Nomination of Nancy A. Nord To Be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission

The President today announced his intention to nominate Nancy A. Nord, of the District of Columbia, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission for a term of 7 years from October 27, 1992.

Currently Ms. Nord serves as a senior consultant and attorney with Jellinek, Schwartz and Connolly, an environmental consulting firm in Washington, DC. She has also served as executive director of the Republican National Lawyers Association, 1991 - 92. She has also served as the executive director of the American Corporate Counsel Association, 1982 - 90; General Counsel for the Council on Environmental Quality, 1981 - 82; and associate minority counsel for the Energy and Commerce Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1975 - 81.

Ms. Nord graduated from the University of Nebraska (B.A., 1968) and George Washington University (J.D., 1971). She was born September 14, 1946, in Sioux Falls, SD. Ms. Nord is married, has one child, and resides in Washington, DC.