THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary____________________________________________________________________For Immediate Release                                                 July 28, 2009NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE:

Kelvin James Cochran, of Louisiana, to be Administrator of the United States Fire Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, vice Gregory B. Cade, resigned.

David S. Ferriero, of North Carolina, to be Archivist of the United States, vice Allen Weinstein, resigned.

Suedeen G. Kelly, of New Mexico, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2014. (Reappointment)

Mary Jo Wills, of the District of Columbia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Mauritius, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Seychelles.