Comings and Goings

A regular feature of GovExec.com, Comings and Goings announces the arrivals and departures of top federal managers and executives. To submit an announcement, e-mail it to webmaster@govexec.com or fax it to 202-739-8511.

C O M I N G S

President Clinton has nominated Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Plewes to be chief of the Army Reserve, and the commanding general of the U.S. Army Reserve Command. Plewes is currently the deputy commanding general of the command in Atlanta, Ga. Plewes has been in the Army for 31 years. He succeeds Maj. Gen. Max A. Baratz, who will retire from the Army in May.

The Defense Security Service has a new director: Steven T. Schanzer. Schanzer moves up from his job as chief operating officer. He has also held executive positions at the CIA, the Defense Information Systems Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency. He replaces Margaret R. Munson, who retired last month. The security service conducts personnel security investigations for DoD.

Mary Beth Donahue is taking over as chief of staff to Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala. Donahue will be Shalala's main advisor on policy and management issues for the department. Donahue has been deputy chief of staff since 1995. She is a graduate of the Senior Managers in Government Program of Harvard University and worked on the 1992 Clinton-Gore campaign.

Kenneth H. Fischbeck, M.D., a professor of neurology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, has been named chief of the Neurogenetics Branch at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The institute researches the brain and nervous system.

G O I N G S

Energy Secretary Federico Pena announced his resignation this week. Pena said he wants to spend more time with his family, and indicated deputy secretary Elizabeth Moler may be his successor.

Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt is losing his number two man--Deputy Secretary John Garamendi, who is off to the private sector. Garamendi will resign April 17 to become a partner in the Yucaipa Companies, a Los Angeles-based private investment firm. He served as deputy secretary since 1995.

Attorney General Janet Reno is also losing a longtime top associate, John M. Hogan. Hogan, who has been Reno's chief of staff, also worked as her chief assistant when Reno was the state's attorney in Florida. Hogan is heading back to Miami to join the Holland and Knight law firm as a partner. Reno's counselor, David W. Ogden, will fill Hogan's spot.