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*From:* "O'Leary, Katie" <Kathleen_M._O'Leary@who.eop.gov>
*Date:* March 10, 2015 at 5:43:52 PM EDT
*To:* 'Eric Schwerin' <eschwerin@rosemontseneca.com>
*Cc:* "Moose, Amanda" <Amanda_D_Moose@who.eop.gov>
*Subject:* *FW: President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts*

President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts

Mr. Schwerin,


Congratulations! Below is the White House press release announcing the
President’s *intent* to appoint you to the Commission for the Preservation
of America’s Heritage Abroad.


Please note that your appointment will *not* become official until the
appointment paperwork is processed by the White House. This may take a few
weeks and we will advise you when the process is complete. You do not have
the legal authority of your office until that time. As such, please read
the following guidelines regarding contact with the media:


· Until you are officially appointed, do *not* make any statements
to the press, be quoted in a press release, or broadcast the announcement
on social media.

· If a third-party organization wishes to comment on your pending
appointment, please forward the request to us and we will coordinate with
the White House Press Office. Please refer all other press inquiries you
receive to the White House.

· After your appointment becomes official, please coordinate all
media matters with the designated contact at the Commission for the
Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad.

Thank you, and please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions.


Regards,

Katie


Kathleen M O’Leary

The White House |Presidential Personnel Office

Direct: (202) 395-1663 | Cell: (202) 503-5660

Kathleen_M_OLeary@who.eop.gov


*From:* White House Press Office
*Sent:* Tuesday, March 10, 2015 5:18 PM
*Subject:* President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts


THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 10, 2015


*President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts*


WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to
nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts:


· *Edward L. Ayers* – Member, National Council on the Humanities

· *David Hale* – Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,
Department of State

· *Kathryn Matthew* – Director, Institute of Museum and Library
Services

· *Carol Fortine Ochoa* – Inspector General, General Services
Administration

· *Eric Satz* – Member, Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley
Authority

President Obama also announced his intent to appoint the following
individuals to key Administration posts:


· *Edward Douglas Dunson, Jr. *– Member, Commission of Fine Arts

· *Lisa Ling *– Member, President’s Commission on White House
Fellowships

· *Jose Rodriguez *– Member, Board of Directors of the Border
Environment Cooperation Commission and the North American Development Bank

· *Eric D. Schwerin* – Member, Commission for the Preservation of
America’s Heritage Abroad

· *Delia Haak* – United States Commissioner, Arkansas-Oklahoma
Arkansas River Compact Commission

· *Joel West Williams* –United States Alternate Commissioner,
Arkansas-Oklahoma Arkansas River Compact Commission

*President Obama* said, “These individuals have demonstrated knowledge and
dedication throughout their careers. I am grateful they have chosen to
take on these important roles, and I look forward to working with them.”

*President Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals
to key Administration posts:*


*Dr. Edward L. Ayers, Nominee for Member, National Council on the
Humanities*

Dr. Edward L. Ayers is the President of the University of Richmond, a
position he has held since 2007. He is also a co-Host of BackStory with
the American History Guys, a public radio show he has been a part of since
2008. Dr. Ayers previously held various positions at the University of
Virginia, including the Buckner W. Clay Dean of the College and Graduate
School of Arts and Sciences from 2001 to 2007, Hugh P. Kelly Professor from
1993 to 2007, and Professor from 1992 to 1993. Dr. Ayers has written four
books on nineteenth-century America and edited seven more, which earned him
the Bancroft Prize. He was also a finalist for both the National Book
Award and the Pulitzer Prize. In 2013, Dr. Ayers was awarded the National
Humanities Medal by President Obama, and he was named Outstanding Doctoral
and Research Universities Professor of the Year by The Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching in 2003. He previously served as a Member
of the National Council on the Humanities and currently chairs the Steering
Committee of The Future of Richmond’s Past. Dr. Ayers received a B.A. from
University of Tennessee, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Yale University.


*Ambassador David Hale, Nominee for Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of
Pakistan, Department of State*

Ambassador David Hale, a career member of the Foreign Service, Class of
Career-Minister, is the Ambassador to the Lebanese Republic, a position he
has held since 2013. He previously served as the Special Envoy for Middle
East Peace from 2011 to 2013, and as Deputy Special Envoy for Middle East
Peace from 2009 to 2011. From 2008 to 2009, he was a Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs at the Department
of State. Prior to that, Ambassador Hale served as U.S. Ambassador to
Jordan from 2005 to 2008. Previously, he served at the U.S. Embassy in
Jordan as Charge d’Affaires from 2004 to 2005 and as Deputy Chief of
Mission from 2003 to 2004. Ambassador Hale has also served as Director of
the Office of Israel and Palestinian Affairs, Executive Assistant to the
Secretary of State, and in other positions overseas in Bahrain, Lebanon,
and Saudi Arabia. Ambassador Hale joined the Foreign Service in 1984. He
received a B.S.F.S. from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service.


*Dr. Kathryn Matthew, Nominee for Director, Institute of Museum and Library
Services*

Dr. Kathryn Matthew is Chief Science Educator at the Children’s Museum of
Indianapolis, a position she has held since 2014. She was a Principal
Consultant and a Product Manager at Blackbaud, Inc. from 2008 to 2013, a
Director at Historic Charleston Foundation from 2006 to 2008, and an
Exhibits Consultant at Chemical Heritage Foundation from 2005 to 2006. Dr.
Matthew was a Vice President at Please Touch Museum from 2003 to 2005 and a
Director at The Nature Conservancy from 2001 to 2002. She was a Director
at Reebok International from 1998 to 2001. Dr. Matthew also held senior
positions at various museums, including a Director at Science City at Union
Station from 1996 to 1998, Executive Director at the New Mexico Museum of
Natural History and Science from 1991 to 1994, Deputy Director at the
Virginia Museum of Natural History from 1988 to 1990, and an Assistant
Director at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History from 1986 to 1988.
Dr. Matthew received a B.A. from Mount Holyoke College, an M.B.A. from the
University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management, and a Ph.D. from the
University of Pennsylvania.


*Carol Fortine Ochoa, Nominee for Inspector General, General Services
Administration*

Carol Fortine Ochoa serves as Assistant Inspector General in the Oversight
and Review Division of the Office of the Inspector General at the
Department of Justice (DOJ), a position she has held since 2005. From 2002
to 2005, she was the Director of the Office of Oversight and Review at
DOJ. She served as Assistant United States Attorney for the Office of the
United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1989 to 2002.
From 1987 to 1989, Ms. Ochoa was an Associate Independent Counsel in the
Office of Independent Counsel James C. McKay. She was a Litigation
Associate at Covington & Burling from 1984 to 1989, and from 1983 to 1984
she was a Law Clerk for Chief Judge Charles C. Clark on the United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Ms. Ochoa received a B.A. from
Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and a J.D. from The George Washington
University National Law Center.


*Eric Satz, Nominee for Member, Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley
Authority*

Eric Satz serves as a Managing Member of the Tennessee Community Ventures
Fund, LLC (TNCV), a company he co-founded in 2009, and is Executive
Chairman to three TNCV portfolio companies. From 2010 to 2014, he served
as Investor, Advisor, and Vice President of Business Development for
Panopto, Inc. Mr. Satz co-founded and was Chief Executive Officer of
Plumgood Food, LLC from 2004 to 2008. Earlier in his career, Mr. Satz
served in various investment banking roles, including as Vice President in
the Technology Investment Banking Groups at Credit Suisse First Boston and
Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. In 1999, Mr. Satz co-founded Currenex, an
online global foreign currency exchange company. Mr. Satz received a B.A.
from Amherst College.


*President Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals
to key Administration posts:*


*Edward Douglas Dunson, Jr., Appointee for Member, Commission of Fine Arts*

Edward Douglas Dunson, Jr. is an Associate Professor of Architecture at the
Howard University School of Architecture and Design, a position he has held
since 1989. He has been Chairman of the Howard University Department of
Architecture since 2007. Mr. Dunson is a licensed architect and design
consultant with over 30 years of experience in architecture and
architecture education. He is a member of the National Organization of
Minority Architects and the American Institute of Architects. Mr. Dunson
previously served on the District of Columbia Historic Preservation Review
Board from 1992 to 2001. He received a B.Arch. from Howard University and
an M.S. in Architecture and Urban Design from Columbia University.


*Lisa Ling, Appointee for Member, President’s Commission on White House
Fellowships*

Lisa Ling is the Executive Producer and Host of *This is Life with Lisa
Ling* on CNN, a program that began airing in 2014. She was the Executive
Producer and Host of the documentary television series *Our America with
Lisa Ling* on the Oprah Winfrey Network from 2011 to 2014, and was a
Special Correspondent for the Oprah Winfrey Show from 2006 to 2010. Ms.
Ling was the Host of *National Geographic Explorer *from 2003 to 2010 and
co-Hosted ABC’s *The View* from 1999 to 2002. She was a Reporter for
Channel One News from 1992 to 1999, and is the co-author of the book *Somewhere
Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and the Other’s Fight to
Bring Her Home.*


*Jose Rodriguez, Appointee for Member, Board of Directors of the Border
Environment Cooperation Commission and the North American Development Bank*

Jose Rodriguez serves as the Texas State Senator for District 29 and as a
partner at Rodriguez & Associates, both positions he has held since 2011.
From 1993 to 2009, he served as a County Attorney for El Paso, Texas.
Mr. Rodriguez served as a Legal Advisor to the County Judge of El Paso in
1991. From 1990 to 1992, he was a Shareholder at Rodriguez, Lewis and
Collins. Previously, Mr. Rodriguez was the Director, Managing Attorney,
and Staff Attorney for Texas Rural Legal Aid, Inc from 1977 to 1988. He
also served as a Staff Attorney for the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development from 1974 to 1977. In 1973, Mr. Rodriguez served as a
Summer Clerk for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Mr. Rodriguez
received a B.A. from Pan American University and a J.D. from The George
Washington University National Law Center.


*Eric D. Schwerin, Appointee for Member, Commission for the Preservation of
America’s Heritage Abroad*

Eric D. Schwerin is Founding Partner and Managing Director at Rosemont
Seneca Partners, LLC, positions he has held since 2008. He has also been
President of RSP Investments, LLC since 2013. Previously, Mr. Schwerin was
Partner at Oldaker, Biden & Belair, LLP from 2002 to 2008. He worked in
various roles at the Department of Commerce, including Senior Policy
Advisor to the Secretary for International Trade in the Office of Policy
and Strategic Planning from 1999 to 2002, and International Trade
Specialist in the Office of Business Liaison from 1997 to 1999 and in the
International Trade Administration from 1994 to 1997. Mr. Schwerin
previously worked as Associate Director for Business Outreach in the Office
of Public Liaison at the White House from 2000 to 2001, and as Policy and
Outreach Coordinator for the China Trade Relations Working Group in 2000.
Earlier in his career, Mr. Schwerin spent a year as an English teacher with
Students For Czechoslovakia from 1991 to 1992. He was appointed to the
Industry Trade Advisory Committee For Information and Communications
Technologies, Services, and Electronic Commerce in 2003. Mr. Schwerin
received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.A. from the
Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University.


*Delia Haak, Appointee for United States Commissioner, Arkansas-Oklahoma
Arkansas River Compact Commission *

Delia Haak is the Executive Director of the Illinois River Watershed
Partnership, a position she has held since 2007. From 1985 to 2005, she
worked in various capacities at John Brown University, including Director
of Graduate Business Programs from 1999 to 2005, Director of the Soderquist
Center for Business Leadership and Ethics from 1997 to 2000, Associate
Professor of Business from 1991 to 2006, Sam M. Walton Free Enterprise
Fellow from 1991 to 1998, Coordinator of Marketing Support Services from
1988 to 1991, and Administrative Assistant to the President from 1985 to
1988. From 2001 to 2005, she also served as an Adjunct Graduate Faculty
member at Trinity Western University. Ms. Haak participated in the
Arkansas Governor’s Business Plan Competition from 2003 to 2006 and again
in 2011. Ms. Haak received a B.S. from John Brown University and an M.B.A.
and Ed.D. from the University of Arkansas.


*Joel West Williams, Appointee for Alternate United States Commissioner,
Arkansas-Oklahoma Arkansas River Compact Commission*

Joel West Williams serves as Staff Attorney for the Native American Rights
Fund, a position he has held since 2013. From 2011 to 2012, Mr. Williams
was Senior Legislative Officer for the Cherokee Nation. He served as
Assistant Counsel in the Governor’s Office of General Counsel for the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 2003 to 2011. Mr. Williams is a citizen
of the Cherokee Citizen and is also the president-elect of the Native
American Bar Association of D.C. Mr. Williams received a B.A. from Naropa
University and a J.D. from Widener University School of Law.


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