Political Appointees at the Commerce Department

Below is the list Commerce Secretary-designate William Daley will use to fulfill his pledge to eliminate 100 of the 260 politically appointed positions in the department. The list is from the annual handbook, commonly known as the Plum Book. Its entire contents can be found on the . Secretary of Commerce Michael Kantor EX PAS I Executive Assistant Deborah A. Frankenberg GS SC 15 Senior Adviser to the Secretary Nancy A. LeaMond ES NA Executive Assistant Barbara J. Schmitz GS SC 15 Special Assistant Melanie Long GS SC 13 Counsellor to the Secretary William J. Taylor,III ES NA Special Assistant William R. Hall GS SC 15 Chauffer to the Secretary Henry E. Oliver OT SC 8 Asst to the Secretary and Dir, Off of Political & Strategic Planning David J. Lane ES NA Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning Kari E. Dohn GS SC 15 Deputy Director for Policy & Strategic Planning Jennifer S. Conovitz GS SC 15 Special Assistant Andriette D. Watson GS SC 13 Speechwriter Richard Klein GS SC 13 Speechwriter Bartholomew M. Acocella GS SC 12 Senior Policy Advisor Jeffrey A. Hunker ES NA Senior Policy Advisor Lawrence H. Parks ES NA Chief of Staff Peter L. Scher ES NA Deputy Chief of Staff Sally C. Ericsson ES NA Confidential Assistant Dawn M. Evans GS SC 12 Senior Advisor to the Departments for Puerto Jeffrey Farrow ES TA Special Assistant Mayra Martinez-Fernandez GS SC 15 Special Assistant Elizabeth C. DeMato GS SC 14 Deputy Chief of Staff for External Affairs Clyde W. Robinson, Jr. ES NA Director, Executive Secretariat Bettie Baca GS SC 15 Special Assistant and Chief of Protocol Wilma S. Greenfield GS SC 14 Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff Beverly A. Gallimore GS SC 14 Director of Advance Edwin G. Carr GS SC 12 Confidential Assistant David Blank GS SC 12 Deputy Director of External Affairs and Director of Scheduling Dalia E. Elaifi-Traynham GS SC 15 Deputy Director of Scheduling Sara C. Stroup GS SC 15 Director Parnice Green GS SC 15 Special Assistant Claudia Rayford-Williams GS SC 15 Deputy Director Steven L. Ottenstein GS SC 12 Confidential Assistant Holly L. Hill GS SC 11 Director Cheryl L. Bruner ES NA Deputy Director Jennifer Johnson GS SC 12 Confidential Assistant Kathryn L. Ruth GS SC 12 Deputy Secretary David J. Barram EX PAS II Associate Deputy Secretary Kent H. Hughes ES NA Director, Office of Space Commerce Keith Calhoun-Senghor ES NA Confidential Assistant Montrese M. Chandler GS SC 11 Washington, DC Confidential Assistant Kelly A. Lees GS SC 11 News Analyst Stephen H. Fox GS SC 9 Director for Public Affairs and Press Secretary Anne R. Luzzatto ES NA Deputy Press Secretary Dana V. Shelly GS SC 15 Deputy Press Secretary Maria T. Cardona GS SC 12 Deputy Press Secretary-Agency Coordination Julie R. Rice GS SC 12 Director, Office of Consumer Affairs Lajuan M. Johnson GS SC 15 Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Susan J. Bobbitt EX PAS IV Special Assistant Keith G. Morrison GS SC 14 Confidential Assistant Michael A. Goodin GS SC 11 Confidential Assistant Craig A. Lee GS SC 9 Deputy Assistant Secretary Ellen M. Bloom ES NA Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs Vacant ES ... General Counsel Vacant EX PAS IV Counsellor to the General Counsel Vacant ES ... Deputy General Counsel Paul L. Joffe ES NA Assistant General Counsel for Administration Career Incumbent ES CA Deputy Assistant General Counsel for Administration Career Incumbent ES CA Chief, Employment and Labor Law Division Kathleen J. Taylor ES TA Assistant General Counsel for Legislation and Career Regulation Incumbent ES CA Chief Counsel for Export Administration Hoyt H. Zia ES NA Deputy Chief Counsel for Export Administration Career Incumbent ES CA Chief Counsel for Import Administration Career Incumbent ES CA Chief Counsel for International Commerce Career Incumbent ES CA Chief Counsel for Technology Administration Mark F. Bohannon ES NA Chief Counsel for Economics and Statistics Administration Vacant ES ... Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary Vacant EX PAS IV Special Assistant Robin J. Needleman GS SC 14 Deputy Assistant Secretary Rafael Borras ES NA Director Courtland V. Cox ES NA Washington, DC Director Career Incumbent ES CA Manager, Decision Analysis Center Career Incumbent ES CA Director, Office of Management and Organization Career Incumbent ES CA Under Secretary William A. Reinsch EX PAS III Director of Legislative, Intergovernmental and Public Affairs Rosemary A. Warren GS SC 14 Special Assistant Susan H. Shannon GS SC 14 Confidential Assistant Angela M. Buckingham GS SC 9 Confidential Assistant Theresa Youngblood GS SC 12 Deputy Under Secretary Vacant ES ... Assistant Secretary Sue E. Eckert EX PAS IV Deputy Assistant Secretary Career Incumbent ES CA Dir, Office of Chemical and Biological Controls & Treaty Compliance Career Incumbent ES CA Director, Office of Technology and Policy Analysis Career Incumbent ES CA Director, Office of Exporter Services Career Incumbent ES CA Director, Office of Dispute Resolution Career Incumbent ES CA Director, Office of Stategic Trade and Foreign Policy Controls Career Incumbent ES CA Deputy Asst Secretary for Strategic Industries and Economic Policy Career Incumbent ES CA Assistant Secretary John Despres EX PAS IV Confidential Assistant Tyrone A. Cabalu GS SC 11 Director, Office of Antiboycott Compliance Career Incumbent ES CA Assistant Secretary Phillip A. Singerman EX PAS IV Director of Congressional Affairs Ella M. Rusinko GS SC 15 General Counsel Awilda R. Marquez ES NA Deputy Assistant Secretary Wilbur F. Hawkins, Jr. ES NA Deputy Assistant Secretary Chester J. Straub, Jr. ES NA Confidential Assistant Kimberly C. Cain GS SC 11 Philadelphia, PA Atlantic Regional Director Career Incumbent ES CA Chicago, IL Midwestern Regional Director Career Incumbent ES CA Austin, TX Southwestern Regional Director Career Incumbent ES CA Washington, DC Under Secretary Everett M. Ehrlich EX PAS III Special Assistant M. Anthony Phipps GS SC 13 Confidential Assistant David L. Weinfurter GS SC 11 Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Jill A. Schuker ES NA Executive Director Career Incumbent ES CA Deputy Under Secretary Paul A. London ES NA Special Assistant Loreen S. Keller GS SC 13 Associate Under Secretary for Economic Affairs John S. Gray III GS SC 15 Director Career Incumbent ES CA Deputy Director Career Incumbent ES CA Director Career Incumbent ES CA Chief Economist Vacant ES ... Director, Office of Economic Conditions and Forecasting Career Incumbent ES CA Director, Office of International Macroeconomic Analysis Career Incumbent ES CA Director Martha F. Riche EX PAS IV Special Assistant Judith Waldrop GS SC 15 Congressional Affairs Officer Anthony Black GS SC 15 Assistant Director for Communications Philip Sparks GS SC 15 Congressional Liaison Specialist Sherri I. Diegel GS SC 13 Deputy Director Career Incumbent ES CA Under Secretary Stuart E. Eizenstat EX PAS III Special Assistant Carolyn W. Keene GS SC 14 Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for International Trade William W. Ginsberg ES NA Senior Advisor Judith Barnett ES NA Director of Congressional Affairs Jerry Lee Bonham GS SC 15 Special Assistant Lisa J. Lubick GS SC 14 Congressional Liaison Specialist Lisa G. McCurdy GS SC 13 Confidential Assistant Linda D. Belton GS SC 11 Confidential Assistant Ross W. Buck GS SC 11 Director of Public Affairs James P. Desler ES NA Director of Administration Career Incumbent ES CA Counsellor to Dept of Commerce, Specializing in International Trade Jan Kalicki ES NA Confidential Assistant Alexander H. Lofft GS SC 11 Confidential Assistant Jonathan A. Greenblatt GS SC 11 Special Assistant Jacqueline E. Williams GS SC 13 Confidential Assistant Ann Hatsis GS SC 12 Washington, DC Deputy Under Secretary for International Trade Career Incumbent ES CA Senior Advisor to the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee K. Rashid Nuri ES TA 12/31/96 Assistant Secretary and Dir General of U.S. & Foreign Commercial Serv Lauri Fitz-Pegado EX PAS IV Special Assistant Marian Pegram GS SC 14 Special Assistant Charlotte G. Kea GS SC 14 Confidential Assistant Pilar A. Martinez GS SC 12 Deputy Assistant Secretary Robert S. LaRussa ES NA Special Assistant Anne K. Moore GS SC 13 Deputy Assistant Secretary for Domestic Operations Daniel J. McLaughlin ES NA Special Assistant Lisa M. Walker GS SC 14 Deputy Assistant Secretary for Export Promotion Services Mary F. Kirchner ES NA Bonn, Germany Minister Counselor/Bonn Career Incumbent FE CA Commercial Counselor/Bonn Career Incumbent FE CA Rome, Italy Minister Counselor/Rome Career Incumbent FE CA Ottawa, Canada Minister Counselor/Ottawa Career Incumbent FE CA Tokyo, Japan Minister Counselor/Tokyo Career Incumbent FE CA London, England Minister Counselor/London Career Incumbent FE CA Mexico City, Mexico Mininster Counselor/Mexico Career Incumbent FE CA Brussels, Belgium Commercial Counselor/Brussels Career Incumbent FE CA Abibjan, Cote- Commercial Counselor/Abidjan Divoire Career Incumbent FE CA Jakarta, Indonesia Commercial Counselor/Jakarta Career Incumbent FE CA Mexico City, Mexico Commercial Officer/Mexico City Career Incumbent FE CA Brussels, Belgium Minister Counselor/USEC Brussels Career Incumbent FE CA Paris, France Minister Counsel/Paris Career Incumbent FE CA Bejing, China Minister Counselor/Beijing Career Incumbent FE CA Cairo, Egypt Commercial Counselor/Cairo Career Incumbent FE CA Washington, DC Regional Director for Europe Career Incumbent FE CA New Delhi, India Commercial Counselor/New Delhi Career Incumbent FE CA Seoul, Korea Minister Counselor/Seoul Career Incumbent FE CA Madrid, Spain Commercial Counselor/Madrid Vacant FE ... Moscow, Russia Minister Counselor/Moscow Career Incumbent FE CA Johannesburg, Africa South Minister Counselor/Johannesburg Millard Arnold FE NA Hanoi, Vietnam Commercial Counselor/Hanoi Career Incumbent FE CA Washington, DC Commercial Officer/Training Complement Career Incumbent FE CA Regional Director-EAP Career Incumbent FE CA St. Louis, MO Regional Advisor-TP Career Incumbent FE CA San Francisco, CA Regional Director/San Francisco Career Incumbent FE CA Santiago, Chile Commercial Counselor/Santiago Career Incumbent FE CA Hong Kong, H.K. Consul/Hong Kong Career Incumbent FE CA Bern, Switzerland Commercial Counsel/Bern Career Incumbent FE CA Milan, Italy Commercial Counselor/Milan Career Incumbent FE CA Athens, Greece Commercial Counselor/Athens Career Incumbent FE CA Washington, DC Assistant Secretary Vacant EX PAS IV Washington, DC Counselor for International Trade Policy Kathleen A. Ambrose ES NA Deputy Assistant Secretary for Agreements Compliance Douglas C. Olin ES NA Confidential Assistant Emma N. Horton GS SC 12 Director, Office of Multilateral Affairs Vacant ES ... Director, Office of Policy Coordination Career Incumbent ES CA Deputy Assistant Secretary for Market Access and Compliance Vacant ES ... Special Assistant Virginia Manuel GS SC 15 Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe Career Incumbent ES CA Director, Office of European Union and Regional Affairs Career Incumbent ES CA Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Career Incumbent ES CA Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia and the Pacific Nancy L. Patton ES NA Dir, Asian & Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Affairs Staff Career Incumbent ES CA Deputy Assistant Secretary for Japan Career Incumbent ES CA Deputy Assistant Secretary for Africa, and Near East Vacant ES ... Assistant Secretary Raymond E. Vickery, Jr. EX PAS IV Special Assistant Richard S. Gannon GS SC 15 Special Assistant Ernesto Uribe GS SC 13 Deputy Assistant Secretary David M. Marchick ES NA Director, Office of Export Promotion Coordination Garry Enright ES NA Director, Advocacy Center Tong S. Chung ES NA Director, Office of Trade and Economic Analysis Career Incumbent ES CA Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technology and Aerospace Industries Ellis R. Mottur ES NA Special Assistant Barton W. Meroney GS SC 13 Deputy Assistant Secretary for Industries and Finance Service Vacant ES ... Special Assistant Irene Finel-Honigman GS SC 15 Special Assistant Graham Whatley GS SC 14 Director, Office of Export Trading Company Affairs W. Dawn Busby ES NA Deputy Assistant Secretary for Basic Industries Michael J. Copps ES NA Director, Office of Automotive Affairs Career Incumbent ES CA Director, Office of Energy, Infrastructure and Machinery Andrew Vitali GS SC 15 Deputy Assistant Secretary for Tourism Industries Leslie R. Doggett ES NA Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environmental Technologies Exports Anne L. Alonzo ES NA Confidential Assistant Amy M. Bellanca GS SC 12 Deputy Assistant Secretary for Textiles, Apparel and Consumer Goods Troy H. Cribb GS SC 15 Assistant Secretary Susan G. Esserman EX PAS IV Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration Maria H. Tildon GS SC 15 Special Assistant Marianne H. Smith GS SC 15 Deputy Assistant Secretary Jeffrey P. Bialos ES NA Special Assistant James V. Palmer GS SC 15 Deputy Assistant Secretary for Compliance Career Incumbent ES CA Washington, DC Deputy Assistant Secretary for Investigations Barbara R. Stafford ES NA Director Joan Parrott-Fonseca ES NA Assistant Director for Operations Paul R. Webber IV ES NA Special Assistant Rodolfo Fuentes GS SC 15 Special Assistant Charles S. Melley GS SC 13 Assistant Director for External Affairs Barbara J. Maddox ES NA Associate Director for Strategic Planning Elio E. Muller ES NA Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere Donald J. Baker EX PAS III Special Assistant Rebecca G. Moser GS SC 13 Counselor to the Under Secretary Susan B. Fruchter ES NA Senior Advisor to the Director Career Incumbent ES CA Deputy Under Secretary Diana H. Josephson ES NA Associate Deputy Under Secretary Career Incumbent ES CA Director, Office of Global Programs Career Incumbent ES CA Director Career Incumbent ES CA Deputy Director Vacant ES ... Deputy Assistant Secretary William E. Martin ES NA Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere Douglas K. Hall EX PAS IV Deputy Assistant Secretary Sally J. Yozell ES NA Chief Scientist Vacant EX PAS V Special Assistant Margaret Goud Collins GS SC 15 Deputy Chief Scientist Career Incumbent ES CA Kansas City, MO Director, Central Center Career Incumbent ES CA Norfolk, VA Director, Eastern Center Career Incumbent ES CA Boulder, CO Director, Mountain Center Career Incumbent ES CA Seattle, WA Director, Western Center Career Incumbent ES CA Washington, DC General Counsel Terry D. Garcia ES NA Special Assistant Jessica Wasserman GS SC 15 Special Counsel for Natural Resources Career Incumbent ES CA Deputy General Counsel for Fisheries, Career Incumbent ES CA Deputy General Counsel for Atmospheric & Career Incumbent ES CA Assistant General Counsel for Fisheries Career Incumbent ES CA Washington, DC Director John K. Bullard ES NA Chief, Intergovernmental Affairs Lance R. Simmens GS SC 15 Special Adviser Ronald D. Cruise GS SC 15 Special Assistant Monica Gonzales GS SC 13 Intergovernmental Affairs Specialist Ruben E. Yui GS SC 11 Chief, External Affairs Roan E. Conrad ES NA Director William B. Wheeler ES NA Congressional Affairs Specialist James R. Schufreider GS SC 13 Congressional Affairs Specialist Erin K. Bilbray GS SC 12 Confidential Assistant Kurt C. Kaufman GS SC 7 Director, Office of Public Affairs Lori Ann Arguelles GS SC 15 National Marine Fisheries Service Assistant Administrator Rolland A. Schmitten ES NA Deputy Assistant Administrator Career Incumbent ES CA Program Management Officer Career Incumbent ES CA Director, Office of Fisheries Management Career Incumbent ES CA Director, Office of Industry Services Career Incumbent ES CA Director, Office of Protected Resources Career Incumbent ES CA Gloucester, MA Regional Administrator, Northeast Region Science and Research Career Incumbent ES CA St.Petersburg, FL Regional Administrator, Southeast Region Science and Research Career Incumbent ES CA Seattle, WA Regional Administrator, Northwest Region William W. Stelle, Jr. ES NA Terminal Island, CA Regional Administrator, Southwest Region Career Incumbent ES CA Juneau, AK Regional Administrator, Alaska Region Career Incumbent ES CA Washington, DC Assistant Administrator for Ocean Service and Coastal Zone Management Career Incumbent ES CA Deputy Assistant Administrator Vacant ES ... Director, NOAA Center for Coastal Ecosystem Health Career Incumbent ES CA Director, Ocean and Coastal Resource Management Jeffrey R. Benoit ES NA Confidential Assistant Kathleen K. Mason GS SC 9 Chief, Sanctuaries and Reserves Division Career Incumbent ES CA Director, Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment Career Incumbent ES CA Assistant Administrator Career Incumbent ES CA Deputy Assistant Administrator Career Incumbent ES CA Director, Office of Satellite Operations Career Incumbent ES CA Director, Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution Career Incumbent ES CA Director, Office of Research and Applications Career Incumbent ES CA Assistant Administrator Career Incumbent ES CA Deputy Assistant Administrator for Modernization Career Incumbent ES CA Modernization Systems Manager Career Incumbent ES CA Assistant Administrator Vacant ES Deputy Assistant Administrator Career Incumbent ES CA Director, Program Development and Coordination Staff Career Incumbent ES CA Director, Enviornmental Research Labs Career Incumbent ES CA Assistant Secretary Clarence L. Irving, Jr. EX PAS IV Special Assistant Elizabeth Echols GS SC 15 Special Assistant Tatia L. Williams GS SC 15 Special Assistant Roanne Robinson GS SC 13 Director, Office of Congressional Affairs Kristan VanHook GS SC 13 Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration Career Incumbent ES CA Assoc Admin, Off of Telecommunications and Information Applications Career Incumbent ES CA Director, Public Broadcasting Division Career Incumbent ES CA Chief Counsel Career Incumbent ES CA Associate Administrator, Office of Spectrum Management Career Incumbent ES CA Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Spectrum Management Career Incumbent ES CA Associate Administrator, Office of Policy Analysis and Development Career Incumbent ES CA Associate Administrator, Office of International Affairs Vacant ES ... Inspector General Francis D. DeGeorge EX PAS IV Deputy Inspector General Career Incumbent ES CA Assistant Secretary and Commissioner Bruce A. Lehman EX PAS IV Director of Congressional Affairs Matthew J. Pappas GS SC 14 Special Assistant Andrew D. Hirsch GS SC 13 Confidential Assistant Mary Ann Villemi GS SC 12 Chief Information Officer Career Incumbent ES CA Deputy Assistant Secretary and Deputy Commissioner Vacant EX PAS V Associate Commissioner for Governmental and International Affairs Carmen Guzman-Lowery ES NA Administrator for Human Resources and Public Affairs Career Incumbent ES CA Administrator for Information Dissemination Career Incumbent ES CA Administrator, Office of Computer and Telecommunications Operations Career Incumbent ES CA Deputy Associate Commissioner for Administrative and Quality Services Career Incumbent ES CA Administrator for Quality Management Carolyn M. Burstein ES TA 1 year 09/16/96 Assistant Commissioner Lawrence J. Goffney, Jr. EX PAS V Deputy Assistant Commissioner Career Incumbent ES CA Deputy Assistant Commissioner for Patent Policy and Projects Career Incumbent ES CA Assistant Commissioner Phillip G. Hampton, II EX PAS V Solicitor Career Incumbent ES CA Under Secretary Mary L. Good EX PAS III Director of Congressional Affairs Judy W. Jablow GS SC 15 Special Assistant Nicholas R. Flagler, Jr. GS SC 13 Director of Public Affairs Virginia Miller GS SC 13 Senior Science Advisor Vacant ES ... Deputy Under Secretary Gary R. Bachula ES NA Assistant Secretary Graham R. Mitchell EX PAS IV Deputy Assistant Secretary Kelly H. Carnes ES NA Special Assistant Joseph Raguso GS SC 15 Director, Manufacturing Competitiveness Career Incumbent ES CA Director, Technology Competitiveness Career Incumbent ES CA Director of International Technology, Policy and Programs Elliot E. Maxwell ES NA Director Career Incumbent ES CA Director of Marketing Career Incumbent ES CA Director Arati Prabhakar EX PAS IV Deputy Director Career Incumbent ES CA Associate Director Career Incumbent ES CA Director, Office of Administration Career Incumbent ES CA Deputy Director, Office of Administration Career Incumbent ES CA Director, Technology Services Career Incumbent ES CA Director, Computer Systems Laboratory Career Incumbent ES CA