Nomination of Mary Shannon Brunette To Be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

The President today announced his intention to nominate Mary Shannon Brunette, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Public Affairs. She would succeed Sherrie Sandy Rollins.

Since 1989 Ms. Brunette has served as Assistant to the Secretary for Policy and Communications at the Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington, DC. Prior to this she served as legislative director/press secretary to Representative Jack Kemp, 1988 - 1989; press secretary to Representative Jim Courter, 1988; senior adviser for Jack Kemp for President, 1987 - 1988; legislative director for Representative Jack Kemp, 1985 - 1987; legislative assistant to Representative Jack Kemp, 1982 - 1984; and staff assistant to the House Republican Conference, 1982.

Ms. Brunette graduated from Le Moyne College (B.A., 1982). She was born September 12, 1960, in Rochester, NY, and currently resides in Falls Church, VA.