Nomination for Posts at the Transportation, Commerce, and Defense Departments and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation

The President announced his intention today to nominate Albert Herberger to be Administrator of the Federal Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation; Loretta Dunn to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration; and Christopher Finn to be Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency.

Additionally, he has approved the appointments of Joan Yim to be Deputy Administrator of the Federal Maritime Administration, Alice Maroni to be Principal Deputy Comptroller of the Department of Defense, and Deborah Castleman to be Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, and Communications.

"We are continuing to move forward with putting together a Government of excellent, diverse Americans who share my commitment to changing the way that Washington works," said the President. "These six people I am naming today fit that bill."