The President named two experienced environmental leaders to Senior Executive Service positions at the State Department today. Rafe Pomerance will serve as Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, and Jessica Tuchman Mathews will serve as Deputy Under Secretary for Global Affairs.
"The global environment is one of the most serious issues facing our Nation," said the President. "These two nominees have a lifetime of experience and knowledge in working on this critical issue. I look forward to working with them to attack the pressing problems of global pollution."
NOTE: Biographies of the nominees were made available by the Office of the Press Secretary.
William J. Clinton, Nomination for Posts at the Department of State Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/220446