[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 10, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2872-S2873]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           EXECUTIVE CALENDAR

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be discharged and the Senate proceed to 
executive session for the consideration of PN1704, with the exception 
of Aziz Younes; that the nominations be confirmed, the motions to 
reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no 
intervening action or debate; that no further motions be in order; that 
any statements related to the nomination be printed in the Record; that 
the President be immediately notified of the Senate's action and the 
Senate resume legislative session.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The nominations considered and confirmed are as follows


                                 PN1704

       Ordered, That the following nominations be referred to the 
     Committee on Foreign Relations:
       The following-named Career Members of the Senior Foreign 
     Service of the Department of State for promotion within the 
     Senior Foreign Service of the United States of America, Class 
     of Minister-Counselor:

       Michael J. Adler, of Maryland
       Aruna S. G. Amirthanayagam, of New York
       Assiya Ashraf-Miller, of Virginia
       Amber Michele Baskette, of the District of Columbia
       Mark J. Biedlingmaier, of Virginia
       Joseph Bookbinder, of Virginia
       Scott Douglas Boswell, of the District of Columbia
       Matthew Gordon Boyse, of the District of Columbia
       Natalie E. Brown, of Virginia
       Mark Joseph Cassayre, of Virginia
       Carol-Anne Chang, of Virginia
       Karen K. W. Choe-Fichte, of Washington
       Eric Scott Cohan, of Florida
       Robin Lisa Dunnigan, of Virginia
       Jewell Elizabeth Evans, of Mississippi
       Steven H. Fagin, of the District of Columbia
       Eric A. Fichte, of Washington
       Karen A. Finer, of the District of Columbia
       Jonathan Fritz, of Virginia
       Joshua D. Glazeroff, of Virginia
       Richard Harris Glenn, of Virginia
       John T. Godfrey, of Virginia
       Jennifer Hall Godfrey, of Virginia
       Ralph A. Hamilton, of Texas
       Michael P. Hankey, of the District of Columbia
       Michael G. Heath, of Virginia
       Robert B. Hilton, of Michigan
       Colleen Anne Hoey, of Virginia
       Paul D. Horowitz, of Virginia
       Edgard Daniel Kagan, of Virginia
       Kristin M. Kane, of California
       Lisa S. Kenna, of Maryland
       George P. Kent, of Virginia
       Yuri Kim, of the District of Columbia
       Adam Duane Lamoreaux, of Virginia
       Kathleen G. Lively, of Virginia
       Theodore J. Lyng, of Virginia
       Meredith Clare McEvoy, of Virginia
       Alan D. Meltzer, of Virginia
       Manuel P. Micaller, of California
       Mitchell R. Moss, of Texas
       Virginia E. Murray, of Maryland
       Courtney Robin Nemroff, of New York
       Robert W. Ogburn, of Maryland
       Kevin M. O'Reilly, of Virginia
       Sandra Springer Oudkirk, of Virginia
       Matthew A. Palmer, of Virginia
       Woodward C. Price, of Virginia
       David Jeremy Ranz, of Maryland
       Joel Richard Reifman, of Florida
       David Dale Reimer, of Virginia
       Hugo F. Rodriguez, of Virginia
       Dominic A. Sabruno, of Virginia
       Micaela A. Schweitzer-Bluhm, of California
       Behzad Shahbazian, of Maryland
       Greg Alan Sherman, of Virginia
       Jefferson D. Smith, of Virginia
       James Broward Story, of Florida
       Ronald W. Stuart, of Virginia
       Gavin A. Sundwall, of the District of Columbia
       Tracy Jo Thomas, of Virginia
       Gregory Dean Thome, of Virginia
       Jennifer S. Tseng, of Colorado
       Heather Catherine Variava, of Virginia
       Steven Craig Walker, of Virginia
       Robert Patrick Waller, of Maryland
       Jan Liam Wasley, of the District of Columbia
       Matthew Alan Weiller, of Virginia
       Scott Weinhold, of Virginia
       Eric Paul Whitaker, of the District of Columbia
       Edward Anthony White, of Virginia
       Thomas Kavon Yazdgerdi, of Virginia
       Hugo Yue Yon, of Maryland
       Joseph Michael Young, of California


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       The following-named Career Members of the Foreign Service 
     for promotion into the Senior Foreign Service, Class of 
     Counselor:

       Eliza F. Al-Laham, of Virginia
       Jeffrey J. Anderson, of the District of Columbia
       Sumera Ashruf, of Maryland
       Natalie A. Baker, of Texas
       Stephen B. Banks, of the District of Columbia
       Sarah M. Beran, of the District of Columbia
       David M. Birdsey, of Maryland
       Daniel R. Bischof, of Maryland
       Stephanie L. Bowers, of Virginia
       John Daniel Boyll, of Texas
       Clinton S. Brown, of New York
       Ravi S. Candadai, of Texas
       Angela M. Cervetti, of Virginia
       Jeremy A. Cornforth, of Connecticut
       Kevin T. Covert, of Maryland
       Sara M. Craig, of Virginia
       Mark W. Cullinane, of Virginia
       Richard R. Custin, of the District of Columbia
       Martin A. Dale, of Virginia
       Timmy T. Davis, of the District of Columbia
       Nathaniel P. Dean, of the District of Columbia
       Isabella Detwiler, of Maryland
       Matthew Steven Dolbow, of the District of Columbia
       Karen L. Enstrom, of the District of Columbia
       Susan K. Falatko, of Virginia
       Cheryl L. Fernandes, of Virginia
       Vernelle T. Fitzpatrick, of Virginia
       Kathryn L. Flachsbart, of Virginia
       Aaron P. Forsberg, of Maryland
       Natasha S. Franceschi, of the District of Columbia
       David J. Gainer, of Virginia
       Susan P. Garro, of the District of Columbia
       Jeffrey G. Giauque, of Virginia
       Nikolas E. Granger, of Washington
       Robert J. Greenan, of the District of Columbia
       Ragini Gupta, of Maryland
       Timothy Michael Hanway, of Maryland
       Joshua M. Harris, of Virginia
       Leslie M. Hayden, of Florida
       James Denver Herren, of Virginia
       Irvin Hicks, of Maryland
       John J. Hill, of Virginia
       Patricia L. Hoffman, of Virginia
       Neil W. Hop, of Washington
       Jayne A. Howell, of the District of Columbia
       Matthew C. Hurley, of Virginia
       Belinda Jackson Farrier, of Virginia
       Rahima Kandahari, of Virginia
       Jon C. Karber, of Virginia
       Matthew E. Keene, of Virginia
       Thomas A. Kelsey, of Maryland
       Daniel B. King, of Delaware
       Robert T. Koepcke, of Virginia
       Rachna S. Korhonen, of New Jersey
       Judy H. Kuo, of Maryland
       Deborah Y. Larson, of Virginia
       Joann M. Lockard, of Virginia
       Peter W. Lord, of Florida
       Margaret R. MacCallum, of Virginia
       Denise M. Marsh, of Virginia
       Charles Kent May, of California
       Graham D. Mayer, of Virginia
       Erin Cathleen McConaha, of New York
       Kara C. McDonald, of Virginia
       Joseph B. Mellott, of Florida
       David Jose Mico, of Virginia
       Jenifer Heather Moore, of the District of Columbia
       David Muniz, of Virginia
       Matthew Murray, of Maryland
       Shane I. Myers, of Virginia
       Margaret H. Nardi, of Virginia
       Rebecca Hoisington Neff, of Virginia
       Jeremey M. Neitzke, of Virginia
       Rohit S. Nepal, of Maryland
       George A. Noll, of Maryland
       John D. Nylin, of Virginia
       Erika A. Olson, of Washington
       Paul Evans Poletes, of Virginia
       Mustafa M. Popal, of the District of Columbia
        Elizabeth Caruso Power, of Virginia
       Gautam A. Rana, of the District of Columbia
       Judith Ravin, of Virginia
       Jason P. Rebholz, of the District of Columbia
       Anneliese L. Reinemeyer, of Virginia
       Wendy Crook Ryde, of Virginia
       Mark A. Schapiro, of New York
       John Paul Schutte, of Virginia
       Alice Fugate Seddon, of Texas
       Marc L. Shaw, of Florida
       Andrew K. Sherr, of Colorado
       Alison Shorter-Lawrence, of Virginia
       Brian A. Shott, of Virginia
       Lonnie Reece Smyth, of Texas
       Vincent D. Spera, of Virginia
       Terry Steers-Gonzalez, of Alabama
       Mark E. Stroh, of Pennsylvania
       Michael A. Sullivan, of Tennessee
       Sherry Z. Sykes, of Florida
       Sarah Olivia Takats, of Virginia
       Victoria J. Taylor, of the District of Columbia
       Elia E. Tello, of North Dakota
       Nicole Dawn Theriot, of the District of Columbia
       Robert W. Thomas, of the District of Columbia
       Elizabeth K. Trudeau, of New Hampshire
       Scott C. Walker, of Virginia
       Paul S. Watzlavick, of Virginia
       Richard Tsutomu Yoneoka, of Virginia
       Earl J. Zimmerman, of Virginia

       The following-named Career Members of the Foreign Service 
     for promotion into the Senior Foreign Service, Class of 
     Counselor, and a Consular Officer and a Secretary in the 
     Diplomatic Service of the United States of America:

       Mark R. Brandt, of Virginia
       Steven Robert Brda, of Florida
       Kelly S. Briden, of Florida
       Bart L. Brown, of Virginia
       Mark J. Davis, of Virginia
       Otto Frederick Dickman, of Utah
       William B. Gannon, of Massachusetts
       Ralph A. Gaspard, of Virginia
       Christopher J. Gillis, of Florida
       Misty S. Knotts, of Virginia
       Charles J. Lilly, of the District of Columbia
       Michael R. Lombardo, of Virginia
       James G. Martin, of Florida
       Shane C. Pierce, of Virginia
       Michael J. Regal, of Virginia
       Thomas E. Richardson, of Virginia
       Michael Stuart Ross, of Maryland
       Tanya S. Sears, of North Carolina
       Sean A. Sirker, of Virginia
       Elaine S. Tiang-Chu, of Virginia
       Mark Vanelli, of Massachusetts
       Kevin L. Wagganer, of Missouri
       Ivan M. Watson, of Virginia
       Ivan A. Wray, of the District of Columbia

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