For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
March 9, 2001
Personnel Announcements
President George W. Bush toady announced his intention to nominate
three individuals to serve in his administration.
The President intends to nominate Ruth A. Davis to be the Director
General of the Foreign Service and Chairman of the Board of the Foreign
Service. She currently serves as the Director of the Foreign Service
Institute at the Department of State. Ambassador Davis has been a
career member of the Foreign Service since 1969, and has held a variety
of diplomatic posts. She has previously served as Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs and was Ambassador to the
Republic of Benin from 1992 to 1995. She has received the
Presidential Service Award, the State Department's Arnold L. Raphel
Memorial Award and the Department of State's Superior Honor
Award. Originally from Atlanta, Georgia, she is a graduate
of Spelman College and received her Master's degree from the School of
Social Work at the University of California at Berkley.
The President intends to nominate
Alphonso R. Jackson to be Deputy
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. He is currently
the President of American Electric Power-TEXAS and previously served as
the President and CEO of the Housing Authority of the City of
Dallas. Before joining the Housing Authority in Dallas, he
was the Director of the Department of Public and Assisted Housing in
Washington, D.C. and served as the Chairperson of the District of
Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency Board. He was appointed to the
National Commission on America's Urban Families in 1992 and served on
the National Commission on Severely Distressed Public Housing from 1990
to 1992. A native of Dallas, Texas, he is graduate of Truman
State University and received his J.D. from Washington University.
The President intends to nominate
James J. Jochum to be Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration. He is
presently a Senior Manager for Government Relations for Accenture,
L.L.P. He has served in the past as Majority Counsel for the
Senate Banking Committee and as Trade Counsel and Legislative Director
for Senator Charles Grassley from 1994-1999. He is a
graduate of the University of Iowa and the University of Iowa College
of Law.
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