THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary _______________________________________________________________________ For Immediate Release October 26, 2000 PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES TEN MEMBERS TO THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE USE OF OFFSETS IN DEFENSE TRADE President Clinton today announced his intent to appoint Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen, Secretary of Labor Alexis M. Herman, Director of the Office of Management and Budget Jacob J. Lew, Deputy Secretary of Commerce Robert L. Mallett, R. Thomas Buffenbarger, Vance D. Coffman, Philip M. Condit, Ann R. Markusen, and David C. Mowery as Members of the National Commission on the Use of Offsets in Defense Trade (UODT). Secretary Madeleine Albright was nominated by President Clinton and sworn in as Secretary of State in 1997. Secretary Albright is the first female Secretary of State and the highest-ranking woman in the U.S. government. Prior to this appointment, Secretary Albright served as the United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations and as a member of President Clinton's Cabinet and National Security Council. Awarded a B.A. from Wellesley College with honors in Political Science, Secretary Albright studied at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, received a Certificate from the Russian Institute at Columbia University, and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University's Department of Public Law and Government. Secretary William S. Cohen was nominated by President Clinton and sworn in as Secretary of Defense in 1997. He previously served three terms in the U.S. Senate for the State of Maine from 1979-1997 and three terms in the House of Representatives from Maine's Second Congressional District from 1973-1979. Secretary Cohen served on the Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations from 1989 to 1997 and chaired the Council's Middle East Study Group in 1996. Secretary Cohen received his B.A. in Latin from Bowdoin College and his LL.B. cum laude from Boston University Law School. Secretary Alexis M. Herman was nominated by President Clinton and sworn in as Secretary of Labor in 1997. Secretary Herman is the first African American ever to lead the Labor Department. At the age of 29, she joined the Carter Administration as the youngest Director of the Women's Bureau in the history of the Labor Department. In 1993, President Clinton appointed her Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Public Liaison Office prior to her appointment as the Secretary of Labor. Secretary Herman was born in Mobile, Alabama and is a graduate of Xavier University. Mr. Jacob J. Lew has served as Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) since 1998. As Director, Mr. Lew is responsible for coordinating administration efforts on management, budget, and appropriations related matters. As a member of the Administration?s Economic team, Mr. Lew advises the President on the development of Administration policy. As Special Assistant to the President from February 1993 through October 1994, Mr. Lew was responsible for policy development and the drafting of the national service initiative and health care reform legislation. Mr. Lew was born in New York City and received his B.A. from Harvard University and earned his J.D. from Georgetown University Law School. Deputy Secretary Robert L. Mallett was nominated by President Clinton and confirmed by the United States Senate as Deputy Secretary of Commerce in 1997. As Chief Operating Officer for the Department of Commerce, Deputy Secretary Mallett is responsible for the daily operations of the most diverse cabinet-level Department, consisting of nine separate agencies. He has played a significant role in promoting American businesses in overseas markets and in the development of both domestic and international commercial standards. Deputy Secretary Mallett is also a member of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) and serves as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Deputy Secretary Robert L. Mallett was born in Houston, Texas and received his B.A. degree from Morehouse College and earned his J.D. from Harvard Law School. Mr. R. Thomas Buffenbarger of Brookeville, Maryland serves as the 13th International President of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). Mr. Buffenbarger began his career as a tool and die maker at the General Electric jet engine plant in Evadale, Ohio. He also served in a variety of union leadership positions that culminated in his election as the youngest IAM international president in this century. Mr. Buffenbarger now represents over 730,000 active and retired IAM members in the United States and Canada. These members work at Boeing, United Airlines, US Airways, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, UTC/Pratt & Whitney, General Electric and over 4,400 other firms. Mr. Buffenbarger also serves on the Board of Directors of Guide Dogs of America and the Executive Council of the AFL-CIO. Mr. Buffenbarger received his B.A. from Ohio University. Mr. Vance D. Coffman of Kinross, Iowa has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation since 1998. Mr. Coffman served in a series of elected corporate leadership positions including President and Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President. As President of Lockheed's Space System Division in 1988, Mr. Coffman was responsible for the development of several major space programs including the Hubble Space Telescope, the MILSTAR satellite communications program, the Follow-on Early Warning System, now called the Space Based Infrared System, and the Corporation's work on Iridium. Mr. Coffman was elected to the Board of Directors of Bristol-Myers Squibb since 1998 and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the Security Affairs Support Association. Mr. Coffman received a B.S. from Iowa State University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Stanford University. Mr. Philip M. Condit of Seattle, Washington has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Boeing Company, the world?s largest aerospace company, since 1997. During his 35-year career with Boeing, he has served in many areas. Mr. Condit led the team that launched the wide-body Boeing 777 airplane and pioneered management concepts that integrated design/build teams of customers, suppliers, and employees. Mr. Condit serves on the board of Hewlett-Packard Company and is a member of the Business Council and the Business Roundtable. Elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1985, Mr. Condit is also an honorary fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and an honorary fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Mr. Condit received his B.S. from the University of California at Berkeley, an M.A. from Princeton University, an M.A. in management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in engineering from Science University of Tokyo. Mr. Condit also received honorary doctorate degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and from Cranfield University, College of Aeronautics, in Bedfordshire, United Kingdom. Ms. Ann R. Markusen of Minneapolis, Minnesota is the Professor of Planning and Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. Ms. Markusen has served as Senior Fellow on the Council on Foreign Relations since 1995. From 1989 to 1999, Ms. Markusen served as Director of the Project on Regional and Industrial Economics at Rutgers University. Ms. Markusen has written several published books, journal articles, chapters in books, and research reports. She presently serves as the President of the North American Regional Science Association. Ms. Markusen has been a Member of the Board of Directors of the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C. since 1993 and chaired the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy of the American Association for the Advancement of Science from 1998 to 2000. Ms. Markusen received her B.S.F.S. from Georgetown University and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Michigan State University. Mr. David C. Mowery of Berkeley, California serves as the Milton W. Terrill Professor of Business and the Director of the Ph.D. Program at the Walter A. Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley. Mr. Mowery also serves as the Deputy Director for the Institute for Management, Innovation, and Organization. He is a member of the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Mr. Mowery received his A.B., A.M., and Ph.D from Stanford University. Established by Congress in 1999, the National Commission on the Use of Offsets in Defense Trade (UODT) addresses all aspects of the use of offsets in international defense trade. The UODT is responsible for reviewing and reporting on the full range of current practices by foreign governments in requiring offsets in purchasing agreements and the extent and nature of offsets offered by United States and foreign defense contractors and shall review and report on the impact of the use of offsets on defense subcontractors and nondefense industrial sectors affected by indirect offsets. 30-30-30
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