Appointment of Douglas A. Riggs as a Member of the Panel of Conciliators of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes

The President today announced his intention to appoint Douglas A. Riggs to be a member of the Panel of Conciliators, International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes, for a term of 6 years. He would succeed James Coffin Greene.

Mr. Riggs is currently vice president for corporate communication for Pitney Bowes World Headquarters in Stamford, CT. Prior to this he was General Counsel at the Department of Commerce, 1985-1988. Mr. Riggs has served as Special Assistant to the President for Public Liaison at the White House, 1983-1985, and Associate Director, 1983. He was a partner with the law firm Bogle & Gates, 1980-1983.

Mr. Riggs graduated from Brigham Young University (B.S., 1966), the University of West Virginia (M.S., 1967), and Cornell University (J.D, 1973). He served in the United States Army, 1967-1970. He was born August 20, 1944, in Rigby, ID. He is married, has one child, and resides in Bethesda, MD.