Nomination of Jacqueline L. Phillips To Be Federal Cochairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission

The President today announced his intention to nominate Jacqueline L. Phillips to be Federal Cochairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission. She would succeed Winifred Ann Pizzano.

Since 1982 Ms. Phillips has served as the Alternate Federal Chairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission. Prior to this, she served as deputy director of the Maryland Reagan/Bush campaign, 1980, and consultant to Congresswoman Helen Bentley, Maryland Bush for President campaign chairman, 1988.

Ms. Phillips attended Madison College for Women, the University of Maryland, and Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government. She was born October 6, 1935, in Washington, DC. Ms. Phillips has four children and resides in Silver Spring, MD.