[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 165 (Tuesday, November 1, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7010-S7012]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate:


                 FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION

       THOMAS HOENIG, OF MISSOURI, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF 
     DIRECTORS OF THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION FOR A 
     TERM OF SIX YEARS, VICE THOMAS J. CURRY, TERM EXPIRED.


                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

       REBECCA M. BLANK, OF MARYLAND, TO BE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF 
     COMMERCE, VICE DENNIS F. HIGHTOWER, RESIGNED.


                   FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

       AJIT VARADARAJ PAI, OF KANSAS, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE 
     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS 
     FROM JULY 1, 2011, VICE MEREDITH ATTWELL BAKER, TERM EXPIRED.
       JESSICA ROSENWORCEL, OF CONNECTICUT, TO BE A MEMBER OF THE 
     FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS 
     FROM JULY 1, 2010, VICE MICHAEL JOSEPH COPPS, TERM EXPIRED.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

       LARRY LEON PALMER, OF GEORGIA, A CAREER MEMBER OF THE 
     SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE, CLASS OF MINISTER-COUNSELOR, TO BE 
     AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED 
     STATES OF AMERICA TO BARBADOS, AND TO SERVE CONCURRENTLY AND 
     WITHOUT ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION AS AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY 
     AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO ST. 
     KITTS AND NEVIS, SAINT LUCIA, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, THE 
     COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA, GRENADA, AND SAINT VINCENT AND THE 
     GRENADINES .


                             THE JUDICIARY

       CORAL WONG PIETSCH, OF HAWAII, TO BE A JUDGE OF THE UNITED 
     STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS FOR THE TERM OF 
     FIFTEEN YEARS, VICE WILLIAM P. GREENE, JR., RETIRED.


                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

       MICHAEL A. SHEEHAN, OF NEW JERSEY, TO BE AN ASSISTANT 
     SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, VICE MICHAEL G. VICKERS.


                            IN THE AIR FORCE

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE 
     INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, 
     U.S.C., SECTION 624:

                              To be major

KIRK W. ALBERTSON
MATTHEW J. ANDRADE
DOMINIC S. ANGIOLLO
ZACHARY P. AUGUSTINE
WILLIE J. BABOR
MICHAEL J. BERENS
CHARLOTTE D. BOSWELL
MICHAEL L. BOYER
ANNA L. CAMPBELL
DAL N. CHO
KERIC D. CLANAHAN
MICHELLE D. CLARK
SOPHIA B. CRAWFORD
ROBERT B. CRAYNE
DAVID WILLIAM CROMWELL
WILLIAM G. DALZELL
SIMONE V. DAVIS
SARA M. DAYTON
CARLOS M. DEDIOS
LAURA C. Y. DESIO
DAVID S. DICKINSON
RANAE L. DOSER PASCUAL
DANIEL P. DOYLE
JAMES B. EVES
ANTHONY J. GHIOTTO
JOHN S. GOEHRING
CHRISTOPHER J. GOEWERT
BRIAN D. GREEN
JAMES H. GUTZMAN
ANDREA MARIE HALL
BRYAN W. HALL
PATRICK A. HARTMAN
CARY D. HAWKINS
BRADLEY J. HENDERSON
MATTHEW E. HUGHES
JASON R. HULL
BRIAN R. HUREY
DYLAN THOMAS IMPERATO
RAVINDER S. KAPOOR
SAM C. KIDD
TYSON D. KINDNESS
KEVIN S. KREBS
BRIAN C. MASON
NICHOLAS P. MATHIEU
THOMAS A. MCNAB
JOHN A. MOORE, JR.
MONICA E. NUSSBAUM
SHERRI M. OHR
ROBERT K. PALMER
JEFFREY C. PHILLIPS
LANOURRA L. PHILLIPS
ANTOINETTE T. QUINN
MICHAEL P. SABALA
JENNIFER M. SANCHEZ
ZAVEN T. SAROYAN
LAELA F. SHARRIEFF
ERIKA LEE SLEGER

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TODD M. SPARKS
JUSTIN W. N. STRONG
TENNILLE A. SYRSTAD
MICHAEL G. THIEME
TODD F. TILFORD
ERIK R. TJADER
JAMES E. TUCKER
ANDREW J. UNSICKER
EVEYLON C. WESTBROOK
DANIEL J. WHITE
NATHAN A. WHITE
JA RAI A. WILLIAMS
TIFFANY J. WILLIAMS
MAUREEN SCHELLIE WOOD
HANNA YANG
MARSHA M. YASUDA
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE 
     INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, 
     U.S.C., SECTION 624:

                              To be major

DAVID M. BARNS
RAPHAEL BERDUGO
JASON MCKINLEY BOTTS
MATTHEW F. BOYD
GLENN B. BRIGHT
GREGORY M. BRUNSON
CHRISTIAN J. CHAE
DAVID EDILBERTO DEL PRADO
LEIF J. ESPELAND
TERRY L. FOX
ERIK G. HARP
ROLF E. HOLMQUIST
JONATHAN R. HURT
JAMES E. JANECEK
DAVID B. KNIGHT, JR.
DALLAS L. LITTLE
MARK W. NEVIUS
ALEXANDER PALOMARIA
BRADFORD S. PHILLIPS
REGINA O. SAMUEL
ROBERT J. SCHOBERT
RUTH N. SEGRES
CHARLES SELIGMAN III
WILLIAM R. SPENCER
EUGENE J. THEISEN
ANDREW L. THORNLEY
ERIC L. WHITMORE
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE 
     INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, 
     U.S.C., SECTION 624:

                              To be major

BARBARA B. ACEVEDO
CHADWICK B. ACKISON
ROBERT ATISME
KATIE B. AUSTIN
ELISSA R. BALLAS
EARL J. BANNING
MARY A. BAUZA LAWVER
KENNETH L. BEADLE
ERIKA L. BEST
SCOTT A. BLACK
RAYMOND R. BOUCHARD
ROBERT J. BOULIER III
RONNY G. BOWMAN
ALLISON L. BRADSHAW
ROBERT A. BRIGGS
DAWN M. BROCK
KAREN J. BUIKEMA
STEVEN T. BURDINE
CONNIE M. BURNETT
ROSS M. CANUP
PETER E. CARRA
MICHELLE M. CARTER
VICKI L. CHARBONNEAU
KAREN B. CHISHOLM
BRIAN M. CLARKE
MONTSHO P. CORPPETTS
WAYNE S. COX
TIMOTHY A. DAVIS
JESSICA DEES
MICHAEL T. DIETRICH
DARRICK N. DURAN
PAUL K. EDWARDS
JOSHUA M. ELSTON
SEAN J. ESTRADA
ERIN L. FAGER
DEBORAH P. FAUCETTEMORALES
ROSS A. FREE
KRISTIN L. GALLOWAY
KASIE LYNN GAONA
JULIANA J. GHEORGHIU
CASSANDRA J. GILBERT
MARC J. GRAESSLE
HEIDI L. GRANDIN
DYANA L. HAGEN
KEVIN M. HAINES
COURTNEY E. HARPER
NEIL J. HELBLING
DEBORAH L. HENRY
CORDY F. HERRING III
LORALIE E. HODGES
BRADLEY C. HOFFMAN
SHANNON E. HUNT
ANGELA L. JIMDAR
CHARLENE Y. KIRBY
JESSICA BEAL KNOWLES
MEGAN K. KRUTY
KEVIN R. KUPFERER
PAUL B. LANE
DENISE E. LEMON
DANIEL E. LIM
BRIAN B. LUPFER
JUSTIN D. LUSK
TANYA L. MANNING
MALISHA L. MARTUKOVICH
TRACY E. MAYFIELD
KIMBERLY A. MCCOY SINGH
WILLARD B. MCDOUGAL
ELIZABETH ANNE S. MCKENNA
DONALD T. MICHAEL
REBEKAH R. MOONEY
BRANDON C. MORGAN
CHAD E. MORROW
KEMBA R. MYERS
THIEN H. NGUYEN
MATTHEW K. NIELSEN
SEAN T. NIELSON
FRANCIS A. OBUSEH
DANIEL J. K. OH
MARK PAINE
ELISHA N. PARKHILL
RENEE M. PATTERSON
JAMILA L. PETTERSON
KERRY A. PHELAN
ANTHONY B. POLITO III
JOSE I. RAMOS
MICHAEL C. RENKAS
KRISTEN M. ROBERTSON
PATRICK J. RYAN
DAVID M. SANDERS
DAVID J. SEELEN
WILLIAM E. SHAW, JR.
WILLIAM A. STEELE
DAVID MICHAEL STUEVER
MATTHEW T. TARANTO
MELISSA L. TENNANT
JOHN M. TONARELLI
WILLIAM N. TUCKER, JR.
RICHARD J. VILLANUEVA
MARVIN S. WADE
JOHN W. WAGGONER
RICHARD A. WAGGONER
DANIEL J. WATSON
QUINTON E. WEIGNER
AMY S. WEST
SHAUN C. WHITE
AIMEE E. WILLIAMS
SHAWNEE ANNE WILLIAMS
SEAN A. WILSON
DAVID S. WINTER
HEIDI P. WORLEY
SARA E. WRIGHT
RICHARD E. YON
CHRISTY LYNN ZAHN
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE 
     INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, 
     U.S.C., SECTION 624:

                        To be lieutenant colonel

KRISTINE M. AUTORINO
ERIC J. CADOTTE
ROBERT P. CHATHAM
JENNIFER A. CLAY
MATT D. COAKLEY
BRYAN B. DAVIS
DON D. DAVIS III
SETH R. DEAM
JOHN C. DEGNAN
MARK D. HOOVER
WILLIAM D. JOHNSON
SHERI K. JONES
OREN D. LEFF
CHRISTOPHER D. MAY
SHAWN D. MCKELVY
CHRISTOPHER S. MORGAN
TARALYNN M. OLAYVAR
ARIE J. SCHAAP
LYNN SCHMIDT
CHRISTOPHER M. SCHUMANN
COREA B. SMITH
RICHARD J. STABILE, JR.
MATTHEW P. STOFFEL
LYNN R. SYLMAR
STERLING R. THOMAS
MITZI O. WEEMS
JASON S. WRACHFORD
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE 
     INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, 
     U.S.C., SECTION 624:

                        To be lieutenant colonel

CHRISTINE L. BLICEBAUM
HECTOR L. COLONCOLON
DAVID W. DEPINHO
MATTHEW P. FRANKE
PATRICK A. GENSEAL
SHERROL L. JAMES
LESLIE A. JANOVEC
ROBERT W. JOHNSON
DANIEL N. KARANJA
DWAYNE W. KEENER
KEVIN L. LOCKETT
GLENNDON E. PAGE, JR.
TIMOTHY J. PORTER
ABNER PERRY V. VALENZUELA
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE 
     INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, 
     U.S.C., SECTION 624:

                        To be lieutenant colonel

CLINTON E. ABELL
JEFFREY J. AUTREY
PHILIP G. BASCOM
THOMAS R. BERANEK
SHELIA D. BEVILLE
CHRISTOPHER R. BISHOP
KEITH W. BLOUNT
AMY R. CARPENTER
JOHN D. CATOE
CHAD D. CLAAR
DAVID D. CORDRY
DARRICK D. CUNNINGHAM
TAM T. DINH
JOEL R. DIXON
RACHEL E. FOSTER
JOHN S. FRAZEY
KATHY L. FULLERTON
JENNIFER L. GRUENWALD
MICHAEL G. HAINES
WILLIAM E. HUBBARD, JR.
LEIGH G. JOHNSON
MARK W. LEHMAN
TIMOTHY A. LOOMIS
TEG W. MCBRIDE
JOHN C. MCGEE
SEAN J. MCNAMARA
NICHOLAS A. MILAZZO
ALAN D. OGLE
VANHSENG PHANTHAVONG
DOUGLAS D. RILEY
DEBORAH K. SIRRATT
SOO A. SOHN
TODD A. TICE
SAMANTHA TIMM
DIANE M. TODD
JENNIFER T. VECCHIONE
KENDRA J. WARNER
RICHARD A. WEBER
STEPHEN P. WOLF
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE 
     INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, 
     U.S.C., SECTION 624:

                             To be colonel

MICHAEL J. APOL
JEFFERSON B. BROWN
ANDREW C. FOLTZ
GREGORY O. FRIEDLAND
GRAEME S. HENDERSON
EDWARD R. LUCAS
ERIC F. MEJIA
JEANNE M. MEYER
MARK HOWARD PATTERSON
TOM E. POSCH
ROBERT J. PRESTON II
JEFFREY D. SATTLER
MICHAEL D. TOMATZ
MICHAEL G. VECERA
DAWN M. K. ZOLDI
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE 
     INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, 
     U.S.C., SECTION 624:

                             To be colonel

JOHN P. DITTER
BRUCE R. GLOVER
MICHAEL D. GRUBBS
STEVEN E. WEST
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE 
     INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE UNDER TITLE 10, 
     U.S.C., SECTION 624:

                             To be colonel

JOEL O. ALMOSARA
THOMAS A. BACON
BRIAN G. CASLETON
ALICE S. CHAPMAN
DAVID DUQUE
MARKUS P. GMEHLIN
REBA E. HARRIS
ANDREW B. MEADOWS
LUCIA E. MORE
JOSEPH J. NARRIGAN
MARK S. OORDT
RUSSELL L. PINARD
PHILIP J. PREEN
ROBERT B. ROTTSCHAFER
ANDERSON B. ROWAN
ANNETTE J. WILLIAMSON


                              IN THE ARMY

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE GRADE 
     INDICATED IN THE REGULAR ARMY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 
     531:

                              To be major

SERAFINA SAUIA
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED INDIVIDUALS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE 
     GRADE INDICATED IN THE REGULAR ARMY MEDICAL SPECIALIST CORPS 
     UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 531 AND 3064:

                              To be major

TERRY L. CLARK
DARRON T. SMITH
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED INDIVIDUALS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE 
     GRADE INDICATED IN THE REGULAR ARMY MEDICAL CORPS UNDER TITLE 
     10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 531 AND 3064:

                              To be major

DAVID BUTLER
ERIC W. SIMONS
TIMOTHY W. SMITH
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED 
     STATES OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE 
     RESERVE OF THE ARMY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 
     AND 12211:

                             To be colonel

RANDALL D. ISOM

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DAVID G. JENKINS
MICHAEL A. MITCHELL
       THE FOLLOWING NAMED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED 
     STATES OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE 
     RESERVE OF THE ARMY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 
     AND 12211:

                             To be colonel

JOSEPH C. BARKER
THOMAS W. LINGLE
CARROLL G. LINKS, JR.
ROBERT A. PHILLIPS, JR.
JAMES W. RING


                              IN THE NAVY

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE 
     INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., 
     SECTION 624:

                       To be lieutenant commander

MATTHEW J. POWERS

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