Appointment of Charles E.M. Kolb as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy

The President today announced the appointment of Charles E.M. Kolb to be Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy. He would succeed William Roper.

Since 1988 Mr. Kolb has served as Deputy Under Secretary for Planning, Budget, and Evaluation at the Department of Education. Prior to this, he served as Deputy General Counsel for Regulations and Legislation at the Department of Education, 1986 - 1988; Assistant General Counsel in the Office of Management and Budget, 1983 - 1986; and a lawyer with the law firm of Covington and Burling and with the law firm of Foreman and Dyess.

Mr. Kolb graduated from Princeton University (A.B., 1973), Oxford University (M.A., 1980), and the University of Virginia (J.D., 1978). He is married and resides in Alexandria, VA.