Nomination of Hugh Hewitt To Be Deputy Director of the Office of Personnel Management

The President today announced his intention to nominate Hugh Hewitt to be Deputy Director of the Office of Personnel Management. He would succeed James E. Colvard.

Since 1986 Mr. Hewitt has been General Counsel at the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, DC. Prior to this he was General Counsel for the National Endowment for the Humanities, 1986. Mr. Hewitt was Assistant Counsel at the White House, 1985-1986, and Special Assistant to Attorneys General Smith and Meese, 1984-1985.

Mr. Hewitt graduated from Harvard College (A.B., 1978) and University of Michigan (J.D., 1983). He was born February 22, 1956, in Warren, OH. He is married, has one child, and resides in Oakton, VA.