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Personnel Announcement
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
May 18, 2006

Personnel Announcement



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

The President intends to nominate Kathleen L. Casey, of Virginia, to be a
Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission, for a five-year
term expiring June 5, 2011. Ms. Casey currently serves as Staff Director
and Counsel for the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban
Affairs. Prior to this, she served as Chief of Staff and Legislative
Director for Senator Richard Shelby. Earlier in her career, she served as
Legislative Assistant. Ms. Casey received her bachelor's degree from
Pennsylvania State University and her JD from George Mason University.

The President intends to nominate Donald L. Kohn, of Virginia, to be Vice
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, for a
four-year term. Mr. Kohn currently serves as Governor for the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Prior to this, he served as the
Advisor to the Board for Monetary Policy. He has also served as Secretary
of the Federal Open Market Committee. Earlier in his career, Mr. Kohn
served as a Financial Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
He received his bachelor's degree from the College of Wooster and his PhD
from the University of Michigan.

The President intends to appoint Carl E. Schneider, of Michigan, to be a
Member of the President's Council on Bioethics, for the remainder of a
two-year term expiring January 15, 2008.

The President intends to appoint Alan Austerman, of Alaska, to be a United
States Commissioner on the United States Section of the North Pacific
Anadromous Fish Commission (Alaska State Representative), for a four-year
term.

The President intends to appoint Gary Thomas Smith, of Washington, to be a
United States Commissioner on the United States Section of the North
Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission (Washington State Representative), for a
four-year term.

The President intends to appoint the following individuals to be Members of
the Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Access Board, for
the remainder of a four-year term expiring December 3, 2009.
Joseph Albert Cirillo, of Rhode Island
Elizabeth Ann Stewart, of Florida
John Charles Wyvill, of Arkansas

The President intends to appoint the following individuals to be Members of
the Advisory Committee on the Arts at the John F. Kennedy Center for the
Performing Arts:
Brittain Bardes Cudlip, of Florida
Jody Dow, of Massachusetts
Fred Wiehl Lazenby, of Tennessee
Robert D. Leebern, Jr., of Georgia
Carole J. McNeil, of California
Robert Frank Pence, of Virginia
Larry Ruvo, of Nevada
Mark S. Siegel, of California
Stephanie Spencer Tellefsen, of California
David Carl Weinstein, of Massachusetts
Nancy R. Williams, of Georgia
Ilene Zatkin-Butler, of New York

The President intends to designate LaSalle Doheny Leffall, Jr., of the
District of Columbia, to be Chairman of the President's Cancer Panel, for a
one-year term beginning May 29, 2006.

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