Department of Commerce Nomination of Herta Lande Seidman To Be Assistant Secretary for Trade Development.

The President today announced his intention to nominate Herta Lande Seidman, of New York City, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Development, a new position.

Seidman has been deputy commissioner of the New York State department of commerce since 1977.

She was born June 6, 1939, in Cernauti, Romania, and became a U.S. citizen in 1962. She received a B.A. from the University of Miami in 1959 and an M.A. from Cornell University in 1960.

From 1961 to 1964, Seidman was assistant to the president of Ledel, Inc., a petrochemical exporting firm. From 1964 to 1977, she was a consultant with Herta Lande Enterprises, an international project development firm.

Seidman is on the Executive Committee and chairs the Export Promotion Subcommittee of the President's Export Council. She is vice chairman of the Governor's Council on International Business.