| For Immediate Release | March 20, 1998 |
OFFICIAL DELEGATION ACCOMPANYING THE PRESIDENT TO AFRICA
The President
The First Lady
Ambassador Edward Brynn, U.S. Ambassador to Ghana
Ambassador Nancy Powell, U.S. Ambassador to Uganda
Ambassador Robert Gribbin, III, U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda
Ambassador James A. Joseph, U.S. Ambassador to South Africa
Ambassador Robert Krueger, U.S. Ambassador to Botswana
Ambassador Dane Smith, U.S. Ambassador to Senegal
William Daley, Secretary of Commerce
Alexis Herman, Secretary of Labor
Rodney Slater, Secretary of Transportation
Sylvia Mathews, Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff to the President
Samuel Berger, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Bruce Lindsey, Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel
Michael McCurry, Assistant to the President and White House Press Secretary
Bob Nash, Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Personnel
Doug Sosnik, Assistant to the President and Counselor to the President
Melanne Verveer, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady
Brian Atwood, Administrator, Agency for International Development
Reverend Jesse Jackson, Special Envoy for the President and the Secretary of State for the Promotion of Democracy in Africa
Howard Wolpe, President's Special Envoy for the Great Lakes
Mary Mel French, Chief of Protocol
Susan Rice, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs
John Shattuck, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL)
Rosa Whitaker, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa
Beverly Barnes, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary
Marsha Berry, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Communications to the First Lady
Robert (Ben) Johnson, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Public Liaison
Joseph Lockhart, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary
Alphonso Maldon, Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
Cheryl Mills, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President
Minyon Moore, Deputy Assistant to the President for Political Affairs
Tracey Thornton, Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs and Senate Liaison
General James Jamerson, Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. Armed Forces, European Command (EUCOM)
Glyn Davies, Executive Secretary, NSC
Daniel Benjamin, Special Assistant to the President and Director for NSC Strategic Planning
Antony Blinken, Special Assistant to the President and NSC Senior Director for Strategic Planning
Robert Kyle, Special Assistant to the President for International Trade and Finance, NSC and NEC
Anne Luzzatto, Special Assistant to the President, Deputy Press Secretary and NSC Senior Director for Public Affairs
Anne Edwards, Special Assistant to the President and Director of Press Advance
Joe Wilson Special Assistant to the President and NSC Senior Director for African Affairs
Kelly Craighead, Special Assistant to the President and Director of Advance for the First Lady
Kris Engskov, Special Assistant to the Staff Secretary and Presidential Aide
Kirk Hanlin, Special Assistant to the President and Trip Director
Janis Kearney, Special Assistant to the President and Records Manager
Laura Schiller, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Speechwriter
Chris Wayne, Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Advance
Peggy Lewis, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Public Affairs, Department of Labor
Daniel M. Zelikow, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury, Asia, The Americas and Africa
Erica Barks-Ruggles, Director, NSC African Affairs
Nicole Elkon, Director for Planning
David Leavy, Director for NSC Strategic Planning
John Prendergast, Director for NSC African Affairs
Eric Rubin, Assistant Press Secretary for Foreign Affairs and NSC Director for Public Affairs
Robin Sanders, Director for NSC African Affairs
Ted Widmer, Director for NSC Strategic Planning
Katherine Hubbard, Director of Special Projects, Cabinet Affairs
Karen Finney, Deputy Director for Presidential Scheduling
Edward Prewitt, Deputy Director of Presidential Scheduling
Eric Biel, Acting Assistant to the Secretary and Director Office of Policy and Strategic Planning, Department of Commerce
Jerry Malone, Chief of Staff, Department of Transportation
Carol Peasley, Acting Assistant Administrator for Africa, AID
Nanda Chitre, Assistant Press Secretary
Jon Murchinson, Assistant Press Secretary
Julia Payne, Assistant Press Secretary
Elizabeth Newman, Press Assistant
Michael Teague, Press Assistant
Dana Pittard, Military Aide
Rob Malley, Executive Assistant to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
Betty Currie, Personal Secretary to the President
CONGRESSIONAL AND CITIZENS DELEGATION
Members of Congress
Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY)
Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA
Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA)
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)
Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ)
Rep. Edward Royce (R-CA)
Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)
Rep. Amory Houghton (R-NY)
Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL)
Rep. Elizabeth Furse (D-OR)
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Rep. Albert Wynn (D-MD)
Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA)
Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. (D-TN)
PRIVATE CITIZENS
Paul A. Allaire, Chairman & CEO, Xerox Corporation
The Honorable Dennis W. Archer, Mayor, City of Detroit
Alma Brown, Senior Vice President, Chevy Chase Bank Corporation
Reverend Dr. Joan Brown - Campbell, General Secretary, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA
Ron Burkle, Managing Partner, Yucaipa Companies
Dr. Emma C. Chappell, Founder, Chairman & CEO, United Bank of Philadelphia
Melvin Clark, Jr., President and CEO, Metroplex Corporation
Ronald Dellums, former Congressman, President, Healthcare International Management Company
Dr. Ramona H. Edelin, President & CEO, National Urban Coalition
Ernest Green, Chairman, African Development Foundation
Gail Ishfin, Director, Discovery Channel Foundation
Bishop Fred Calhoun James, former Bishop, 2nd Episcopal District, African Methodist Episcopal Church
Robert Johnson, President, Black Entertainment Television
Kase Lawall, Chairman, President and CEO, CAMAC Holdings, Inc.
C. Payne Lucas, President, Africare
Kweisi Mfume, President & CEO, NAACP
Ernest S. Micek, Chairman & CEO, Cargill, Inc.
Ilyasah Shabazz, Director of Public Affairs & Special Events, Office of the Honorable Mayor Ernest Davis
Lottie Shackelford, Executive Vice President, Global USA, Inc. and Board Member, Overseas Private Investment Corporation
John Sweeney, President, AFL-CIO and Board Member
Maurice Tempelsman, Senior Partner, Leon Tempelsman & Son
Carl Ware, Senior Vice President and President, Africa Group, Coca Cola
The Honorable Wellington Webb, Mayor, City and County of Denver, Colorado
Carol Willis, Director, Community Services, DNC
**NOTE: Not all members of the delegation will travel to all countries.
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