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Congressional Advisory Boards, Commissions, and Groups 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 Edward Rice (Chair) 2016 David Ehrhart 2018 Robert Gleason 2018 Appointed by the Vice President or the Senate President Pro Tempore: Senator Mazie K. Hirono, of Hawaii 2015 Senator Tom Udall, of New Mexico 2015 Senator Steve Daines, of Montana 2017 Appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives: Representative Doug Lamborn, of Colorado 2009 Gina Maria Ortiz Jones 2019 Appointed by the Chairman, Senate Armed Services Committee: Senator Cory Gardner, of Colorado 2015 Appointed by the Chairman, House Armed Services Committee: Representative Don Bacon, of Nebraska 2017 UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY BOARD OF VISITORS [Title 10, U.S.C., Section 4355(a)] Members of Congress Senate Richard Burr, of North Carolina. Tammy Duckworth, of Illinois. Jerry Moran, of Kansas. Joe Manchin III, of West Virginia. House Anthony Brindisi, Representative of New Steve Womack, Representative of Arkansas, York. Chair. Stephanie N. Murphy, Representative of K. Michael Conaway, Representative of Texas. Florida. Warren Davidson, Representative of Ohio. Presidential Appointees: Brenda Sue Fulton, of New Jersey. Guy C. Swan III, of Virginia. 503 504 Congressional Directory Frederick H. Black, Sr., of North Carolina. SEC R. James Johnson, of Virginia, Vice Chair. Mrs. Meaghan Mobbs, of Virginia. David J. Urban, of Washington, DC. UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY BOARD OF VISITORS [Title 10, U.S.C., Section 6968(a)] Appointed by the President: Ms. Christine Fox (Chairwoman). ADM James Winnefeld, USN (Ret.), former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Ms. Matice J. Wright. RDML Ronny L. Jackson, USN. Mr. George Gould. Mr. Anthony W. Parker. 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: Representative Elaine G. Luria, of Virginia. Senator Dan Sullivan, of Alaska. Appointed by the Speaker of the House: Representative Jim Banks, of Indiana. Representative Steven M. Palazzo, of Mississippi. Representative C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger, of Maryland (Vice Chairman). UNITED STATES COAST GUARD ACADEMY BOARD OF VISITORS [Title 14 U.S.C., Section 194(a)] Roger F. Wicker, of Mississippi. Peter A. DeFazio, of Oregon. Dan Sullivan, of Alaska. Joe Courtney, of Connecticut. Richard Blumenthal, of Connecticut. Joe Cunningham, of South Carolina. Maria Cantwell, of Washington. John H. Rutherford, of Florida. BRITISH-AMERICAN PARLIAMENTARY GROUP Senate Hart Building, Room 808, phone 224–3047 [Created by Public Law 98–164] Senate Delegation: Chair.—John Boozman, Senator from Arkansas. 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. Vice Chair.—Vacant. Congressional Advisory Boards, Commissions, and Groups 505 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.—Vacant. 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.—Henry Cuellar, Representative of Texas. Vice Chair.—Vacant. 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.—Gerald E. Connolly, Representative of Virginia. Vice Chair.—Vacant. STAFF Secretary, Senate Delegation.—Julia Hart Reed, Interparliamentary Services, SH–808, 224–3047. Secretary, House Delegation.—Jeff Dressler. COMMISSION ON CONGRESSIONAL MAILING STANDARDS 1307 Longworth House Office Building, phone 225–9337 [Created by Public Law 93–191] Chair.—Susan A. Davis, of California. Bryan Steil, of Wisconsin. Brad Sherman, of California. Robert E. Latta, of Ohio. Debra A. Haaland, of New Mexico. Mark Walker, of North Carolina. 506 Congressional Directory STAFF Majority Staff Director.—Matt DeFreitas, 225–9337. Professional Staff: Kylie Carpenter, Arwa Dubad. Staff Assistant.—Hector Arias. Republican Staff Director.—Tim Sullivan, 226–0647. Republican Professional Staff.—Elizabeth Conklin. Republican Staff Assistant.—Roberto Estrada. COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE 234 Ford House Office Building, phone 225–1901, fax 226–4199 https://csce.gov Alcee L. Hastings, Representative from Florida, Chair Roger F. Wicker, Senator from Mississippi, Co-Chair LEGISLATIVE BRANCH COMMISSIONERS House Emanuel Cleaver, of Missouri. Joe Wilson, of South Carolina, Ranking Steve Cohen, of Tennessee. Member. Gwen Moore, of Wisconsin. Robert B. Aderholt, of Alabama. Marc A. Veasey, of Texas. Brian K. Fitzpatrick, of Pennsylvania. Richard Hudson, of North Carolina. Senate John Boozman, of Arkansas. Benjamin L. Cardin, of Maryland, Ranking Cory Gardner, of Colorado. Member. Marco Rubio, of Florida. Jeanne Shaheen, of New Hampshire. Thom Tillis, of North Carolina. Tom Udall, of New Mexico. 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.—Alex T. Johnson. Senior Senate Staff Representative.—Kyle Parker. Senior State Department Senior Advisor.—Mark Toner. Senior Policy Advisor; Secretary of the U.S. Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assem- bly.—Robert Hand. Representative of the Helsinki Commission to the USOSCE, Senior Policy Advisor.—Shannon Simrell. Director of Global Partner Partnerships, Policy, and Innovation, Senior Policy Advisor.— Mischa Thompson. Director of Communications.—Stacy L. Hope. Senior Policy Advisors: Janice Helwig, Nathaniel Hurd, Everett Price, Alex Tiersky. Policy Advisors: Rachel Bauman, A. Paul Massaro III, Jordan Warlick. Counsel for International Law.—Erika B. Schlager. Staff Associate.—Franc¸ois Hernandez. Congressional Advisory Boards, Commissions, and Groups 507 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: Hon. Rodney E. Slater, Squire Patton Boggs, LLP. Shawn Whitman, FMC Corporation. Secretary.—Laura O’Connor, Utah. Congressional Award Medalist. Treasurer.—Lee Klumpp, BDO. Members: Marc Baer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota. Ed Blansitt, Montgomery County Inspector General Office. Romero Brown, Georgia. Anne Oswalt Bruce, Johnson & Johnson. Nick Cannon, New York. Edward Cohen, Lerner Enterprises. Anthony Crowell, New York Law School. Congressional Award Medalist. Kathy Didawick, BlueCross BlueShield Association. Hon. Debbie Dingell, U.S. House of Representatives. Mitch Draizin, New York. Larry Duncan, Lockheed Martin Corporation. Melissa Cortese Foxman, Entertainment Software Association. Beverly Gilyard, AARP. Patrick Gliha, Celgene. George B. Gould, Washington, DC. Raymond Hall, Miller Management Corporation. J. Steven Hart, Esq., Williams and Jensen, P.C. Jonathan Heafitz, PCMA. Erica Wheelan Heyse, National Director. Jesse Hill, Edward Jones. Hon. Richard Hudson, U.S. House of Representatives. David W. Hunt, Esq., Nexant. Hon. Sheila Jackson Lee, U.S. House of Representatives. Raymond F. Kerins Jr., Bayer U.S. LLC. Bradley Knox, Esq. Aflac. Karlos LaSane, Caesars Entertainment. Christopher Leahy, Intuit. Raul Magdaleno, Magdaleno Consulting Group. Hon. Joe Manchin III, U.S. Senate. Lance Mangum, FedEx Corporation. Dr. Linda Mitchell, North Mississippi Research & Extension Center. Michael Pitts, Wisconsin. Steven Roberts, The Roberts Companies. Molly Ryan, Otsuka America Pharmaceutical Inc. David Schiappa, The Duberstein Group. Chris Spear, American Trucking Associations. Kim Talley, G2 Secure Staff. Chiling Tong, National Ace. Kelsey Troy, KinderCare Education. Jason Van Pelt, Crossroads Strategies. Rita Vaswani, Nevada State Bank. Kathryn Weeden, United States Senate Page School. Ben Zandi, Fraport USA. Vacant, U.S. Senate. Advisory Board Members: Simeon Banister, New York. David Falk, FAME. Dr. Larry Green, Maryland. Adrian Harpool, Adrian Harpool Associates. Dr. Brian Johnson, Advance Higher Ed. Beth Ann Ruoff, Washington, DC. Will Stute, Washington, DC. 508 Congressional Directory CONGRESSIONAL CLUB 2001 New Hampshire Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20009 phone (202) 332–1155 Executive Board President.—Patricia Engel. Vice Presidents: (1st) Charles Capito, Jr. (2d) Patricia Garamendi. (3d) Vikki Watkins. (4th) Pat O’Halleran. (5th) Leah Dunn. (6th) Billie Gingrey. Treasurer.—Martha Brooks. Recording Secretary.—Lorena Saenz-Gonzalez. Corresponding Secretary.—Karmen Walker-Brown. Executive Director.—Beth Harvey. CONGRESSIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON CHINA 243 Ford House Office Building, phone 226–3766, fax 226–3804 [Created by Public Law 106–286] James P. McGovern, Representative of Massachusetts, Chair Marco Rubio, Senator
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