Barack Obama 2009-01-20 1 Appendix B --Nominations Submitted to the Senate The following list does not include promotions of members of the Uniformed Services, nominations to the Service Academies, or nominations of Foreign Service Officers. Submitted January 20 Steven Chu , of California, to be Secretary of Energy. Hillary Rodham Clinton , of New York, to be Secretary of State. Thomas Andrew Daschle , of South Dakota, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. Shaun L.S. Donovan , of New York, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Arne Duncan , of Illinois, to be Secretary of Education. Timothy F. Geithner , of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury. Eric H. Holder, Jr. , of the District of Columbia, to be Attorney General. Lisa Perez Jackson , of New Jersey, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Ronald Kirk , of Texas, to be U.S. Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Ray LaHood , of Illinois, to be Secretary of Transportation. Janet Ann Napolitano , of Arizona, to be Secretary of Homeland Security. Peter R. Orszag , of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Susan E. Rice , of the District of Columbia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, and the Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations. Susan E. Rice , of the District of Columbia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during her tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations. Christina Duckworth Romer , of California, to be a member of the Council of Economic Advisers, vice Edward P. Lazear. Kenneth Lee Salazar , of Colorado, to be Secretary of the Interior. Eric K. Shinseki , of Hawaii, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Hilda L. Solis , of California, to be Secretary of Labor. Thomas J. Vilsack , of Iowa, to be Secretary of Agriculture. Dennis Cutler Blair , of Pennsylvania, to be Director of National Intelligence, vice J. Michael McConnell, resigned. Michele A. Flournoy , of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, vice Eric S. Edelman, resigned. Gary Gensler , of Maryland, to be Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13, 2012, vice Rueben Jeffery III, resigned. Gary Gensler , of Maryland, to be Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, vice Rueben Jeffery III, resigned. Austan Dean Goolsbee , of Illinois, to be a member of the Council of Economic Advisers, vice Katherine Baicker, resigned. Robert F. Hale , of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), vice Tina Westby Jonas, resigned. John P. Holdren , of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, vice John M. Marburger III. Jeh Charles Johnson , of New York, to be General Counsel of the Department of Defense, vice William J. Haynes II, resigned. Jacob J. Lew , of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources (new position). Jane Lubchenco , of Oregon, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, vice Conrad Lautenbacher, Jr., resigned. William J. Lynn III , of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense, vice Gordon England. Robert L. Nabors II , of New Jersey, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, vice Stephen S. McMillin, resigned. Cecilia Elena Rouse , of California, to be a member of the Council of Economic Advisers, vice Donald B. Marron, resigned. Mary L. Schapiro , of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the Securities and Exchange Commission for a term expiring June 5, 2014, vice Christopher Cox, resigned. James Braidy Steinberg , of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of State, vice John D. Negroponte. Nancy Helen Sutley , of California, to be a member of the Council on Environmental Quality, vice James Laurence Connaughton. Daniel K. Tarullo , Of Massachusetts, to be a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for a term of 14 years from February 1, 2008, vice Randall S. Kroszner, term expired. Submitted January 26 Elena Kagan , of Massachusetts, to be Solicitor General of the United States, vice Gregory G. Garre, resigned. David W. Ogden , of Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney General, vice Mark R. Filip. Submitted January 27 Timothy F. Geithner , of New York, to be the U.S. Governor of the International Monetary Fund for a term of 5 years; U.S. Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a term of 5 years; U.S. Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank for a term of 5 years; U.S. Governor of the African Development Bank for a term of 5 years; U.S. Governor of the Asian Development Bank; U.S. Governor of the African Development Fund; U.S. Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, vice Henry M. Paulson, Jr., resigned. Submitted January 30 Leon E. Panetta , of California, to be Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, vice General Michael V. Hayden, U.S.A.F. Thomas John Perrelli , of Virginia, to be Associate Attorney General, vice Kevin J. O'Connor, resigned. Withdrawn February 9 Thomas Andrew Daschle , of South Dakota, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, which was sent to the Senate on January 20, 2009. Submitted February 11 David S. Kris , of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice J. Patrick Rowan, resigned. Dawn Elizabeth Johnsen , of Indiana, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Jack Landman Goldsmith III, resigned. Lanny A. Breuer , of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Alice S. Fisher, resigned. Christine Anne Varney , of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Thomas O. Barnett, resigned. Submitted February 25 Jane Holl Lute , of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, vice Paul A. Schneider, resigned. Tony West , of California, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Gregory G. Katsas, resigned. Submitted February 27 David J. Hayes , of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior, vice Patricia Lynn Scarlett, resigned. Karen Gordon Mills , of Maine, to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration, vice Steven C. Preston, resigned. Submitted March 3 Seth David Harris , of New Jersey, to be Deputy Secretary of Labor, vice Howard Radzely, resigned. Submitted March 4 John Berry , of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the Office of Personnel Management for a term of 4 years, vice Linda M. Springer, resigned. Ronald C. Sims , of Washington, to be Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Romolo A. Bernardi, resigned. Submitted March 10 Sherburne B. Abbott , of Texas, to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, vice Duncan T. Moore, resigned. David S. Cohen , of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, Department of the Treasury, vice Patrick M. O'Brien, resigned. Dana G. Gresham , of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, vice Simon Charles Gros. Alan B. Krueger , of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Phillip L. Swagel, resigned. James N. Miller, Jr. , of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, vice Christopher Ryan Henry. John Morton , of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, vice Julie L. Myers, resigned. Submitted March 11 Esther Brimmer , of the District of Colombia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (International Organization Affairs), vice Brian H. Hook, resigned. Jonathan Z. Cannon , of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Marcus C. Peacock, resigned. Ivo H. Daalder , of Virginia, to be U.S. Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Karl Winfrid Eikenberry , of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. Ivan K. Fong , of Ohio, to be General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, vice Philip J. Perry, resigned. Philip H. Gordon , of the District of Colombia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (European and Eurasian Affairs), vice Daniel Fried, resigned. W. Scott Gould , of the District of Colombia, to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, vice Gordon H. Mansfield, resigned. Christopher R. Hill , of Rhode Island, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Iraq. Richard Rahul Verma , of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Legislative Affairs), vice Matthew A. Reynolds, resigned. Melanne Verveer , of the District of Colombia, to be Ambassador at Large for Women's Global Issues. Submitted March 12 Thomas L. Strickland , of Colorado, to be Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, vice R. Lyle Laverty. Alexander Vershbow , of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Mary Beth Long, resigned. Submitted March 16 Ladda Tammy Duckworth , of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Public and Intergovernmental Affairs), vice Lisette M. Mondello, resigned. R. Gil Kerlikowske , of Washington, to be Director of National Drug Control Policy, vice John P. Walters, resigned. Roy W. Kienitz , of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy, vice Jeffrey Shane, resigned. Gary Locke , of Washington, to be Secretary of Commerce. Demetrios J. Marantis , of the District of Columbia, to be a Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, vice Peter F. Allgeier, resigned. Regina McCarthy , of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Jeffrey R. Holmstead, resigned. Kim N. Wallace , of Texas, to be a Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury, vice Kevin I. Fromer, resigned. Submitted March 17 William V. Corr , of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, vice Tevi David Troy, resigned. David F. Hamilton , of Indiana, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, vice Kenneth F. Ripple, retired. William Craig Fugate , of Florida, to be Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, vice R. David Paulison. Rose Eilene Gottemoeller , of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Verification and Compliance), vice Paula A. DeSutter, resigned. Demetrios J. Marantis , of the District of Columbia, to be a Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, vice Karan K. Bhatia, resigned. Kathleen Sebelius , of Kansas, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. Withdrawn March 17 Demetrios J. Marantis , of the District of Columbia, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, vice Peter F. Allgeier, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on March 16, 2009. Submitted March 18 Russlynn Ali , of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of Education, vice Stephanie Johnson Monroe, resigned. Susan Flood Burk , of Virginia, a career member of the Senior Executive Service, to be Special Representative of the President, with the rank of Ambassador. Ashton B. Carter , of Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, vice John J. Young, Jr. Carmel Martin , of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, Department of Education, vice Williamson Evers, resigned. James W. Miller , of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, vice Mark Everett Keenum, resigned. Charles P. Rose , of Illinois, to be General Counsel, Department of Education, vice Kent D. Talbert, resigned. Ronald H. Weich , of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice William Emil Moschella. Submitted March 19 April S. Boyd , of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, vice Nathaniel F. Wienecke, resigned. Peter Cunningham , of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach, Department of Education, vice Lauren M. Maddox. Michelle DePass , of New York, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Judith Elizabeth Ayres, resigned. Brian Vincent Kennedy , of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, vice Kristine Ann Iverson, resigned. Kathleen A. Merrigan , of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, vice Charles F. Conner, resigned. Submitted March 23 Lael Brainard , of the District of Columbia, to be an Under Secretary of the Treasury, vice David H. McCormick, resigned. Johnnie Carson , of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (African Affairs), vice Jendayi Elizabeth Frazer, resigned. Julius Genachowski , of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the Federal Communications Commission for a term of 5 years from July 1, 2008, vice Jonathan Steven Adelstein, term expired. Cynthia J. Giles , of Rhode Island, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Granta Y. Nakayama, resigned. Kristina M. Johnson , of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Energy, vice Clarence H. Albright, resigned. Harold Hongju Koh , of Connecticut, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State, vice John B. Bellinger III, resigned. Joe Leonard, Jr. , of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, vice Margo M. McKay, resigned. Submitted March 24 Marisa J. Demeo , of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 15 years, vice Rufus Gunn King III, retired. Florence Y. Pan , of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 15 years, vice Linda Turner Hamilton. Withdrawn March 24 Stuart Gordon Nash , of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 15 years, vice Rufus Gunn King III, retired, which was sent to the Senate on January 8, 2009. Submitted March 25 Margaret A. Hamburg , of the District of Columbia, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services, vice Andrew von Eschenbach, resigned. Peter A. Kovar , of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Sheila McNamara Greenwood. Dallas P. Tonsager , of South Dakota, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development, vice Thomas C. Dorr, resigned. Submitted March 26 Luis C. de Baca , of Virginia, to be Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, with the rank of Ambassador at Large, vice Mark P. Lagon, resigned. T. Michael Kerr , of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, vice Patrick Pizzella, resigned. Steven Elliot Koonin , of California, to be Under Secretary for Science, Department of Energy, vice Raymond L. Orbach, resigned. Linda A. Puchala , of Maryland, to be a member of the National Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2009, vice Read Van de Water, term expired. Linda A. Puchala , of Maryland, to be a member of the National Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2012 (reappointment). Yvette Roubideaux , of Arizona, to be Director of the Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, for the term of 4 years, vice Robert G. McSwain, resigned. Joseph C. Szabo , of Illinois, to be Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, vice Joseph H. Boardman. Submitted March 31 Thomas E. Perez , of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Wan J. Kim. Lawrence E. Strickling , of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, vice John M.R. Kneuer. Hilary Chandler Tompkins , of New Mexico, to be Solicitor of the Department of the Interior, vice David Longly Bernhardt, resigned. Ines R. Triay , of New Mexico, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Environmental Management), vice James A. Rispoli, resigned. Withdrawn March 31 Jonathan Z. Cannon , of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Marcus C. Peacock, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on March 11, 2009. Submitted April 2 Andre M. Davis , of Maryland, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, vice Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr., deceased. Gerard E. Lynch , of New York, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, vice Chester J. Straub, retired. Jo-Ellen Darcy , of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, vice John Paul Woodley, Jr. Krysta Harden , of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, vice Linda Avery Strachan, resigned. Scott Blake Harris , of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Energy, vice David R. Hill, resigned. Timothy W. Manning , of New Mexico, to be Deputy Administrator for National Preparedness, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, vice Dennis R. Schrader. John U. Sepulveda , of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Human Resources), vice Michael W. Hager. Submitted April 20 Peter H. Appel , of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Department of Transportation, vice Paul R. Brubaker, resigned. Helen R. Kanovsky , of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, vice Robert M. Couch. Cameron F. Kerry , of Massachusetts, to be General Counsel of the Department of Commerce, vice Lily Fu Claffee, resigned. Robert S. Rivkin , of Illinois, to be General Counsel of the Department of Transportation, vice David James Gribbin IV, resigned. William K. Sessions III , of Vermont, to be Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission, vice Ricardo H. Hinojosa. John D. Trasvina , of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Kim Kendrick, resigned. Roger W. Baker , of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Information and Technology), vice Robert T. Howard, resigned. Rand Beers , of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary, Department of Homeland Security, vice Robert D. Jamison, resigned. Raphael William Bostic , of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Darlene F. Williams, resigned. Michael L. Connor , of Maryland, to be Commissioner of Reclamation, vice Robert W. Johnson. Philip J. Crowley , of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Public Affairs), vice Sean Ian McCormack, resigned. John Q. Easton , of Illinois, to be Director of the Institute of Education Science, Department of Education for a term of 6 years, vice Grover J. Whitehurst, term expired. Larry J. EchoHawk , of Utah, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, vice Carl Joseph Artman, resigned. Jeffrey D. Feltman , of Ohio, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs), vice C. David Welch, resigned. Gabriella Cecilia Gomez , of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Legislation and Congressional Affairs, Department of Education, vice Holly A. Kuzmich, resigned. Wallace C. Gregson , of Colorado, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice James Shinn. William A. Gunn , of Virginia, to be General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs, vice Paul J. Hutter. Priscilla E. Guthrie , of Virginia, to be Chief Information Officer, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, vice Dale W. Meyerrose, resigned. Sandra Brooks Henriquez , of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Orlando J. Cabrera. Fred P. Hochberg , of New York, to be President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2013, vice James Lambright, term expired. Bonnie D. Jenkins , of New York, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs. Elizabeth Lee King , of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Robert L. Wilkie, resigned. Howard K. Koh , of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, vice Joxel Garcia, resigned. Raymond Edwin Mabus, Jr. , of Mississippi, to be Secretary of the Navy, vice Donald C. Winter. George Wheeler Madison , of Connecticut, to be General Counsel for the Department of the Treasury, vice Robert F. Hoyt, resigned. Kathleen Martinez , of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, vice Neil Romano, resigned. Judith A. McHale , of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, vice James K. Glassman, resigned. A. Thomas McLellan , of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Director of National Drug Control Policy, vice Scott M. Burns, resigned. Michael Nacht , of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Joseph A. Benkert. Daniel B. Poneman , of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy, vice Jeffrey Clay Sell, resigned. Donald Michael Remy , of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Army, vice Benedict S. Cohen, resigned. Jose D. Riojas , of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Operations, Security, and Preparedness), vice Charles L. Hopkins, resigned. Francisco J. Sanchez , of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, vice Christopher A. Padilla, resigned. David B. Sandalow , of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (International Affairs and Domestic Policy), vice Karen Alderman Harbert, resigned. Miriam E. Sapiro , of the District of Columbia, to be a Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, vice John K. Veroneau, resigned. Peter S. Silva , of California, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Benjamin Grumbles, resigned. M. Patricia Smith , of New York, to be Solicitor for the Department of Labor, vice Gregory F. Jacob, resigned. Mary L. Smith , of Illinois, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Nathan J. Hochman, resigned. Mathy Stanislaus , of New Jersey, to be Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste, Environmental Protection Agency, vice Susan P. Bodine, resigned. Rhea S. Suh , of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, vice R. Thomas Weimer, resigned. Cass R. Sunstein , of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, vice Susan E. Dudley. Neal S. Wolin , of Illinois, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, vice Robert M. Kimmitt, resigned. Robert O. Work , of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the Navy, vice Dionel M. Aviles, resigned. Submitted April 21 David H. Stevens , of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Brian D. Montgomery. Jonathan Steven Adelstein , of South Dakota, to be Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture, vice James M. Andrew, resigned. Thomasina Rogers , of Maryland, to be a member of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission for a term expiring April 27, 2015 (reappointment). Submitted April 23 Victor M. Mendez , of Arizona, to be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, vice Thomas J. Madison, resigned. Stephen Alan Owens , of Arizona, to be Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice James B. Gulliford, resigned. Rajiv J. Shah , of Washington, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics, vice Gale A. Buchanan, resigned. Submitted April 27 Daniel Benjamin , of the District of Columbia, to be Coordinator for Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of Ambassador at Large, vice Dell L. Dailey, resigned. Robert Orris Blake, Jr. , of Maryland, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to be Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs, vice Richard A. Boucher, resigned. Phyllis Corrine Borzi , of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, vice Bradford P. Campbell, resigned. William F. Brinkman , of New Jersey, to be Director of the Office of Science, Department of Energy, vice Raymond L. Orbach, resigned. Kurt M. Campbell , of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (East Asian and Pacific Affairs), vice Christopher R. Hill, resigned. Anne Castle , of Colorado, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, vice Mark A. Limbaugh. David Heyman , of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, vice Stewart A. Baker, resigned. Thomas R. Lamont , of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, vice Ronald J. James. John D. Porcari , of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation, vice Thomas J. Barrett, resigned. Pearlie S. Reed , of Arkansas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, vice Boyd Kevin Rutherford. Catherine Radford Zoi , of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy), vice Alexander A. Karsner, resigned. Submitted April 28 Rebecca M. Blank , of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs, vice Cynthia A. Glassman, resigned. Robert S. Litt , of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, vice Benjamin A. Powell, resigned. Laurie I. Mikva , of Illinois, to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation for a term expiring July 13, 2010, vice Florentino Subia, term expired. Paul N. Stockton , of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Paul McHale, resigned. Submitted April 29 Eric P. Goosby , of California, to be Ambassador at Large and Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally. Martha J. Kanter , of California, to be Under Secretary of Education, vice Sara Alicia Tucker, resigned. Peter M. Rogoff , of Virginia, to be Federal Transit Administrator, vice James S. Simpson, resigned. Andrew Charles Weber , of Virginia, to be Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs, vice Frederick S. Celec. Kevin W. Concannon , of Maine, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, vice Nancy Montanez-Johner, resigned. Robert M. Groves , of Michigan, to be Director of the Census, vice Steven H. Murdock, resigned. Submitted April 30 Charles A. Blanchard , of Arizona, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force, vice Mary L. Walker, resigned. Submitted May 1 Herbert M. Allison, Jr. , of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (new position). Michael S. Barr , of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice David George Nason, resigned. Submitted May 4 Kathy J. Greenlee , of Kansas, to be Assistant Secretary for Aging, Department of Health and Human Services, vice Josefina Carbonell, resigned. Martha N. Johnson , of Maryland, to be Administrator of General Services, vice Lurita Alexis Doan, resigned. Mercedes Marquez , of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, vice Susan D. Peppler, resigned. Philip Mudd , of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Department of Homeland Security (new position). John J. Sullivan , of Maryland, to be a member of the Federal Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2013, vice Ellen L. Weintraub, term expired. Submitted May 6 Wilma A. Lewis , of the Virgin Islands, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, vice C. Stephen Allred, resigned. Carmen R. Nazario , of Puerto Rico, to be Assistant Secretary for Family Support, Department of Health and Human Services, vice Diane D. Rath. Jane Oates , of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, vice Emily Stover DeRocco. Tara Jeanne O'Toole , of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Science and Technology, Department of Homeland Security, vice Jay M. Cohen, resigned. Eric P. Schwartz , of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Population, Refugees, and Migration), vice Ellen R. Sauerbrey. Andrew J. Shapiro , of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Political-Military Affairs), vice Mark Kimmitt, resigned. Ellen O. Tauscher , of California, to be Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, vice Robert Joseph, resigned. Submitted May 11 J. Randolph Babbitt , of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration for the term of 5 years, vice Marion C. Blakey, term expired. Lorelei Boylan , of New York, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor, vice Paul DeCamp. Jamie Michael Morin , of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, vice John H. Gibson, resigned. Stephen Woolman Preston , of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency, vice Scott W. Muller, resigned. Submitted May 12 William J. Wilkins , of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service and an Assistant General Counsel in the Department of the Treasury, vice Donald Korb, resigned. Jeffrey D. Zients , of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget, vice Clay Johnson III, resigned. Christine M. Griffin , of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Personnel Management, vice Howard Charles Weizmann, resigned. Submitted May 14 Aneesh Chopra , of Virginia, to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, vice Richard M. Russell, resigned. Capricia Penavic Marshall , of the District of Columbia, to be Chief of Protocol, and to have the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service, vice Nancy Goodman Brinker, resigned. Submitted May 18 Zachary J. Lemnios , of Massachusetts, to be Director of Defense Research and Engineering, vice John J. Young, Jr. Anthony W. Miller , of California, to be Deputy Secretary of Education, vice Raymond Simon, resigned. Richard G. Newell , of North Carolina, to be Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, vice Guy F. Caruso. Rosa Gumataotao Rios , of California, to be Treasurer of the United States, vice Anna Escobedo Cabral, resigned. Submitted May 19 Philip L. Verveer, of the District of Columbia, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Communications and Information Policy in the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs and U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy. Submitted May 20 Bartholomew Chilton , of Maryland, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for a term expiring April 13, 2013 (reappointment). Colin Scott Cole Fulton , of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Roger Romulus Martella, Jr. Alejandro N. Mayorkas , of California, to be Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, vice Emilio T. Gonzalez. Submitted May 21 Paul T. Anastas , of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice George M. Gray, resigned. Cranston J. Mitchell , of Virginia, to be a Commissioner of the U.S. Parole Commission for a term of 6 years (reappointment). Nancy J. Powell , of Iowa, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Career Minister, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, vice Harry K. Thomas, Jr., resigned. Submitted June 1 Patricia A. Butenis , of Virginia, 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 the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Maldives. Christopher William Dell , of New Jersey, 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 the Republic of Kosovo. J. Michael Gilmore , of Virginia, to be Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, Department of Defense, vice Charles E. McQueary. Gordon S. Heddell , of the District of Columbia, to be Inspector General, Department of Defense, vice Claude M. Kicklighter, resigned. Nicole Lurie , of Maryland, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor as provided by law and regulations, and to be Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services, vice W. Craig Vanderwagen, resigned. Deborah Matz , of Virginia, to be a member of the National Credit Union Administration Board for a term expiring April 10, 2015, vice Rodney E. Hood, term expired. Dennis M. McCarthy , of Ohio, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Thomas Forrest Hall. Ellen Gloninger Murray , of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, vice Charles E. Johnson, resigned. Charles H. Rivkin , of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to France, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Monaco. Evan J. Segal , of Pennsylvania, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Agriculture, vice Charles R. Christopherson, Jr., resigned. Thomas Alfred Shannon, Jr. , of Virginia, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federative Republic of Brazil. Sonia Sotomayor , of New York, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, vice David H. Souter, retiring. Submitted June 2 Daniel Ginsberg , of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, vice Craig W. Duehring. Louis B. Susman , of Illinois, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Submitted June 3 Laurie Susan Fulton , of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Denmark. Raymond M. Jefferson , of Hawaii, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training, vice Charles S. Ciccolella, resigned. Daniel M. Tangherlini , of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Peter B. McCarthy, resigned. Daniel M. Tangherlini , of the District of Columbia, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of the Treasury, vice Peter B. McCarthy, resigned. Submitted June 4 Preet Bharara , of New York, to be U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York for the term of 4 years, vice Michael J. Garcia, resigned. Julia Akins Clark , of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term of 5 years, vice Colleen Duffy Kiko, resigned. Tristram J. Coffin , of Vermont, to be U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont for the term of 4 years, vice Thomas D. Anderson, resigned. Ernest W. DuBester , of Virginia, to be a member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority for a term of 5 years expiring July 29, 2012, vice Dale Cabaniss, resigned. Jenny A. Durkan , of Washington, to be U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington for the term of 4 years, vice John McKay, resigned. Paul Joseph Fishman , of New Jersey, to be U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey for the term of 4 years, vice Christopher James Christie, resigned. B. Todd Jones , of Minnesota, to be U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota for the term of 4 years, vice Rachel K. Paulose, resigned. John P. Kacavas , of New Hampshire, to be U.S. Attorney for the District of New Hampshire for the term of 4 years, vice Thomas P. Colantuono, resigned. Christopher H. Schroeder , of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Elisebeth C. Cook, resigned. Joyce White Vance , of Alabama, to be U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama for the term of 4 years, vice Alice Howze Martin. Submitted June 8 Anne Elizabeth Derse , of Maryland, 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 the Republic of Lithuania. David C. Jacobson , of Illinois, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Canada. Robert Malcolm McDowell , of Virginia, to be a member of the Federal Communications Commission for a term of 5 years from July 1, 2009 (reappointment). Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana , of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education, vice Kerri Layne Briggs. Ignacia S. Moreno , of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Ronald Jay Tenpas, resigned. Stuart Gordon Nash , of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of 15 years, vice Rafael Diaz, term expired. Carlos Pascual , of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Mexico. Winslow Lorenzo Sargeant , of Wisconsin, to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, Small Business Administration, vice Thomas M. Sullivan. Polly Trottenberg , of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, vice Tyler D. Duvall, resigned. Arturo A. Valenzuela , of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Western Hemisphere Affairs), vice Thomas A. Shannon, Jr., resigned. Submitted June 9 Robert S. Adler , of North Carolina, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission for a term of 7 years from October 27, 2007, vice Stuart M. Statler, resigned. Kenneth H. Merten , of Virginia, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Haiti. Maria Otero , of the District of Columbia, to be an Under Secretary of State (Democracy and Global Affairs), vice Paula J. Dobriansky, resigned. William E. Spriggs , of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, vice Leon R. Sequeira, resigned. Inez Moore Tenenbaum , of South Carolina, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission for a term of 7 years from October 27, 2006, vice Harold D. Stratton, resigned. Inez Moore Tenenbaum , of South Carolina, to be Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, vice Harold D. Stratton, resigned. Submitted June 10 Robert V. Abbey , of Nevada, to be Director of the Bureau of Land Management, vice James L. Caswell, resigned. Harry R. Hoglander , of Massachusetts, to be a member of the National Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2011 (reappointment). Timothy J. Roemer , of Indiana, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to India. Submitted June 11 Michael Anthony Battle, Sr., of Georgia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the African Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary. Donald Sternoff Beyer, Jr. , of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Switzerland, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Principality of Liechtenstein. Martha Larzelere Campbell , of Michigan, 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 the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Donald Henry Gips , of Colorado, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of South Africa. Gordon Gray , of Virginia, 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 the Republic of Tunisia. Rocco Landesman , of New York, to be Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts for a term of 4 years, vice Dana Gioia, resigned. Alfonso E. Lenhardt , of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United Republic of Tanzania. John R. Nay , of Michigan, 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 the Republic of Suriname. John R. Norris , of the District of Columbia, to be a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2012, vice Joseph Timothy Kelliher, resigned. Daniel M. Rooney , of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Ireland. Richard J. Schmierer , of Virginia, 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 the Sultanate of Oman. Pamela Jo Howell Slutz , of Texas, 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 the Republic of Burundi. Vinai K. Thummalapally , of Colorado, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Belize. Joseph W. Westphal , of New York, to be Under Secretary of the Army, vice Nelson M. Ford. Submitted June 16 Nicole A. Avant , of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. Howard W. Gutman , of Maryland, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Belgium. Submitted June 17 Vilma S. Martinez , of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Argentina. Withdrawn June 17 Donald Michael Remy , of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Army, vice Benedict S. Cohen, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on April 20, 2009. Submitted June 18 Edward M. Avalos , of New Mexico, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, vice Bruce I. Knight, resigned. Miguel Humberto Diaz , of Minnesota, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Holy See. Juan M. Garcia III , of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, vice William A. Navas, Jr., resigned. Deborah A.P. Hersman , of Virginia, to be a member of the National Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring December 31, 2013 (reappointment). Deborah A.P. Hersman , of Virginia, to be Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board for a term of 2 years, vice Mark V. Rosenker, term expired. David J. Kappos , of California, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, vice Jonathan W. Dudas, resigned. Richard A. Lidinsky, Jr. , of Maryland, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner for the term expiring June 30, 2012, vice A. Paul Anderson, resigned. James J. Markowsky , of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Fossil Energy), vice Jeffrey D. Jarrett, resigned. Warren F. Miller, Jr. , of New Mexico, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Nuclear Energy), vice Dennis R. Spurgeon. Robert Perciasepe , of New York, to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Marcus C. Peacock, resigned. Submitted June 19 Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr. , of New Jersey, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, vice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., elevated. Beverly B. Martin , of Georgia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, vice R. Lanier Anderson III, retired. Mark Henry Gitenstein , of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Romania. Craig E. Hooks , of Kansas, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Luis Luna, resigned. Submitted June 22 John R. Bass , of New York, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Georgia. Charles F. Bolden, Jr. , of Texas, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, vice Michael D. Griffin, resigned. Ertharin Cousin , of Illinois, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as U.S. Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture. James B. Foley , of New York, 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 the Republic of Croatia. Lori Garver , of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, vice Shana L. Dale, resigned. Kenneth E. Gross, Jr. , of Virginia, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Tajikistan. Jerry P. Lanier , of North Carolina, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Uganda. Warren F. Miller, Jr. , of New Mexico, to be Director of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Department of Energy, vice Edward F. Sproat III, resigned. Teddy Bernard Taylor , of Maryland, 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 Papua New Guinea, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Solomon Islands and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Vanuatu. Submitted June 23 Joan M. Evans , of Oregon, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Congressional and Legislative Affairs), vice Christine O. Hill, resigned. Submitted June 24 James Legarde Hudson , of the District of Columbia, to be U.S. Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, vice Kenneth L. Peel. John Victor Roos , of California, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Japan. James B. Smith , of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Submitted June 25 Meredith Attwell Baker , of Virginia, to be a member of the Federal Communications Commission for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2011, vice Kevin J. Martin, resigned. Mignon L. Clyburn , of South Carolina, to be a member of the Federal Communications Commission for a term of 5 years from July 1, 2007, vice Deborah Taylor Tate, term expired. Judith Gail Garber , of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Latvia. Christopher A. Hart , of Colorado, to be a member of the National Transportation Safety Board for a term expiring December 31, 2012, vice Steven R. Chealander, resigned. Charlene Edwards Honeywell , of Florida, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, vice Susan C. Bucklew, retired. Kerri-Ann Jones , of Maine, to be an Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, vice Claudia A. McMurray, resigned. Samuel Louis Kaplan , of Minnesota, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Morocco. David Killion , of the District of Columbia, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. James Knight , of Alabama, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Benin. Karen Kornbluh , of New York, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, with the rank of Ambassador. Bruce J. Oreck , of Colorado, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Finland. Charles Aaron Ray , of Maryland, 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 the Republic of Zimbabwe. Jeffrey L. Viken , of South Dakota, to be U.S. District Judge for the District of South Dakota, vice Lawrence L. Piersol, retiring.