[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[March 16, 1992]
[Page 463]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



Nomination of Betty Jo Nelsen To Be an Assistant Secretary of 
Agriculture

March 16, 1992
    The President today announced his intention to nominate Betty Jo 
Nelsen, of Wisconsin, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for 
Food and Consumer Services and a member of the Board of Directors of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation. She would succeed Catherine Ann Bertini.
    Currently Ms. Nelsen serves as Administrator of the Food and 
Nutrition Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Washington, 
DC. Prior to this, she served as a State representative for the 
Wisconsin Assembly, 1979-1990; chairman of the Republican assembly 
campaign committee, 1987-1988; and area coordinator for the Milwaukee 
voluntary action center involvement corps, 1976-1978.
    Ms. Nelsen graduated from Massachusetts State College (B.S., 1957). 
She was born October 11, 1935, in Boston, MA. Ms. Nelsen is married, has 
three children, and resides in Arlington, VA.