Nomination of Patrick Pizzella To Be a Deputy Under Secretary of Education

The President today announced his intention to nominate Patrick Pizzella to be Deputy Under Secretary for Management at the Department of Education. He would succeed Mary McNally Rose.

Since 1986 Mr. Pizzella has been Administrator for Management Services at the Department of Education in Washington, DC. Previously, he was Director of Intergovernmental and Regional Affairs at the Small Business Administration, 1986, and special assistant to the Associate Deputy Administrator for Management and Administration at the Small Business Administration, 1985. From 1983 to 1985, Mr. Pizzella served as special assistant to the Administrator of the General Services Administration, and from 1981 to 1982, he served on the staff of the Administrator. In 1976 Mr. Pizzella worked for Citizens for Reagan in Nebraska and Wisconsin.

Mr. Pizzella graduated from the University of South Carolina (B.S., 1975). He was born May 19, 1954, in New Rochelle, NY, and resides in Alexandria, VA.