Appointment of A. Wayne Roberts as a Member of the National Commission for Employment Policy

The President today announced his intention to appoint A. Wayne Roberts to be a member of the National Commission for Employment Policy for a term expiring September 30, 1991. This is a reappointment.

Since 1986 Mr. Roberts has been executive vice president for the Lake Champlain Chamber of Commerce in Burlington, VT. Prior to this, he was Deputy Under Secretary at the U.S. Department of Education, 1983-1986, and the Secretary of Education's regional representative to New England, 1981-1983. He also served as Deputy Director for Personnel at the White House, 1981.

Mr. Roberts graduated from Babson College (B.S., 1964) and the University of Massachusetts (M.B.A., 1967). He was born February 25, 1944, in Boston, MA. He has three children and resides in South Burlington, VT.