Appointment of Betty Cuevas as a Member of the Advisory Committee on Small and Minority Business Ownership

The President today announced his intention to appoint Betty Cuevas to be a member of the Advisory Committee on Small and Minority Business Ownership. She will succeed Del Green.

Mrs. Cuevas is founder, owner, and manager of Cuevas Catering Service and Cuevas Restaurant in McAllen, Tex. Previously she held various positions with a retail food chain in San Antonio, Tex., in 19631971. She is a member of the Ladies LULAC Council and was president of the Mexican-American Chamber of Commerce in 1977-1978.

She is married, has three children, and resides in McAllen, Tex. She was born July 8, 1936, in San Diego, Tex.