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.                                   ###                  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.                                (more)  April 14, 1993 page two        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.