Appointment of Joseph Robert Wright, Jr., as a Member of the President's Export Council

The President today appointed Joseph Robert Wright, Jr., to be a member of the President's Export Council. He would succeed Robert W. Page, Sr.

Mr. Wright is currently Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Chairman of the President's Council on Management Improvement, and Chairman of the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency. Prior to joining the Office of Management and Budget in 1982, he was a Deputy Secretary of Commerce.

Mr. Wright received a professional engineering degree from the Colorado School of Mines, 1961, and a master's degree in industrial administration from Yale University, 1964. Mr. Wright was born in Tulsa, OK. He is married, has four children, and resides in Washington, DC.