EIGHT NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE

Office of the Press Secretary FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 25, 2020 NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:      Douglas Benevento, of Colorado, to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Andrew Wheeler, resigned.      William Jordan Gillis, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Robert H. McMahon.      Elizabeth Gleason, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts for a term expiring September 3, 2020, vice Aaron Paul Dworkin, term expired.      Jesse Merriam, of Maryland, to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2024, vice Ramon Saldívar, term expired.      Michael Pack, of Maryland, to be Chief Executive Officer of the Broadcasting Board of Governors for the term of three years.  (New Position)      Alex Nelson Wong, of New Jersey, to be Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador.      Alex Nelson Wong, of New Jersey,  to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, during his tenure of service as Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations.      Aldona Z. Wos, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Canada.