[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S101]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              NOMINATIONS

  Executive nominations received by the Senate:


                  COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION

        SUMMER KRISTINE MERSINGER, OF SOUTH DAKOTA, TO BE A 
     COMMISSIONER OF THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION FOR 
     THE REMAINDER OF THE TERM EXPIRING APRIL 13, 2023, VICE DAN 
     MICHAEL BERKOVITZ.
        CAROLINE D. PHAM, OF NEW YORK, TO BE A COMMISSIONER OF THE 
     COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION FOR A TERM EXPIRING 
     APRIL 13, 2027, VICE DAWN DEBERRY STUMP, TERM EXPIRING.


                             THE JUDICIARY

        MUSETTA TIA JOHNSON, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE A JUDGE OF THE 
     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ARMED FORCES FOR A 
     TERM OF FIFTEEN YEARS TO EXPIRE ON THE DATE PRESCRIBED BY 
     LAW, VICE SCOTT WALLACE STUCKY, TERM EXPIRED.


                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

        VENTRIS C. GIBSON, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE DIRECTOR OF THE MINT 
     FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS, VICE DAVID J. RYDER.


                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

        REBECCA E. JONES GASTON, OF OREGON, TO BE COMMISSIONER ON 
     CHILDREN , YOUTH, AND FAMILIES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 
     HUMAN SERVICES, VICE ELIZABETH DARLING.
        JANUARY CONTRERAS, OF ARIZONA, TO BE ASSISTANT SECRETARY 
     FOR FAMILY SUPPORT, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, 
     VICE LYNN A. JOHNSON.


                          DEPARTMENT OF STATE

        CAROLINE KENNEDY, OF NEW YORK, TO BE AMBASSADOR 
     EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
     AMERICA TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
        MICHELLE KWAN, OF CALIFORNIA, TO BE AMBASSADOR 
     EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE UNITED STATES OF 
     AMERICA TO BELIZE.
        ROBERT A. WOOD, OF NEW YORK, TO BE ALTERNATE 
     REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR SPECIAL 
     POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN THE UNITED NATIONS, WITH THE RANK OF 
     AMBASSADOR.


                              IN THE ARMY

       THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE 
     INDICATED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY JUDGE ADVOCATE GENERAL'S 
     CORPS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 624 AND 7064:

                             To be colonel

SHAWN D. SMITH

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