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Independent Agencies, Commissions, Boards INDEPENDENT AGENCIES, COMMISSIONS, BOARDS ADVISORY COUNCIL ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION [Created by Public Law 89–665, amended by Public Laws 94–422, 96–515] 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 809, 20004 phone 606–8503, http://www.achp.gov Chairman.—John L. Nav III, Houston, Texas. Vice Chairman.—Bernadette Castro, Albany, New York. Expert Members: Bruce D. Judd, California. James K. Huhta, Tennessee. Arva Moore Parks McCabe, Florida. Parker Westbrook, Arkansas. Citizen Members: Katherine A. Slick, New Mexico. Carolyn J. Brackett, Tennessee. Native American Member: Raynard C. Soon, Hawaii. Governor.—Hon. Jane DeHull, Phoenix, Arizona. Mayor.—Hon. Bob Young, Augusta, Georgia. Architect of the Capitol.—Hon. Alan M. Hantman, AIA. Secretary, Department of— Agriculture.—Hon. Ann M. Veneman. Interior.—Hon. Gale A. Norton. Housing and Urban Development.—Hon. Mel Martinez. Transportation.—Hon. Norman Y. Mineta. Administrator: Environmental Protection Agency.—Hon. Christine Todd Whitman. General Services Administration.—Hon. Stephen A. Perry. National Trust for Historic Preservation.—William B. Hart, Chairman, Maine. National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers.—Edward F. Sanderson, President, Rhode Island. Observer: Secretary of Defense.—Hon. Donald H. Rumsfeld. National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officer.—Alan S. Downer, Navajo Nation. AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION [Created by Public Law 96–533] 1400 Eye Street NW, Suite 1000, 20005–2248, phone 673–3916, fax 673–3810 E-mail: [email protected]; Wb: www.adf.gov BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chairman.—Ernest G. Green. Vice Chairman.—Willie Grace Campbell. Private Members: Claude A. Allen, Henry E. McKoy. Public Members: [Vacant]. STAFF President.—Nathaniel Fields. Vice President.—[Vacant]. Advisory Committee Management.—[Vacant]. 757 758 Congressional Directory Congressional Liaison Officer.—Roger Ervin. General Counsel.—Doris Mason Martin. Budget and Finance Director.—Thomas R. Coogan. Management and Information Systems.—Thomas F. Wilson. Personnel Director.—[Vacant]. Program and Field Operations: Region 1: Rama Bah. Region 2: Christine Fowles. Region 3: Kim Ward. AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION [Created by Public Law 105–225] Courthouse Plaza II, Suite 500, 2300 Clarendon Blvd., Arlington, VA 22201–3367 phone (703) 696–6902 Chairman.—[Vacant]. Commissioners: LTG Julius Becton, Jr., U.S. Army (ret.). Honorable Joseph E. Persico. MG Patrick H. Brady, U.S. Army (ret.). Honorable Thomas J. Ridge. GEN Frederick M. Franks, U.S. Army Honorable Sara A. Sellers. (ret.). Honorable Alan K. Simpson. GEN Paul X. Kelley, U.S. Marine Corps MG Will Hill Tankersley, U.S. Army (ret.). (ret.). Honorable Antonio Lopez. BG Sue E. Turner, U.S. Air Force (ret.). Secretary.—MG John P. Herrling, U.S. Army (ret.). Executive Director.—Kenneth S. Pond. Director for— Engineering and Maintenance.—COL Dale F. Means, U.S. Army. Operations and Finance.—COL Anthony N. Corea, USAF. Personnel and Administration.—LTC Theodore Gloukoff (ret.), U.S. Army. (Note: Public law changed to 105–225, August 1998; H.R. 1085). AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS National Headquarters, 430 17th Street NW 20006, phone (202) 737–8300 HONORARY OFFICERS Honorary Chairman.—George W. Bush, President of the United States. CORPORATE OFFICERS Chairman.—David T. McLaughlin. President & CEO.—[Vacant]. General Counsel / Secretary.—Harold Decker. Treasurer.—[Vacant.] BOARD OF GOVERNORS C=Elected by the Chartered Units L=Elected by Board as Member-at-Large P=Appointed by the President of the United States Joe M. Allbaugh (P). Kathryn A. Forbes (C). Chris Allen (C). Bill J. Gagliano (C). Richard L. Armitage (P). Kevin E. Gallagher (L). Steven J. Bredehoeft, M.D. (C). William W. George (L). Fred A. Buck (C). Lee A. Goldstein, O.D. (C). Emma C. Chappell (C). Karen K. Goodman (C) Douglas H. Dittrick (C). Frederick H. Grein, Jr. (C). Donald L. Evans (P). William F. Grinnan, Jr. (C). Independent Agencies 759 Carol Ann Haake (C). E.R. Mitchell, Jr. (C). Gray W. Harrison, Jr. (C). James T. Morris (C). Susan B. Hassmiller, Ph.D., R.N. (C). Richard M. Niemiec (L). Edward A. Heidt, Jr. (C). Ross H. Ogden (C). Joyce N. Hoffman (C). Kenneth Olden, Ph.D. (L). Judith Richards Hope (L). Roderick R. Paige (P). Jon M. Huntsman (L). Abe Pollin (L). Mannie L. Jackson (L). Pat M. Powers (C). James R. Jones (L). Anthony J. Principi (P). Patricia A. Kennedy (C). Eddy M. Quijano (C). Joshua Lederberg (L). Jay Rodriguez (C). William V. Lewis, Jr. (C). Henry H. Shelton (P). Rex K. Linder (C). Nancylee A. Siebermann (C). Peter T. Loftin (L). Tommy G. Thompson (P). Allen W. Mathies, Jr., M.D. (C). Gloria W. White (C). David T. McLaughlin (P). Maurice W. Worth (C). ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS National Chair of Volunteers.—Mary H. DeKuyper. Chief Diversity Officer.—Tony Polk. Chief Financial Officer.—John D. Campbell. Executive Vice President for— External Affairs.—Catherine Berry. Chapter Services Network.—James Krueger. Executive Vice President & CEO, Biomedical Services.—Ramesh Thadani. General Auditor.—Tim Holmes. Senior Vice President / Chief Information Officer.—Thomas Schwaninger. Senior Vice President for— Quality and Regulatory Affairs.—Gary Dolch. Biomedical Services & COO, Donor Enterprises Unit.—Jackie Fredrick. Development.—Jennifer Dunlap. Human Resources.—Nancy Breseke (interim). Communications and Marketing.—Bill Blaul. Growth and Integrated Development.—Skip Seitz. Vice President for— Business Planning Analysis & Development.—Brian Rhoa. Volunteers, Youth and Nursing.—Gregory L. Smith. Armed Forces Emergency Services.—Sue Richter. Disaster Services.—John Clizbe. Health, Safety and Community Services.—Scott Conner. International Services.—Gerry Jones. Government Relations.—Jan Lane. Office of Global Safety and Security.—Charles DeVita. APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION 1666 Connecticut Avenue NW 20235, phone (202) 884–7660, fax 884–7691 Federal Co-Chairman.—Jesse L. White, Jr. Alternate Federal Co-Chairman.—[Vacant]. States’ Washington Representative.—G. William Walker. Executive Director.—Thomas M. Hunter. Congressional Affairs Officer.—Guy Land. ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME BOARD 3700 N. Capitol Street NW, USSAH–496, Washington, DC, 20317 phone (202) 722–4077, fax 722–4163 Chair / Executive Director.—David F. Lacy, Southminster. Vice Chair.—Robert B. Armstrong, Retirement Home Expert, Bolster Heights Health Care Facility. 760 Congressional Directory Members: Jan Busby-Whitehead, M.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. John M. Molino, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Military Community and Family Policy). John M. Evans, Director, Revolving Fund, Office of the Comptroller, Department of Defense. [Vacant].—Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Clinical Services). James R. Schwenk, Office of Associate Deputy General Counsel (Personnel and Health Policy), Department of Defense. LTG Timothy Maude, U.S. Army, Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel. VADM Norbert R. Ryan, Jr., U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Personnel. Frederick J. Finch, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. Alford L. McMichael, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps. Jack L. Tilley, Sergeant Major of the Army. James L. Herdt, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy. Ms. Kathleen Peroff, Deputy Associate Director, National Security Division, Office of Management and Budget. Marsha Goodwin-Beck, Director, Geriatrics and Grants Management Service, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs. CAPT Mary I. Lambert, USPHS, Director, Office of Veterans’ Affairs and Military Liaison. H. Gene Overstreet, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps (Ret), Chair, U.S. Naval Home Board of Trustees. CAPT John W. Zink, MSC, U.S. Navy, Director, U.S. Naval Home. [Vacant].—Chair, U.S. Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home Local Board of Trustees. MG Donald C. Hilbert, U.S. Army (ret.) Director, U.S. Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home. Robert Mears, Chair, U.S. Naval Home Resident Advisory Council. Robert Devaney, Chair, U.S. Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home Resident Advisory Council. U.S. NAVAL HOME 1800 Beach Drive, Gulfport, MS 39507, phone (601) 897–4003, fax 897–4013 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Chair.—Harold G. Overstreet, Sergeant Major, United States Marine Corps (ret.), Representa- tive, Military Retiree Council. Vice Chair.—RADM Annette E. Brown, U.S. Navy, Assistant Commander, Navy Personnel Command. Members: J.P. Rathburn, Jr., Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Service Chief Personnel Representative. James L. Herdt, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy. Steven M. Johnson, Retirement Home Expert. Julie A. Catellier, Representative, Department of Veterans Affairs. Ames Tryon, D.D.S., Ph.D, Gerontologist. BG Dan L. Locker, U.S. Air Force, Commander, 81st Medical Group, Keesler AFB, MS. Robert L. Panek, Financial Management, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. CAPT Thomas W. Greene, Jr., U.S. Navy Representative, Judge Advocate General Corps. Robert Mears, Chair, Resident Advisory Council. CAPT John W. Zink, USN, Director, U.S. Naval Home. OFFICERS OF THE HOME Director.—CAPT John W. Zink, CEC, USN. Deputy Director.—CAPT Jerald L. Ulmer, Sr., USN. Director, Health Care Services.—Dr. Diane Knight. Office of— Resource Management Services.—Larry C. Wilson. Public Works.—Ralph Marshall. Resident Services.—Robert S. Locke. Recreation Services.—Donald R. Cross. Nursing Services.—Helen Donnan. Pharmacy Services.—Jake Tremmel. Independent Agencies 761 U.S. SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN’S HOME 3700 North Capitol Street 20317, phone (202) 722–3229, fax 722–3127 BOARD OF TRUSTEES Chair.—LTG Donald L. Peterson, USAF, Deputy
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