Appointment of Deborah Steelman as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs

The President today announced his intention to appoint Deborah Steelman as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.

Since April 1983, Ms. Steelman has been serving in the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs at the White House, handling policy matters. Ms. Steelman served as Director of Intergovernmental Affairs at the Environmental Protection Agency in 1983-1985. Previously, she was legislative director to

Senator John Heinz of Pennsylvania; deputy director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources under Governor Christopher S. (Kit) Bond; and campaign manager for the reelection effort of Attorney General John Ashcroft. She began her career as assistant public defender in Kansas City, MO.

She graduated from the University of Missouri (B.A., 1976; J.D., 1978). She was born' February 4, 1955, in Salem, MO, and now resides in Alexandria, VA.