Department of Transportation Nomination of Susan J. Williams To Be an Assistant Secretary.

The President today announced that he will nominate Susan J. Williams, of McLean, Va., to be Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Governmental and Public Affairs. She would replace Terrence Bracy, resigned. Williams has been serving as Acting Assistant Secretary of Transportation since last July.

She was born July 31, 1940, in Philadelphia, Pa. She received a B.A. from Upsala College.

From 1962 to 1965, Williams was an editor at the Center for Applied Linguistics, and from 1965 to 1973, she was an education consultant to the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

From 1962 to 1965, Williams was an official assistant to D.C. Delegate Walter Fauntroy. From 1977 to 1979, she was Director of Congressional Relations for the Transportation Department, and from March to July 1979, she was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Governmental and Public Affairs.

Williams was a founder and vice chairman of the Northern Virginia Democratic Women's Political Caucus. She is vice chairman of the Commission for Children of Fairfax County, Va.