White House Advisors, Key Staff and Presidential Commissions

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U.S. House and Senate Leadership & Committee Chairmen

Bush Administration White House Advisors and Key Staff "P e r s o n n e l   I s   P o l i c y"

Chief of Staff: Joshua B. Bolten, Bush's former OMB Director, policy director for the 2000 Bush campaign, and a former Goldman Sachs executive.  While in the White House, Bolten ran the Domestic Consequences Group, which coordinated the White House response to 9/11, helped create plans for the Department of Homeland Security and oversee steel tariff policy.  Bolten was Policy Director of Bush's 2000 campaign. He was  legislative affairs director and general counsel to the U.S. Trade Representative for President G.H.W. Bush. He earlier worked at the law firm O'Melveny & Myers and as international trade counsel to the Senate Finance Committee, and from 1994-1999, was Executive Director, Legal & Government Affairs, for Goldman Sachs International in London..  He also served as Executive Assistant to the Director of the Kissinger Commission on Central America.  Princeton, Stanford Law. Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to the President: Karl Rove. Mr. Rove still controls the Office of Public Liaison and the Office of Strategic Initiatives.  Mr. Rove served as Assistant to the President, Chief of Staff, and Senior Advisor since 2005, and as Senior Advisor from 2001 through 2005.  He was chief strategist for the Bush campaign in 2000. From 1981-1999, he was President of Karl Rove & Co., and was formerly the chief lobbyist for General Motors.  U. of Utah, U. of Texas at Austin and George Mason U. Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy: Joel Kaplan, who was deputy budget director at OMB under Mr. Bolten.  Mr. Kaplan is responsible for the policy development process in the White House, and works closely with the four policy councils and the Cabinet agencies to provide the President with advice on all policy matters.  Mr. Kaplan has served as Deputy Director of OMB since 2003.  He previously served as Special Assistant to the President in the Office of the Chief of Staff.  Previously, Mr. Kaplan was a law clerk for Justice Scalia on the Supreme Court and for Judge Michael Luttig on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He served for four years in the Marine Corps.  Harvard, Harvard Law. Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations: Joseph Hagin, who oversees administrative matters, intelligence and other national security issues. Hagin ran legislative affairs and Congressional relations under President G.H.W. Bush.  Joe Hagin has served in this position since January 2001, was deputy campaign manager in Bush's 2000 campaign, and was formerly a vice president at Chiquita Brands. Special Assistant for Policy in the Office of the White House Chief of Staff: Kristen Silverberg, a 2000 Bush campaign worker, she previously clerked for Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Graduate of Harvard.

Council of Economic Advisors -- Chairman: Robert Glenn Hubbard, Professor of Economics and Finance at Columbia University. He was Deputy Assistant Secretary at Treasury, 1991-1993, a professor at various universities, and earlier in his career he served as the Director of the Program on Tax Policy at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI).  In 2002 he opposed Bush's tariff on imported steel but supports lowering tax rates.  The CEA chairman gives advice directly to the President and to the senior members of the administration.  The Council is comprised of the Chairman and only two additional members. Council of Economic Advisors - Member: Randall S. Kroszner, a Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business where he has taught since 1990. From 1987-1989 he served as a Junior Staff Economist on the Council of Economic Advisors. He served as a visiting scholar in the research department of the International Monetary Fund in 1993-1995 and 2000, and as a visiting scholar at Federal Reserve Banks in Chicago, New York, Minneapolis, Kansas City and St. Louis.  Brown, Master's and Ph.D. from Harvard. Council of Economic Advisors - Member: (the second member position is vacant at present) Chief of Staff: Diana Furchgott-Roth, formerly associated with the American Enterprise Institute (AEI).

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: General Peter Pace, United States Marine Corps General. Pace served as Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He previously served as Commander in Chief, United States Southern Command. Prior to that, he was Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Atlantic/Europe/South. General Pace received his commission in 1967, following graduation from the United States Naval Academy. He was later assigned to the 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division in the Republic of Vietnam, serving as a Rifle Platoon Leader and subsequently as Assistant Operations Officer. General Pace graduated from the National War College in 1986 and also holds a master's from George Washington U. Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr., United States Navy.  Admiral Giambastiani served as Commander, United States Joint Forces Command and Supreme Allied Commander Transformation. He previously served as Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense. Prior to that, he was Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Resources, Warfare Requirements, and Assessments. Earlier in his career, Admiral Giambastiani was Commander, Submarine Force, United States Atlantic Fleet. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy with leadership distinction in 1970. Early assignments included USS Puffer, USS Francis Scott Key, and Commanding Officer of the USS Richard B. Russell.

National Security Advisor: Stephen J. Hadley, a principal in the Scowcroft Group, Inc., an international consulting firm and is also a member of the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace.  Hadley served as Deputy National Security Advisor under Condoleezza Rice.  He was Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy 1989-1993 and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for European and Eurasian Affairs: Ambassador Daniel Fried, Ambassador to Poland from November 1997 until May 2000 under Bill Clinton. Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control: Franklin C. Miller, who held a series of senior-level positions in the Defense Department under Clinton and Bush and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Proliferation Strategy, Counterproliferation and Homeland Defense: Robert G. Joseph, former professor of National Security Studies and Director of the Center for Counterproliferation Research at the National Defense University. Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council: Dr. Jendayi E. Frazer, Harvard Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government, and was an International Affairs Fellow with the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and is a current member as well.  She was a visiting fellow at the Center for International Security and Arms Control at Stanford University; a research associate at the Institute for Development Studies at the University of Nairobi, Kenya; and editor of the journal Africa Today. Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs: Ambassador John F. Maisto, Ambassador to Venezuela from 1997-2000, and most recently was Foreign Policy Advisor at the U.S. Southern Command.  He served as Ambassador to Nicaragua 1993-96; was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central American Affairs, 1992-93; and Deputy U.S. Representative to the Organization of American States, 1989-92. Earlier, he served in Panama as Deputy Chief of Mission, as Director of the State Dept's. Office of Philippine Affairs, and at embassies in Manila, San Jose, and La Paz. Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs and Deputy National Security Advisor: Gary R. Edson. "Edson will serve as a deputy to both Larry Lindsey, the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy and the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs.  He will be responsible for coordinating and integrating international economic policy with national security and foreign policy.  He will also be the lead U.S. coordinator for the annual G-8 summits". Executive Secretary of the National Security Council: Gregory L. Schulte, who comes from the Office of the Secretary of Defense, where he worked on policy guidance for war planning and for countering weapons of mass destruction. Senior Director for Southeast European Affairs on the NSC staff 2000-2002.  He also served on the NSC staff 1998-1999 as Special Assistant to the President.  From 1992-1998, He was Director of the Secretary General's Bosnia Task Force at NATO Headquarters in Belgium. Prior to NATO, he was at the Pentagon as Director for Strategic Forces Policy and Assistant for Theater Nuclear Forces Policy.  Masters in Public Administration from Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School.

Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs (Lobbyist to Congress): David Hobbs who served as Deputy Assistant to the President -- House of Representatives. Prior to the White House he was Chief of Staff to House Majority Leader Dick Armey. Bachelor's and masters U. of Texas. Deputy Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy for Legislative Affairs: Ziad Ojakli, who served as Deputy Assistant to the President - Senate. Prior to joining the White House, he was Chief of Staff for the late Senator Paul Coverdell. In the past he has worked on both the House and Senate sides for Congressman Mark Souder and former Senator Dan Coats. Originally from Brooklyn, New York, bachelor's from Georgetown. Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs for the U.S. House of Representatives: (Formerly David W. Hobbs). Special Assistants to the President for Legislative Affairs for the U.S House of Representatives:  Brian C. Conklin, Kirsten Ardleigh Chadwick, R. Nelson Litterest, Daniel J. Keniry. Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs for the United States Senate: Ziad S. Ojakli. Special Assistants to the President for Legislative Affairs for the U.S. Senate:  Christine M. Ciccone, Townsend Lange McNitt, Dirksen Lehman.

White House Press Secretary: Tony Snow, the well known Fox News host and commentator, who served the as Director of Speechwriting and Deputy Assistant to the President for Media Affairs for the G.H.W. Bush White House.  He started his career in 1979 as an editorial writer for The Greensboro Record in North Carolina. wrote editorials for The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk. He ran the editorial pages in both The Daily Press of Newport News and The Washington Times. He's written nationally syndicated columns for both The Detroit News and USA Today.  During his career in print journalism, he was cited for his work by the Society for Professional Journalists, AP, and Gannett. For 7 years, he served as the host of "FOX News Sunday" and most recently was host of "The Tony Snow Show" on FOX News Radio, and "Weekend Live with Tony Snow" on the FOX News Channel.  Snow has also taught children in Kenya and belongs to a rock band called 'Beats Working'.

Assistant to the President and White House Communications Director: Daniel Bartlett, currently Deputy Assistant to the President and White House Communications Director. Before being named Communications Director, he was principal deputy to Mrs. Karen Hughes, assisting her in managing White House Communications.   Bartlett is responsible for managing all White House communications.  Before joining the Bush Administration, Mr. Bartlett served as a senior spokesman and the Director of Rapid Response for the Bush campaign in Texas. He has served George W. Bush since 1993, working on both successful campaigns for Governor of Texas. From 1994 to 1998, Bartlett worked in the Governor's Office as Deputy to the Policy Director. During the 1998 reelection campaign, he served as Issues Director. Before joining George W. Bush, Mr. Bartlett worked for Karl Rove and Associates. U. of Texas at Austin.  Mr. Bartlett is filling some of the duties from Karen Hughes who left in October 2002. Deputy Director of Communications: Jim Wilkinson, formerly communications director at the National Republican Congressional Committee and worked on Capitol Hill for House Majority Leader Dick Armey. Deputy Assistant to the President for Communications: Suzy DeFrancis who will assist in general communications strategy, planning, and execution of the President's agenda. She is a veteran staffer of previous GOP Presidential administrations, and was Senior V.P. and Director of Public Affairs at Porter Novelli, a PR firm.  Previously, she served as Deputy Director of Communications and Congressional Affairs at the Republican National Committee. Mrs. DeFrancis served as a speechwriter in the Nixon Administration and for former U.S. Senator Robert P. Griffin and former U.S. Secretary of the Interior Rogers C.B. Morton.  Miss. DeFrancis is filling some of the duties from Karen Hughes who left in October 2002.

Assistant to the President for Speechwriting and Policy Advisor: Mike Gerson, who had been Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Speechwriting 2001-2002. Gerson joined the Bush campaign in 1999 as Chief Speechwriter and Senior Policy Advisor. He was previously Senior Editor covering politics at U.S. News and World Report. Gerson was a speechwriter and policy advisor for Jack Kemp, a speechwriter for Bob Dole during the 1996 presidential campaign, and he served Senator Dan Coats from Indiana as Policy Director. Graduate, Wheaton College in Illinois.

Chief White House Counsel: Harriet Miers, who removed her name as the 2005 nominee for the O'Connor Supreme Court seat after overwhelming conservative opposition.  Miers has been a longtime Texas associate and formerly Bush's personal lawyer in Texas, and came with the president to the White House as his staff secretary, the person in charge of all the paperwork that crosses the president's desk.  Miers was promoted to deputy chief of staff in June 2003.  From 1995 to 2000, she was chairwoman of the Texas Lottery Commission.  Miers also has served as a member-at-large on the Dallas City Council.  Bachelor's and J.D. from Southern Methodist.  Miers donated to Al Gore in 1988, but opposed an ABA pro-abortion position in 1990. Deputy Counsel and Deputy Assistant to the President: David G. Leitch, Previously, Mr. Leitch worked for the FAA as Chief Counsel. More recently, he was detailed to the OMB where he served as the Counsel to the Transition Planning Office for the Department of Homeland Security. Before joining the administration, he worked for the Washington law firm Hogan and Hartson L.L.P, 1987-1994. Mr. Leitch also spent time at the Department of Justice, as Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Senior Counsel. Earlier in his career, he served as a law clerk to Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and Circuit Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III.

Office of Homeland Security - Assistant to the President for Homeland Security: Tom Ridge, a former GOP Pennsylvania Congressman and Governor.  Ridge has been nominated by the President to become the Homeland Security Department Cabinet Secretary. Chief Information Officer: Steve Cooper Homeland Security Council - Members: Director of the Office of Homeland Security, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, Secretary of HHS, Secretary of Transportation, Director of OMB, Director of CIA, Director of FBI, Director of FEMA, Chief of Staff to the President, Chief of Staff to the Vice President. State and Local Officials Senior Advisory Committee - Chairman: Michael Levitt, the current Republican Governor of Utah and a past Chairman of the National Governors Association.  The State and Local Officials Senior Advisory Committee was established by Executive Order 13260 on March 19, 2002. The purpose of this committee is to provide the President's Homeland Security Advisory Council with advice on increasing America's security from state and local government officials. Vice Chairman: Mayor Anthony Williams, of the District of Columbia.  Before his election, he was Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia. Members: James Dunlap of Oklahoma is the Minority Floor Leader in the Oklahoma State Senate. He currently serves on the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) National Board of Directors and recently was the organization's chairman. Robert Eckels of Texas is currently a county Judge from Harris County and serves as director of Emergency Management. From 1982-1994, he was a member of the Texas State House of Representatives. Donna Finn of Ohio currently serves as Township Trustee in Jefferson Township (Franklin County). Prior to her election, she was the Township's chief zoning enforcement officer as Zoning and Development Coordinator. Glenda Hood of Florida is the three-term Republican Mayor of Orlando, FL. Before becoming Mayor in 1992, she served as an Orlando City Council member. Mayor Hood is a past president of the National League of Cities. Don Knabe of California is presently on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. He previously served as Chief of Staff, Fourth District Supervisor and Mayor of Cerritos, CA. Bill Pryor of Alabama is Attorney General of Alabama. Previously he served as Deputy Attorney General in charge of special civil and constitutional litigation. Sydney Taurel, the President and CEO of drug giant Eli Lilly The State and Local Senior Advisory Committee also includes representatives from the National Governors Association, the Council of State Governments, the United States Conference of Mayors, the National League of Cities, the National Association of Counties, the National Conference of State Legislatures, and the International City-County Managers Association.

Assistant to the President and Director of the National Economic Council (Chief Economic Adviser): Stephen E. Friedman  Conservatives and supply-siders opposed his nomination.  Friedman is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the anti-tax-cut Concord Coalition which fought Bush's 2001 tax cuts, a donor to Democrats Hillary Clinton, Robert Kerrey, Charles Schumer, Jon Corzine, Bill Bradley, and to the Democrat Congressional Campaign Committee; in addition to many GOP candidates (From fec.gov search).  He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) where he is also a "Harold Pratt Associate" (top donor).  Friedman is also Chairman Emeritus of the Executive Committee of the liberal Brookings Institution, spent 28 years with Goldman Sachs & Company. He is currently a Senior Principal at the investing firm Marsh & McLennan Capital, and serves on the boards of directors of Goldman Sachs, Fannie Mae and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Cornell, Columbia Law.  He is currently a member on the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board and served on the Presidential/Congressional Commission on the Roles and Capabilities of the U.S. Intelligence Community.  He has also been a board member of the National Bureau of Economic Research.  Friedman replaced Dr. Lawrence B. Lindsey, who was forced to resign 12/6/02. Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy: Doug Badger. As a member of the National Economic Council staff, Mr. Badger holds the senior health policy coordination responsibilities of Dr. Mark McClellan, who was been nominated to be FDA Commissioner. He was a partner with Washington Council Ernst & Young since 1999 and he worked in the U.S. Senate, 1989-1999 with the Senate Republican Policy Committee then as Chief of Staff to Assistant Majority Leader Senator Don Nickles. From 1985-1989, he held various policy positions in HHS and Social Security.  Master of Divinity from Westminster Theological Seminary.

Assistant to the President and Secretary to the Cabinet: Albert Hawkins. Hawkins was a Deputy Campaign Manager for Bush-Cheney 2000 where he was responsible for financial planning and budget management.  Prior to the campaign, he was Director of the Governor’s Office of Budget and Planning in Texas 1995-1999 and was the Governor’s chief advisor on state and local fiscal issues.  Hawkins worked with the Texas Legislative Budget Board, 1978-1994.

Deputy Assistant to the President for Management and Administration: Hector F. Irastorza, Jr., President and CEO of Icon Solutions, a "strategic planning and reputation management" firm in Washington, D.C.

Deputy Assistant to the President for Appointments and Scheduling: Brad Blakeman, who spent two years as Lead Advance Representative for Bush/Cheney 2000 and also worked in the same capacity for the Bush/Quayle campaigns in 1988 & 1992.  From 1980-1993, he was a consultant to the offices of the President and Vice President of the United States.

Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel: Dina Habib Powell, who has been Special Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel. Prior to joining the Bush administration, she served in the personnel office of the Bush-Cheney Transition Team. Earlier in her career, she was the Director of Congressional Affairs for the Republican National Committee (RNC) in Washington, D.C. She also was a senior staff. member with House Majority Leader, Dick Armey.  U. Texas, Austin.

Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Iraq: Kevin J. Bergner. Brigadier General Bergner recently served as Deputy Director of Political-Military Affairs (Middle East) at the Department of Defense. Trinity University, City University of New York. Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Political Affairs: J. Scott Jennings. Mr. Jennings recently served as Associate Director in the Office of Political Affairs at the White House. U. of Louisville. Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy: Jeffrey F. Kupfer, who recently served as Executive Director of the President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform. Yale, JD from Harvard Law. Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for South and Central Asian Affairs: Elisabeth Millard, recently the Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy in Kathmandu.  London School of Economics & Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Special Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel: Luis A. Reyes. Mr. Reyes recently served as Chief of Staff to the Associate Attorney General and Deputy Associate Attorney General at the Department of Justice. He received his bachelor's degree and JD from the University of Texas.

Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs: Ruben Barrales, President and CEO of Silicon Valley Network in San Jose.  In 1992, he became the first Latino elected to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors.

Associate Director for Domestic Policy: Sarah Youssef, a 2000 Bush campaign worker who previously worked as a policy analyst on welfare and education issues at the Heritage Foundation.

Director of National Drug Control Policy "Drug Czar": John P. Walters, who served as the chief of staff to Bill Bennett, and later served as Deputy Director and Acting Director of the Office of National Control Policy.

Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy: Angela Styles, of Virginia.

Public Liason to Conservative Organizations: Timothy Goeglein, a former aide to Gary Bauer and U.S. Senator Dan Coats (R-IN).  This is the individual who meets with conservatives and many non-profit organizations wishing to communicate with the President.

Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives - President & Director: Jim Towey, who has served a Republican state Senator and a Democratic governor; and ran a statewide Department of Health.  He also worked with Mother Teresa for more than a decade. He replaced John DiIulio.  4/19/06: Towey to resign Deputy Director: Don Eberly

Corporation for National and Community Service - Chairman and Board Member: Steve Goldsmith, serving a term expiring in 2005.  He is a former Mayor of Indianapolis and a participant with the Aspen Institute’s Domestic Strategy Group. Chief Executive Officer: Leslie Lenkowsky.  He was a Professor of Philanthropic Studies and Public Policy at Indiana U.-Purdue U. at Indianapolis Center on Philanthropy at Indiana U., 1997-2001.  From 1990-1997, Lenkowsky served as President of the Hudson Institute and from 1985-1990, he served as the President of the Institute for Educational Affairs.  He is a member of various Academic and Civic Boards and Committees and has served on the Board of Directors at the Corporation for National and Community Service. Graduate Franklin and Marshall College, Ph.D. from Harvard.

Office of Science and Technology -- Director: John H. Marburger, III, currently the Director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and President of Brookhaven Science Associates. He is presently on a leave of absence from the State University of New York at Stony Brook where he served as President and Professor from 1980-1994 and as a University Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering from 1994-1997. Princeton, Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Stanford.

Office for Victims of Crime - Director: John W. Gillis, He served as Commissioner of the Board of Prison Terms for the State of California 1990-1999, holding the Chairman's seat 1991-1993.  Gillis was an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department 1962-1988 and retired with the rank of Assistant Commanding Officer.

Office of National AIDS Policy - Director: Dr. Joe O'Neill, formerly Acting Director of the Office of HIV/AIDS Policy at HHS and Director of the HIV/AIDS Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration, the office responsible for management of the $1.9 billion Ryan White CARE Act. Dr. O'Neill is a practicing HIV/AIDS physician and a volunteer member of the faculty of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore.   As the Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy, Dr. O'Neill will work with the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of State and other federal agencies to develop and coordinate HIV/AIDS policy and programs for the Administration. The Office provides support to the AIDS Task Force, co-chaired by the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, which coordinates the Administration's activities and responses to all aspects of the domestic and global AIDS epidemic.  "The move would add another openly gay Bush Administration appointee on the administration's AIDS policy team...   "President Bush continues to lead where others merely offered speeches and rhetoric," said Rich Tafel, executive director of Log Cabin Republicans. "With Scott Evertz and Joe O'Neill, we have two of the best qualified people in the nation on the President's team...." Global Fund to Fight AIDS and infectious diseases - Director: Scott H. Evertz, formerly the Director of National AIDS Policy.  Evertz, who is openly homosexual and was president for three years prior to joining the White House of the Wisconsin branch of the Log Cabin Republicans, the homosexual GOP group.  He worked against traditional marriage legislation in Wisconsin and spoke out against the Boy Scouts' policies on homosexuals.  He is an ally of Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson and worked on the GOP platform language on AIDS policies.  He was one of the group of homosexual Republicans who met with then-candidate Bush in Austin, TX in April 2000.  "As the Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy, Mr. Evertz will work with federal agencies and coordinate the development of HIV/AIDS policy for the White House.  He will also be the White House point of contact for organizations focused on community-based, national and international aspects of HIV/AIDS."  Evertz will also be a member of the White House Domestic Policy Council.

USA Freedom Corps Director: John Bridgeland

Presidential Commissions and Advisory Boards

Iraq Study Group - see U.S. Institute for Peace in our federal agencies N-Z page

9/11 Commission (National Commission on Terrorist Attacks) - Chairman: Gov. Thomas Kean, former New Jersey governor 1982 -1990.  Kean was president of Drew University in Madison, N.J., and was appointed by President Clinton to serve on both the advisory board to the President's Initiative on Race and as chairman of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.  Kean is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), as are current and former 9/11 Commission members: Kissinger, Mitchell, Vice Chairman Hamilton, and Jamie Gorlick.  Kean replaced Henry Kissinger as chairman.  News: Chairman Henry Kissinger quit on 12/13/02 due to conflicts of interest and his refusal to reveal the secret list of corporations and foreign governments he has as clients.  In spite of this, Kissinger still serves on the Defense Policy Board -- see More Kissinger Info for details., former New Jersey governor 1982 -1990.  Kean was president of Drew University in Madison, N.J., and was appointed by President Clinton to serve on both the advisory board to the President's Initiative on Race and as chairman of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.  Kean is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), as are current and former 9/11 Commission members: Kissinger, Mitchell, Vice Chairman Hamilton, and Jamie Gorlick.  Kean replaced Henry Kissinger as chairman.  News: Chairman Henry Kissinger quit on 12/13/02 due to conflicts of interest and his refusal to reveal the secret list of corporations and foreign governments he has as clients.  In spite of this, Kissinger still serves on the Defense Policy Board -- see More Kissinger Info for details. Vice Chairman: Former Rep. Lee Hamilton, D-Ind., a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) who replaced on this commission the former Senate Democratic leader George Mitchell as Vice Chairman after concerns were raised about Mitchell's potential conflicts of interests involving his law firm.  Mitchell is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). The commission concluded it's work.  It was established for 18 months and examined issues such as intelligence, aviation security and border control; but the main role of it was not to find mistakes by the government that could have prevented the attacks, but to "understand the methods of America's enemies and the nature of the threats we face" (George Bush 11/27/02). Members: (Equally appointed by Democrats and Republicans) Republican Appointed Members: Sen. Slade Gorton, former GOP Senator from Washington and attorney with Preston Gates Ellis in Seattle, which represents several major airlines.  Gorton was appointed by Senate Republican leader Trent Lott. Gov. Jim Thompson, GOP governor from 1977-1991 and the current chairman of the Chicago-based law firm of Winston & Strawn.  Thompson was appointed by House Speaker Dennis Hastert. Fred Fielding, a former White House counsel and attorney.  Fielding was appointed by House Speaker Dennis Hastert. The final GOP appointee could be former Sen. Warren Rudman, R-N.H., who is being supported by Sen. McCain and 9/11 victim's families.  Rudman led an advisory group that warned of U.S. vulnerability to terrorist attacks before Sept. 11. Democrat Appointed Members: Sen. Max Cleland, D-GA. who was defeated in his 2002 Senate re-election campaign. Rep. Timothy Roemer, D-IN, who retired from Congress in 2002. Richard Ben-Veniste, an attorney with Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw in Washington DC, and formerly Minority chief counsel to the Senate Whitewater Committee, and earlier, Chief of the Watergate Task Force.  He was Chief of the Special Prosecutions Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York, and also served as Special Counsel to the Senate Subcommittee on Governmental Operations. Jamie Gorelick, a deputy Attorney General in the Clinton administration and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).

President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board (PCIPB) -- Chairman: Richard Clarke, the president's top information (computer) security adviser.  He is planning to retire in February 2003.  Clarke has been the driving force behind the development of the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace. He plans to leave once the final version of the document is released around March 1.   Clarke has been a member of the National Security Council since 1992 and has been in government service for 30 years, and is leaving to join the private sector.  The PCIPB is expected to become part of the Department of Homeland Security, and it serves as a group of expert advisers on information security issues.

Advisory Board for Cuba Broadcasting - Feliciano Foyo, to serve until 2004. Foyo was a Partner in Banner Beef Company, 1968-1998, and a CPA in private practice 1977-1998. Before coming to the United States, he was President of Inter-American Freight in Havana, an accountant in private practice and an accountant with Crusellas y Cia.  Foyo attended the U. of Havana and received a bachelor's degree from the U. of Miami. Director: Dr. Salvador Lew

Advisory Committee on the Arts, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts - Member: Dennis Algiere of Rhode Island.  Mr. Algiere is currently the Rhode Island State Senate Minority Leader and is Senior V.P. of Washington Trust Co.

Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations  "ACTPN" provides the U.S. Trade Representative with policy advice on matters concerning objectives and bargaining positions before entering into trade agreements, the operation of any trade agreement once entered into, etc.  ACTPN consists of members including representatives of non-federal governments and labor, industry, agriculture, small business, service industries, retailer and consumer interests. Members (appointed for two-year terms):  Margaret Cushing Whitman, President and CEO, eBay; Steven Rollie Rogel, Chairman, President and CEO, Weyerhaeuser; Frank Henry Habicht II, CEO, Global Environment and Technology Foundation; Jerome Jasinowski, President, National Association of Maunfacturers; William Frenzel, Guest Scholar, Brookings Institute; Rodolphe Vallee, Chairman, CEO, R.L. Vallee, Inc.; Bernard Aronson, Managing Partner, ACON Investments and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR); Edward Emma, President and CEO, Jockey International; Jill Considine, Chair and CEO, The Depository Trust and Clearing Corp. and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).; Wythe Willey, President, National Cattlemen's Beef Association; Edward Perkins, Crowe Professor in Geo-Politics and Executive Director of International Programs, Univ. of Oklahoma and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).; Richard Rivera, Vice Chairman, Darden Restaurants; Pete Hanna, Chairman, President and CEO, Hanna Steel Corp.; John Rowland, Governor of Connecticut, Jean-Pierre Rosso, Chairman, CNH Global; Hersh Kozlov, Senior Partner, Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP; Samuel Palmisano, President and CEO, IBM; JoAnn Brouillette, President, Demeter; Herbert Johnson, Chairman, SC Johnson & Son; Hector Ruiz, President and CEO, Advanced Micro Devices; Melinda Bush, President and CEO, HRW Holdings; Richard Wardrop, Jr., Chairman, CEO and President, AK Steel Corp.; Grace Nichols, President and CEO, Victoria's Secret; Larry Liebenow, President and CEO, Quaker Fabric; Michael Goldstein, Chairman, Toys "R" Us Children's Fund; Thomas Mottola, Chairman and CEO, Sony Music Entertainment, George Fitch, President, IOP Associates, Mayor of Warrenton, VA; Luis Lauredo, President, Hunton & Williams, Latin American Services, LLC; James Winston Morrison, President, Small Business Exporters Association; Walter Bernard Duffy Hickey, Jr., Chairman, Hickey Freeman Company; Robert Edward Grady, Managing Director, The Carlyle Group Morgan; Yaping Wang, CEO and Chairman, Angeles Optics, Inc.; James Philip Hoffa, General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters; Paul Norman Beckner, President and CEO of Citizens for a Sound Economy.

Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS Co-Chairman: Former U.S. Rep. Tom Coburn (R. OK), an obstetrician who's appointment pleased conservative and pro-family groups. While in Congress (1995-2001), Coburn voted for the Defense of Marriage Act and against homosexual adoptions, affirmative action and partial birth abortion. More info Co-Chairman: Louis Sullivan, the Secretary of HHS under former President Bush, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Executive Director: Patricia Ware, "a conservative African American who favors abstinence programs, who was almost fired in July 2002 after protests by AIDS workers and homosexual groups".

President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities Member: Frank E. Fowler, II, of Tennessee. Member: Margaret Robson of New Mexico.

President's Commission on Excellence in Special Education - Chairman: Terry Edward Branstad of Iowa. Millions of children have been forced to take mind-altering drugs such as Ritalin after contact with "special education" programs in schools.  Branstad was an Iowa State Representative, 1973-1979; Lieutenant Governor of Iowa, 1979-1983; and Governor of Iowa, 1983-1994.  Many members of this commission have been closely associated with the psychology industry and government school systems. Members: Adela Acosta of Maryland; former U.S. Rep Steve Bartlett of Texas; Dr. William Berdine of Kentucky; Paula C. Butterfield of Pennsylvania; Jay G. Chambers of California; psychologist W. Alan Coulter of Louisiana; Rev. Floyd Flake of New York; Thomas Albert Flemming of Michigan; psychologist Jack M. Fletcher of Texas; Douglas H. Gill of Washington; David W. Gordon of California; Nancy S. Grasmick of Maryland; Stephen Hammerman of New York; Bryan C. Hassel of North Carolina; Douglas Carl Huntt of Ohio; Michael J. Rivas of Texas; psychologist Cheryl Rei Takemoto of Virginia; Katie Wright of Illinois. Ex Officio Members: Psychologist Elizabeth Ann Bryan from Dept. Education; Edward Sontag from HHS; psychologist Robert Pasternack from HHS; psychologist Reid Lyon from NIH; Psychiatrist Wade F. Horn from HHS. Executive Director: C. Todd Jones

President's Commission on the United States Postal Service  The Commission  investigates the the continued need of the postal monopoly and issues relating to the Postal Service's financial survival, and will report and terminate no later than August 30, 2003. Co-Chairman: James A. Johnson of the District of Columbia Co-Chairman: Harry Pearce of Michigan Members: Richard C. Levin of Connecticut, Norman I. Seabrook of New York, Carolyn L. Gallagher of Texas, Robert S. Walker of Pennsylvania, Joseph R. Wright of New York, Don V. Cogman of Arizona, Dionel E. Aviles of Texas

Commission on Fine Arts Member: Donald Capoccia of New York, to serve until 2005 Member: Pamela Nelson, of Texas, to serve until 2005

Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry: Member: Buzz Aldrin of California, Apollo 11 Astronaut -- the first Moon Landing in 1969. Member: Michael Bolen of Kansas Member: Neil deGrasse Tyson of New York Member: Robert Walker of Pennsylvania Member: Heidi R. Wood of Massachusetts Member: John W. Douglas of Virginia

Commission on Presidential Scholars - Chairman: Brunno V. Manno. The Commission selects, recognizes and honors high achieving high school seniors from across the country. Members: Andrew Ly Thanh Buhr of Missouri, Robert Lewis King of New York, Jennifer Sandra Carroll of Florida, Lynne Ann Munson of Massachusetts, Lawrence Richard Bearden of Arkansas, Modesto A. Maidique of Florida, Mary Katherine Turner of Wyoming, Paul Gust Vallas of Illinois, Father Theodore Martin Hesburgh of Indiana, Flo N. Traywick of Virginia, Michele M. Ridge of Pennsylvania, Virginia Sue Hoffa of Michigan, Marcia Jackson of Texas, Former Congressman Manuel Lujan, Jr. of New Mexico, Elizabeth K. Johnson of Virginia, Mary Kramer of Iowa, Linda Richey Graves of Kansas, Louis Wade Sullivan--Secretary of HHS 1989-93 and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Jean Loretta Becker of Texas, Nancy Ann Hunt of Texas, Stanley E. Taylor of Virginia, Shirley Miller of Georgia, Glen Thomas Becerra of California, Williamson Evers of California, Fidel Alfonso Vargas of California, Fernando Augusto Mateo of New York and President of Hispanics Across America, Charlotte Mohr of Iowa who is a retired nurse and family farmer, Robert Dolph Ray of Iowa who is the President of Ray Enterprises. Renee Russell of North Carolina who is the Director of Telecommunications at Mission St. Joseph's Health Systems.

President's Commission on White House Fellowships - Chairman: Brad Freeman of California Members: James E. Bostic, Jr. of Georgia; Paul W. Brooks of Wyoming; Gilberto Cardenas of Indiana; Martha Chayet of Massachusetts; Ben Crenshaw of Texas; Robert M. Duncan of Kentucky; Clayton Fong of Washington; Valde Garcia of Michigan; Phillip J. Montante, J. of New York; Patrick F. Noonan of Maryland; Alan Novak of Pennsylvania; Paul Simon of Illinios; Rosemarie Avila of California; Fred Carter of South Carolina; Olden Lee of Arizona; William McGurn of New Jersey; Marcia Jackson of Texas; Angela Antonelli of Virginia; Bruno V. Manno of Ohio; Jimmy Gurule of Michigan; Former Congressman Manuel Lujen Jr., of New Mexico; and Lawrence Richard Bearden of Arkansas.

President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation. Member: Richard Parsons the Chief Executive Officer of AOL/Time Warner Inc. He attended the University of Hawaii, and received his law degree from Albany Law School. Member: Martha Williamson, a veteran of the entertainment industry who is currently the Executive Producer of the CBS television series Touched by an Angel. She is a graduate of Williams College.

New Freedom Commission on "Mental Health" - This commission was created (by Executive Order 13263) for pharmaceutical companies and the psychiatric/psychology lobbies to push for federal legislation mandating "mental health parity" in health insurance; for heavy industry funding of campaigns; and to help save the psychiatric industry from growing public awareness that it doesn't work. The Commission's final report laid out the battle plan for mandatory "mental health" testing of all Americans, starting with children, and to use mind-altering psychiatric drugs as the "cure".  More info on this Soviet-style program, which is already starting under way under names like "Teen Screen". Many members were closely affiliated with the industry resulting in ignoring better and safer treatments such as religious counseling, nutrition & vitamins, allergy treatments, etc. One example of industry funding.  The commission has now terminated. Insurance Parity Info -  Related Info - History - More Info - Chronicles Report.  "Parity" would dramatically increase health care premiums for millions of families and result in more Americans being pressured to take mind-altering drugs, as well as millions more school children being forced to take these drugs.  Tell your Congressman and Senators to vote against mental health parity and to stop mandatory "mental health" testing. Chairman: Michael Francis Hogan, a psychologist who has served as Director of the Ohio Dept. of Mental Health since 1991 and an advocate for mandated insurance "parity".  Hogan served with the Connecticut Dept. of Mental Health, 1984-1991, the Massachusetts Dept. of Mental Health 1976-1984, and as an Admin Intern with the N.Y. Dept. of Mental Hygiene. Member, National Advisory Mental Health Council; President, National Assoc. of State Mental Health Program Directors Research (NASMHPD) Institute.  Hogan is the president of the NASMHPD Research Institute, and was Mental Health Program Director in Ohio when TMAP was implemented there.  Hogan participated on a Janssen advisory board along with Steven Karp, the Pennsylvania Director who implemented TMAP (Texas Medication Algorithm Program). He serves with Steve Shon in NASMHPD. Commission Member: Dr. Jane Adams, Exec. Dir. Keys for Networking, in Topeka, KS, which is partially federally funded.  Adams served at the Kansas State Mental Health Task Force and with Wraparound Kansas Mental Health Centers. Commission Member: Rodolfo Arredondo a psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry at Texas Tech.  Arredondo served on the board of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation during TMAP’s development. He was a member of the TMAP steering committee and is currently working with TMAP to develop "algorithms for disorders co-occurring with schizophrenia and depression". Commission Member: Dr. Daniel B. Fisher, a psychiatrist and the Co-Director of the National Empowerment Center in Lawrence, MA, which distributes pro-psychiatric industry materials. Commission Member: Anil Godbole, M.D., a psychiatrist with Advocate North Side Health in Chicago.  He was also President of the National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems, an industry lobbying company and campaign money donor (PAC) pushing for issues of interest to the psychiatric industry. These issues can include mandated psychiatric insurance "parity", more taxpayer funding of psychiatry, increased forced drugging of school children with mind altering drugs, etc.  Godbole had a strong partnership with the Illinois State office of Mental Health when Illinois adopted TMAP. Commission Member: Dr. Henry Troutman Harbin, a psychiatrist and Chairman of Magellan Health in Columbia, MD.  Previously, Harbin was the co-founder of Green Spring, a psychiatric company and directed the Maryland Mental Health Admin. He founded the American Managed Behavioral Healthcare Assoc.  Harbin is a past Director of Mental Health Services in Maryland, another state listed in TMAP literature as having adopted TMAP. Harbin is now the CEO of Magellan Health Systems, the world’s largest Managed Care Agency. As early as 2001, Pennsylvania officials met with Magellan to promote TMAP as a model program.  Commission Member: Larke Nahme Huang a psychologist, who is the Director of Research at the Center for Child Health and Mental Health Policy, and a Senior Policy Associate at the Center for Children's Mental Health at Georgetown U. Yale.  Huang was involved in the planning and formation of the National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association (NAAPIMHA). Steven Shon who is a TMAP Director and major TMAP proponent heads this recently-formed group. Haung currently serves under Shon in NAAPIMHA. Commission Member: Norwood Wilbert Knight-Richardson, a psychiatrist, and Medical Director at CareMark Behavioral Health Services, and a Professor of Psychiatry at Oregon Health Sciences U. Previously a Professor of Psychiatry at the U. Texas Medical School in Galveston. From 1989-1992, he was the Chief Psychiatrist of the State of Alaska and the Director and CEO of the Alaska Psychiatric Institute.  Norwood is an associate professor at facilities where TMAP was implemented. Knight-Richardson was a college friend of George W. Bush and was appointed by then-Governor Bush to the Texas drug and alcohol council during TMAP development.  Knight-Richardson is a director and shareholder in Eagle Global Logistics, a transportation company with a specialty pharmaceutical delivery division, and which has contracts to ship goods in conjunction with the war and reconstruction in Iraq.   Commission Member: Ginger Lerner-Wren, a judge in the 17th Judicial Circuit in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. She was appointed to preside over a "Mental Health Court" in 1997. Commission Member: Stephen Wright Mayberg, a psychotherapist in private practice who served as  Director of the Calif. Dept. of Mental Health since 1993. He served with Yolo County, CA, Dept. Mental Health, 1981-1993.  Mayberg was the California State Mental Health Program Director when California implemented TMAP. Mayberg is a past president of NAMHPD and the NASMHPD research institute.  Mayberg participated on a Janssen advisory Board along with Michael Hogan and Steven Karp. He serves with Steve Shon in NASMHPD. Commission Member: Robert Neil Postlethwait, formerly President of the Neuroscience Product Division of drug giant Eli Lilly, manufacturer of controversial Prozac (now to carry a suicide-warning label), where he served 1971-1999. Item of interest.  Postlehwait was the head of the Neuroscience unit at Lilly during the development and implementation of TMAP.  Lilly's sales could benefit from TMAP and mandatory testing. Commission Member: Waltraud Ellinger Prechter, Chairman of Prechter Holding, in MI.  Prechter helped establish the Depression Center at the Univ. of MI. Commission Member: Nancy Carter Speck, a psychologist in private practice in Nacogdoches, TX, and a professor at Stephen F. Austin State U, 1974-1998.  Speck was a coordinator at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston while TMAP was being developed at that facility. Speck was also associated with the Texas Department of Mental Health during TMAP’s development. Commission Member: Randolph John Townsend, a Nevada State Senator 1983-2001 who pushed for more taxpayer funding for the psychiatric industry.  He received the Governor's Mental Health Award, 1998.  Townsend was a Nevada state Senator when Nevada adopted TMAP (Texas Medication Algorithm Program). In Nevada, he worked to provide extended state and insurance company funds for mental health services and psychiatric drugs. Commission Member: Deanna Felber Yates is a psychologist in private practice in San Antonio, and the President-elect of the Texas Psychological Assoc. Yates was associated with universities and psychological services in both Texas and California during the time in which TMAP was adopted in those states. Yates is a proponent for legislation allowing psychologists to prescribe medication for mental illness--a practice which is currently illegal.  Ex Officio Representatives: Chris Spear, Department of Labor; Ruben King-Shaw, Jr., Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Wayne Fenton for Richard Nakamura, National Institute of Mental Health; Frances M. Murphy, Department of Veterans Affairs; Robert H. Pasternak, Department of Education--Pasternak served as the Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services when New Mexico adopted TMAP; Gail Hutchings for Charles Curie, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin. Executive Director: Claire Heffernan Deputy Executive Director: H. Stanley Eichenauer, who was President of both National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare and Ohio Council of Behavioral Healthcare Providers. Previously President and CEO of Eastway Corporation in Dayton, OH. Staff: James Finley, Senior Policy Analyst; Dawn Foti, Health Policy Analyst; Patty DiToto, Administrative Assistant

J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board - Members Richard Halleck Brodhead of Connecticut for a three-year term expiring 2005 Rita DiMartino of New York for a three-year term expiring 2005 Ronald Spogli of California for a three-year term expiring 2005 Robert Leon Woodson, Sr. of Maryland for a three-year term expiring 2005

National Capitol Planning Commission - Chairman: John V. Cogbill, III, who also serves as a member for a term of six years. He is a real estate and land use attorney with McGuire Woods LLP, in Richmond, VA, and is the Managing Partner of the Richmond Office and of the Richmond Real Estate Group. He has been a member of several civic boards and committees including the Commonwealth Transportation Board -1995-1999 and the Richmond Metropolitan Authority Board from 1995-1999. Before joining McGuire Woods, he was a member of the U.S. Army 1970-1976 and is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and the U. of Richmond School of Law.

National Council on the Humanities - Members: Jewel Spears Brooker of Florida, to serve for the remainder of a six-year term expiring 2008 Dario Fernandez-Morera of Illinois, to serve for the remainder of a six-year term expiring 2008 Elizabeth Fox-Genovese of Georgia, to serve for the remainder of a six-year term expiring 2008 David Hertz of Indiana, to serve for the remainder of a six-year term expiring 2008 Stephen McKnight of Florida, to serve for the remainder of a six-year term expiring 2008 Sidney McPhee of Tennessee, to serve for the remainder of a six-year term expiring 2008 Lawrence Okamura of Missouri, to serve for the remainder of a six-year term expiring 2008 Marguerite Sullivan of the District of Columbia, to serve for the remainder of a six-year term expiring 2008 Stephan Thernstrom of Massachusetts, to serve for the remainder of a six-year term expiring 2008

President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology - Co-Chair and Member: Earl Floyd Kvamme, currently Chairman of the Board of Empower America and a partner with the Menlo Park CA firm of Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers.  Kvamme was a Vice President at Apple Computer in 1982 and was part of the original team that started National Semiconductor, and served as General Manager of Semiconductor Operations.  He holds engineering degrees from the U.C. Berkeley and Syracuse.

President's Committee on Mental Retardation - Chairman: Madeleine Will of Maryland Members: Zoraida Fonalledas of Puerto Rico who is a supporter of statehood for Puerto Rico and represented Puerto Rico at the 2000 Miss Universe Pageant; Claudia Coleman of California; Brenda Leath of the District of Columbia; Reverend William Lori of Connecticut; Pastor Lon Solomon of Virginia; Karen Staley of Oregon; James Brett of Massachusetts; Kenneth Lohff of Wisconsin; Psychiatrist Vijayalakshmi Appareddy of Tennessee; Edward Mambruno of Connecticut; Nancy Blanchard of Minnesota; Mary Christine Bruene of Iowa; Kathleen Hargett of Maryland; Alvaro Marin of California; Kim Porter-Hoppe of Michigan; Gene Stallings Jr. of Texas; Olivia Colvin of Texas; Annette Talis of Wisconsin; Windy Smith of Tennessee; Michael Rogers of Washington

President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board - Chairman: Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, USAF (Ret.), who was a national security adviser under Presidents Reagan and Bush and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Member: William Brody serving a two-year term. Brody was president of Johns Hopkins University since 1996, and was previously with the Academic Health Center at the U. of Minnesota. MIT, medical degree and doctorate degree from Stanford. Member: Stephen Friedman, who has been nominated to be Bush's Chief Economic Advisor over the objections of conservatives and supply-siders.  Friedman is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the anti-tax-cut Concord Coalition which fought Bush's 2001 tax cuts.  He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) where he is also a "Harold Pratt Associate" (top donor).  Friedman is also Chairman Emeritus of the Executive Committee of the liberal Brookings Institution, spent 28 years with Goldman Sachs & Company until 1994. He is currently a Senior Principal at the investing firm Marsh & McLennan Capital, and serves on the boards of directors of Goldman Sachs, Fannie Mae and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Cornell, Columbia Law.  Mr. Friedman also served on the Presidential/Congressional Commission on the Roles and Capabilities of the U.S. Intelligence Community.

Social Security Advisory Board - Chairman: Harold Daub, who served as Mayor of Omaha, NE, from 1995-2000 and was a member of Congress, 1981-1989.  In 1990 he was appointed to the National Advisory Commission on Public Service. He was elected to the Board of Directors of the National League of Cities, and served on the Advisory Board of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. A former member of the U.S. Army.

Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel Member: Mary Elizabeth Child of Michigan, to serve for a four-year term expiring 2006 Member: Torrey Westrom of Minnesota, to serve for the remainder of a four-year term expiring 2006

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Vice Chairman: David Allan Metzner of New York. Member of the Board of Trustees: Doanld Earl Garcia of California, to serve until 2008. Member of the Board of Trustees: Bruce Stuart Gelb of New York, to serve until 2008.  Gelb is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Member of the Board of Trustees: Tamala Lynne Longaberger of Ohio, to serve until 2008.

Vice President Cheney's Advisors and Staff

Chief of Staff for the Vice President: I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, and a former lawyer for Mark Rich, whom Clinton pardoned.  Libby is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).  November 2005: Libby resigned

Deputy Chief of Staff: Dean McGrath, formerly Chief of Staff and Chief Counsel to Congressman Chris Cox (R-CA) since 1996.  He was Staff Director of the U.S. House Select Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns with the People’s Republic of China (the Cox Committee), 1998-1999.  Mr. McGrath was also an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center, where he taught a seminar on the constitutional aspects of foreign affairs.  McGrath is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).

Counsel to the Vice President: David S. Addington, former General Counsel at the Pentagon when Dick Cheney was Secretary of Defense.

Press Secretary: Juleanna Glover Weiss, who was Cheney's 2000 campaign press secretary.

Assistant to the Vice President for Public Affairs: Catherine J. Martin, who served as Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for Public Affairs since 2001.  Prior to working for V.P. Cheney, she worked for Secretary of Commerce Don Evans as Deputy Chief of Staff and White House Liaison. From 2000-2001, Martin served as Policy Director to former Texas Attorney General John Cornyn, who was recently elected to the United States Senate. From 1994-2000, Ms. Martin practiced law at the Washington, D.C. law firm of Steptoe & Johnson, LLP.  U. Texas at Austin, Harvard Law.   Mrs. Martin is married to Kevin Martin, an FCC.  She replaces Mary Matalin who is leaving the White House 12/13/02.

Assistant to the Vice President for Congressional Relations:

Assistant to the Vice President: Nina Rees, formerly with the Heritage Foundation.

First Lady Laura Bush's Staff

Chief of Staff to the First Lady: Andrea Ball, formerly the Chief of Staff to Laura Bush in Texas and has worked in both administrations of Texas Governor George W. Bush.

White House Social Secretary: Catherine S. Fenton, who served as Deputy Social Secretary for both former First Ladies Nancy Reagan and Barbara Bush. During President Reagan’s first term, she served as Deputy Director of Correspondence in the Office of the First Lady. She will serve as Special Assistant to the President as well as White House Social Secretary.

Press Secretary to the First Lady: Noelia Rodriquez, formerly President and CEO of Los Angeles Convention 2000, the host committee for the 2000 Democratic National Convention.  She served in Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan’s administration for 4 years, first as Press Secretary then as Deputy Mayor.  Rodriquez received the 1999 Spirit of HOPE Award from Hispanas Organized for Political Equality.

Director of Projects to the First Lady: Anne Heiligenstein, who worked with Laura Bush on her Texas early childhood development initiatives in the fall of 1998 and has been her Policy Advisor since the fall of 1999. She was named Director of Health and Human Services Policy for the Office of Governor George W. Bush in 1999.

Director of Correspondence to the First Lady: Desiree Thompson Sayle, formerly the Director of Correspondence for America’s Promise - The Alliance for Youth, who's chairman was Colin Powell.  She worked in the electricity deregulation field as a Legislative Coordinator for three years after managing Rep. John Linder’s (R-GA) 1994 campaign for re-election.

Director of Scheduling and Advance to the First Lady: Quincy Hicks.  She was Manager of Media Relations at Enron Broadband Services in Houston, and previously worked as Chief of Staff to Barbara Bush.

Other:

Chairman of the RNC: Marc Racicot (R. MT).   President Bush recommended the appointment of the former Montana Governor to be the new Republican National Committee Chairman.  Racicot has drawn fire from conservatives in Montana and around the country regarding his liberal record on issues such as taxes, 2nd Amendment, homosexuals, unions and school choice (More Info).  Racicot was "strongly endorsed" by the homosexual "Log Cabin Republicans" (www.lcr.org/timeline.asp).  He continues to work with the law firm of Bracewell and Patterson.  Former Virginia Governor Gilmore (Info) stepped down as RNC Chairman in January 2002.

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