THE WHITE HOUSE


                  Office of the Press Secretary

                                                                  
For Immediate Release                             April 14, 1993



                  PRESIDENT NAMES OFFICIALS AT 
           TRANSPORTATION, COMMERCE, DEFENSE, AND OPIC



(Washington, DC)    President Clinton announced his intention 
today to nominate Albert Herberger to be Administrator of the 
Federal Maritime Administration, Loretta Dunn to be Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce for Import Administration, and Christopher 
Finn to be Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation.  

     Additionally, he has approved the appointments of Joan Yim 
to be Deputy Administrator of the Federal Maritime 
Administration, Alice Maroni to be Principal Deputy Comptroller 
of the Department of Defense, and Deborah Castelman to be Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, and 
Communications.

     "We are continuing to move forward with putting together a 
government of excellent, diverse Americans who share my 
commitment to changing the way that Washington works," said the 
President.  "These six people I am naming today fit that bill."

     Biographical sketches of the nominees are attached.



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                BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF NOMINEES
                          April 14, 1993


     Albert Herberger, a thirty-five year Navy veteran who 
retired with the rank of Vice Admiral, is the Vice President of 
the International Planning and Analysis Center (IPAC).  Among the 
positions he held during his naval service were Deputy Commander-
in-Chief of the U.S. Transportation Command, Director of 
Logistics on Staff for the Atlantic Fleet Commander-in-Chief, and 
Director of the Military Personnel Policy Division for the Office 
of Naval Operations.  A surface warfare expert and a merchant 
marine officer with over eighteen years operational experience, 
Herberger is also Vice Chairman of the National Defense 
Transportation Association's Sealift Committee.  He is a graduate 
of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and the Naval Postgraduate 
School.

     Loretta Dunn has served on the staff of the Senate Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation since 1979.  Since 1983 
she has been the Committee's Senior Trade Counsel, responsible 
for drafting trade legislation and reports, planning and 
conducting hearings, managing legislation on the Senate floor and 
in conferences with the House, overseeing a variety of executive 
branch agencies, including the Department of Commerce.  She was 
previously a Staff Counsel for the Committee.  Dunn holds a B.A. 
in History from the University of Kentucky, a J.D. from the 
University of Kentucky College of Law, and an L.M. from the 
Georgetown University Law Center.

     Christopher Finn is the Executive Vice President of Equities 
for the American Stock Exchange.  Previous positions he has held 
have included Senior Vice President of the Air and Water 
Technologies Corporation, Chief of Staff to Senator Daniel P. 
Moynihan, Deputy Commissioner of the New York State Department of 
Economic Development, and Chief Legislative Aide to Congressman 
James R. Jones.  Finn is a graduate of Harvard College.

     Joan Yim is a professional planner with over 17 years 
experience in community based planning, policy analysis, project 
design and management, inter-agency coordination and government 
affairs.  From 1975-92, she was with the Hawaii Office of State 
Planning as a planner on issues relating to natural resource and 
coastal zone management and public infrastructure financing, 
among other issues. Currently, she is Supervising Planner with 
the Honolulu firm of Parsons Brinckerhogg Quade & Douglas.  
Before going to work for the state, she was Executive 
Neighborhood Commission Secretary for the City and County of 
Honolulu, and Chair on the Kaneohe Community Planning Committee.  
A Democratic National committeewoman, Yim holds a B.A. from 
Connecticut College and pursued graduate studies at the 
University of Hawaii.

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     Alice Maroni is a professional staff member of the House 
Armed Services Committee specializing in defense budget issues.   
She previously worked as a national defense specialist in the 
Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division of the 
Congressional Research Service, and as an international risk 
analyst for Rockwell International.  She has written extensively 
on defense budget related topics.  Maroni received her B.A. from 
Mount Holyoke College, and an M.A. from the Fletcher School of 
Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.  She has also completed 
the senior service program at the National War College and 
Harvard's Program for Senior Executives in National and 
International Security.

     Deborah Castleman is currently on leave from RAND, where she 
is a Space and Defense Policy Analyst.  She was an advisor to the 
Clinton/Gore campaign on space, science and technology, and 
national security issues.  Prior to joining RAND in 1989, 
Castleman held engineering positions with the Hughes Space and 
Communications Group, General Dynamics, and Electrac, Inc.  She 
served as an Avionics Technician in the Air Force from 1974-77.  
Castleman holds a B.S. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering 
from California State Polytechnic University, M.S. in Electrical 
Engineering from the California Institute of Technology, and M.A. 
in International Studies from Claremont Graduate School.