso G˘mez-Lobo, of the District of Columbia;
William Barton Hurlbut, of California;
Donald W. Landry, of New York;
Peter A. Lawler, of Georgia;
Paul Rodney McHugh, of Maryland;
Gilbert Carl Meilaender, Jr., of Indiana;
Edmund D. Pellegrino, of New York, and upon appointment Re-designate
Chairperson;
Janet Davison Rowley, of Illinois;
Diana J. Schaub, of Maryland;
Carl E. Schneider, of Michigan.

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