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CONGRESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND GROUPS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY BOARD OF VISITORS [Title 10, U.S.C., Section 9355(a)] Board Member Year Appointed Appointed by the President: Roel Campos 2016 Linda Cubero 2016 Benjamin Drew 2016 Judith Fedder 2016 Soudarak Hoppin 2016 Edward Rice (Chair) 2016 Appointed by the Vice President or the Senate President Pro Tempore: Senator Mazie K. Hirono, of Hawaii 2015 Senator Jerry Moran, of Kansas 2015 Senator Tom Udall, of New Mexico 2015 Appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives: Representative Jared Polis, of Colorado 2010 Representative Doug Lamborn, of Colorado 2009 Representative Martha McSally, of Arizona 2015 Bruce Swezey 2017 Appointed by the Chairman, Senate Armed Services Committee: Senator Cory Gardner, of Colorado 2015 Appointed by the Chairman, House Armed Services Committee: Vacant. UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY BOARD OF VISITORS [Title 10, U.S.C., Section 4355(a)] Members of Congress Senate Richard Burr, of North Carolina. Kirsten E. Gillibrand, of New York. Jerry Moran, of Kansas. Christopher Murphy, of Connecticut. House Steve Womack, Representative of Arkansas, Sean Patrick Maloney, Representative of New Chair. York. K. Michael Conaway, Representative of Texas. Stephanie N. Murphy, Representative of Thomas J. Rooney, Representative of Florida. Florida. Presidential Appointees: Brenda Sue Fulton, of New Jersey, Vice Chair. 501 502 Congressional Directory Elizabeth McNally, of New York. Frederick H. Black, Sr., of North Carolina. Bridget Altenburg, of Illinois. Hon. Gerald McGowan, of Washington, DC. Jane Holl Lute, of Virginia. UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY BOARD OF VISITORS [Title 10, U.S.C., Section 6968(a)] Appointed by the President: Judge Evan Wallach, U.S. Court of Appeals (Vice Chairman). CAPT E. Elliott Barker, USN (Ret.). LCDR Dan Cnossen, USN (Ret.). Christine Fox. ADM James Winnefeld, USN (Ret.), former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Matice J. Wright. Appointed by the Vice President: Senator Benjamin L. Cardin, of Maryland. Senator James Lankford, of Oklahoma. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, of New Hampshire. Designees of the Chairmen, SASC / HASC: Senator Dan Sullivan, of Alaska. Representative Robert J. Wittman, of Virginia (Chairman). Appointed by the Speaker of the House: Representative Elijah E. Cummings, of Maryland. Representative Ron DeSantis, of Florida. Representative Mike Gallagher, of Wisconsin. Representative C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger, of Maryland. UNITED STATES COAST GUARD ACADEMY BOARD OF VISITORS * [Title 14 U.S.C., Section 194(a)] Roger F. Wicker, of Mississippi. Richard Blumenthal, of Connecticut. Dan Sullivan, of Alaska. Maria Cantwell, of Washington. Bill Shuster, of Pennsylvania. Adrian Smith, of Nebraska. BRITISH-AMERICAN PARLIAMENTARY GROUP Senate Hart Building, Room 808, phone 224–3047 [Created by Public Law 98–164] Senate Delegation: Chair.—Vacant. Vice Chair.—Patrick J. Leahy, Senator from Vermont. CANADA-UNITED STATES INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP Senate Hart Building, Room 808, phone 224–3047 [Created by Public Law 86–42, 22 U.S.C., 1928a–1928d, 276d–276g] Senate Delegation: Chair.—Vacant. * This list is incomplete; three Congressional seats remain vacant at time of press. Congressional Advisory Boards, Commissions, and Groups 503 Vice Chair.—Vacant. House Delegation: Chair.—Bill Huizenga, Representative of Michigan. Vice Chair.—Vacant. CHINA-UNITED STATES INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP Senate Hart Building, Room 808, phone 224–3047 [Created by Public Law 108–199, Section 153] Senate Delegation: Chair.—Vacant. Vice Chair.—Vacant. KOREA-UNITED STATES INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP House Delegation: Chair.—Edward R. Royce, Representative of California. MEXICO-UNITED STATES INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP Senate Hart Building, Room 808, phone 224–3047 [Created by Public Law 82–420, 22 U.S.C. 276h–276k] Senate Delegation: Chair.—Vacant. Vice Chair.—Vacant. House Delegation: Chair.—Michael T. McCaul, Representative of Texas. Vice Chair.—Sean P. Duffy, Representative of Wisconsin. NATO PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY Headquarters: Place du Petit Sablon 3, B–1000 Brussels, Belgium [Created by Public Law 84–689, 22 U.S.C., 1928z] Senate Delegation: Chair.—Vacant. Vice Chair.—Vacant. House Delegation: Chair.—Michael R. Turner, Representative of Ohio. Vice Chair.—Ted Poe, Representative of Texas. STAFF Secretary, Senate Delegation.—Julia Hart Reed, Interparliamentary Services, SH–808, 224–3047. Secretary, House Delegation.—Jeff Dressler. COMMISSION ON CONGRESSIONAL MAILING STANDARDS 1216 Longworth House Office Building, phone 226–0647 [Created by Public Law 93–191] Chair.—Rodney Davis, of Illinois. Susan A. Davis, of California. Robert E. Latta, of Ohio. Brad Sherman, of California. Barbara Comstock, of Virginia. A. Donald McEachin, of Virginia. STAFF Majority Staff Director.—Max Engling, 226–0647. 504 Congressional Directory Professional Staff.—Tim Sullivan. Staff Assistants: Austin Cho, Ashley Herbert. Counsel.—Nick Hawatmeh. Democratic Staff Director.—Matthew DeFreitas. Democratic Professional Staff: Aislan Sims, 225–9337; Kimberly Stevens. Democratic Counsel.—Khalil Abboud. Democratic Staff Assistant.—Meredith Conner. COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE 234 Ford House Office Building, phone 225–1901, fax 226–4199 http://www.csce.gov Roger F. Wicker, Senator from Mississippi, Chair Christopher H. Smith, Representative from New Jersey, Co-Chair LEGISLATIVE BRANCH COMMISSIONERS House Robert B. Aderholt, of Alabama. Alcee L. Hastings, of Florida. Michael C. Burgess, of Texas. Steve Cohen, of Tennessee. Randy Hultgren, of Illinois. Sheila Jackson Lee, of Texas. Richard Hudson, of North Carolina. Gwen Moore, of Wisconsin. Senate John Boozman, of Arkansas. Benjamin L. Cardin, of Maryland. Cory Gardner, of Colorado. Jeanne Shaheen, of New Hampshire. Marco Rubio, of Florida. Tom Udall, of New Mexico. Thom Tillis, of North Carolina. Sheldon Whitehouse, of Rhode Island. EXECUTIVE BRANCH COMMISSIONERS Department of State.—Vacant. Department of Commerce.—Vacant. Department of Defense.—Vacant. COMMISSION STAFF Chief of Staff.—Ambassador David T. Killion. House Senior Staff Person.—Mark Milosch. Senior State Department Advisor.—Scott Rauland. Policy Advisor; Secretary of the U.S. Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly.— Bob Hand. Representative of the Helsinki Commission to the USOSCE.—Janice Helwig. Policy Advisors: Everett Price, Mischa Thompson, Alex Tiersky. Counsel; General Counsel.—Allison B. Hollabaugh (acting). Policy Advisor; CSCE Liaison to the Chairman’s Office; Chief Administration Officer.— A. Paul Massaro III, (acting). Counsel for International Law.—Erika B. Schlager. Staff Associate.—Jordan Warlick. Congressional Advisory Boards, Commissions, and Groups 505 CONGRESSIONAL AWARD FOUNDATION 379 Ford House Office Building, phone (202) 226–0130, fax 226–0131 [Created by Public Law 96–114] Chair.—Paxton K. Baker, Washington Nationals Baseball. Vice Chairs: Linda Mitchell, Mississippi State University Extension Service. Hon. Rodney E. Slater, Squire Patton Boggs, LLP. Secretary.—Cheryl Maddox, Humana, Inc. Treasurer.—Lee Klumpp, BDO. Members: Cliff Akiyama, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Simeon Banister, Greater Rochester Martin Luther King Jr. Commission. Ed Blansitt, Montgomery County Inspector General Office. Romero Brown, Georgia. Anne Oswalt Bruce, Johnson & Johnson. Nick Cannon, New York. Edward Cohen, Lerner Enterprises. Kathy Didawick, BlueCross BlueShield Association. Hon. Debbie Dingell, U.S. House of Representatives. Mitch Draizin, Longview Capital Advisors, Inc. MaryAnne Dunlap, Sanofi, US. David Falk, FAME. Beverly Gilyard, AARP. George B. Gould, Washington, DC. Dr. Lawrence Green, Maryland. J. Steven Hart, Esq., Williams and Jensen, P.C. Erica Wheelan Heyse, National Director. Jesse Hill, Edward Jones. Hon. Richard Hudson, U.S. House of Representatives. David W. Hunt, Esq., Nexant. Hon. Johnny Isakson, U.S. Senate. Hon. Sheila Jackson Lee, U.S. House of Representatives. Karlos LaSane, Caesars Entertainment. Lynn Lyons, Florida. Raul Magdaleno, Magdaleno Consulting Group. Hon. Joe Manchin III, U.S. Senate. Lance Mangum, FedEx Corporation. Kim Norman, G2 Secure Staff, LLC. Steven Roberts, The Roberts Companies. Beth Ann Ruoff, Washington, DC. David Schiappa, The Duberstein Group. Chris Spear, American Trucking Associations. Will Stute, McDermott, Will & Emery, LLP. Chiling Tong, National Ace. Jason Van Pelt, Crossroads Strategies. Rita Vaswani, Nevada State Bank. Kathryn Weeden, United States Senate Page School. Shawn Whitman, FMC Corporation. CONGRESSIONAL CLUB 2001 New Hampshire Avenue, NW., 20009, phone (202) 332–1155, fax 797–0698 Executive Board President.—Vera G. Davis. Vice Presidents: (1st) Jennifer Messer. (2d) Helen Green. (3d) Judy Benishek. (4th) Patricia Garamendi. (5th) Billie Gingrey. (6th) April McClain Delaney. 506 Congressional Directory Treasurer.—Martha Brooks. Recording Secretary.—Sonya Horsford. Corresponding Secretary.—Simone Marie Meeks. Executive Director.—Lydia de La Vina de Foley. CONGRESSIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON CHINA 243 Ford House Office Building, phone 226–3766, fax 226–3804 [Created by Public Law 106–286] Marco Rubio, Senator from Florida, Chair Christopher H. Smith, Representative of New Jersey, Co-Chair LEGISLATIVE BRANCH COMMISSIONERS House Robert Pittenger, of North Carolina. Timothy J. Walz, of Minnesota. Randy Hultgren, of Illinois. Marcy Kaptur, of Ohio. Vacant. Ted Lieu, of California. Vacant. Senate James Lankford, of Oklahoma. Dianne Feinstein,
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