Press Release
☷President Biden Announces Key Nominees
White House ( By Press Release office)
Jan 13,2024
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James R . Ives is currently the Principal Deputy Director of the Defense Criminal Investigative Service . He has extensive experience in oversight and law enforcement , including senior executive roles in the Department of Defense ' s Office of Inspector General . Let ' s dive into a bit more detail about the nominees . Nelson W . Cunningham co - founded McLarty Associates and led the firm for 25 years . He has a strong background in foreign policy and politics , and has served in various roles in the Clinton White House and Senate Judiciary Committee . Hey folks , President Joe Biden just announced his picks for some important roles in his Administration . Nelson W . Cunningham is nominated to be Deputy United States Trade Representative , James R . Ives is nominated to be Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury , Stephen Ravas is nominated to be Inspector General of the Corporation for National and Community Service , Leonardo Martinez - Diaz is nominated to be United States Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development , and Anne Marie Wagner is nominated to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority . In addition , the White House is also renominating some candidates whose nominations were returned at the end of the last Congress . They ' ll be sending 16 renominations to the Senate today , with more to come in the following weeks . The hope is that the Senate will act quickly on these nominations . That ' s the latest update on Biden ' s nominations . Stephen Ravas joined AmeriCorps OIG as Counsel to the Inspector General in August 2019 . He served as Acting Deputy Inspector General from January 2022 to May 2023 . Before joining AmeriCorps OIG , he worked as Assistant Counsel to the Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security OIG , where he dealt with investigative issues and provided legal counsel for various investigations . He also served as Special Investigative Counsel for the Department of Commerce OIG , focusing on administrative and ethics investigations . He even worked as a Special Assistant United States Attorney in the U . S . Attorney ' s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia . Prior to his government roles , he worked in private law practice , representing individuals and large companies in white - collar criminal defense cases and conducting internal investigations . He holds degrees from James Madison University and Wayne State Law School , where he was the Editor - in - Chief of the Wayne Law Review . He also worked as an Assistant Inspector General for Investigations at NASA ' s OIG from 2015 to 2021 . Before that , he spent 22 years with the DOD OIG in various leadership roles . In 2019 , he temporarily served as Acting Inspector General of the U . S . Government Publishing Office . He also had previous roles as a special agent with the U . S . Department of State ' s Diplomatic Security Service and a reserve special agent with the U . S . Coast Guard Investigative Service . He graduated from Georgetown University with a Master of Policy Management degree and from the State University of New York ' s College at Brockport with a B . S . degree in Criminal Justice . He also completed the Senior Executives Fellows program at Harvard University in 2017 . Additionally , he works as an adjunct professor at American University and the University of Maryland ' s Global Campus . He lives in Northern Virginia with his wife and son . Anne Marie Wagner is being considered for a role as a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority . She has been working as an Associate Special Counsel with the Office of Special Counsel since 2015 . Before that , she held positions at the Merit Systems Protection Board , Government Accountability Office , General Services Administration , and the American Federation of Government Employees . During her time at AFGE for almost 20 years , she handled all sorts of cases related to Federal employment laws and even set some important legal precedents . Wagner went to the University of Notre Dame and got her law degree from George Washington University . She ' s a member of the bar in DC , Maryland , and Illinois , and can practice law in different Federal courts , including the U . S . Supreme Court . ### .
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