Nomination of Robin Raborn To Be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

The President today announced his intention to nominate Robin Raborn to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Public Affairs). She will succeed Harry K. Schwartz.

Miss Raborn is currently serving as a consultant in public/congressional relations at the Merit Systems Protection Board. Previously she was Deputy Assistant to the Director for Public Affairs at the Office of Management and Budget, in 1981-1983; brand manager, new business development, Colgate Palmolive, in 1980-1981; and brand manager, new products, American Cyanamid, Shulton Division, in 1978-1980. She was in the international division at Revlon in 1976-1978.

She graduated from Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1975) and the American Graduate School of International Management (M.A., 1976). She resides in Washington, D.C. She was born April 7, 1953, in Delray Beach, Fla.