Senate HELP Committee Approves LSC Board Nominees
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions approved the nominations of five Presidential appointees to LSC’s Board of Directors on Oct. 21. The committee is led by Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Ranking Member Michael B. Enzi (R-Wyo.).
The nominees are:
- Robert J. Grey, Jr., of Virginia, a former American Bar Association President and a partner in the law firm of Hunton & Williams;
- John G. Levi of Illinois, a partner in the law firm of Sidley Austin LLP;
- Martha L. Minow of Illinois, dean of Harvard Law School;
- Julie A. Reiskin of Colorado, executive director of a statewide disability-rights organization; and
- Gloria Valencia-Weber of New Mexico, a professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law specializing in Native American law.
President Obama submitted the nominations in August. They will now go to the full Senate for consideration.
More about the Nominees
Senator Harkin's Statement on Committee Approval [PDF]
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