PRESIDENT OBAMA ANNOUNCES INTENT TO APPOINT ARCHBISHOP DEMETRIOS
TO THE PRESIDENT’S ADVISORY COUNCIL ON FAITH-BASED AND NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIPS
NEW YORK – The White House has announced that President Obama intends to appoint Archbishop Demetrios of America to be a member of the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
A press release, dated Feb. 4, 2011 from the White House Office of the Press Secretary, in part reads as follows:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 4, 2011
President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships:
· Susan K. Stern, Chair, President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
· Leith Anderson, Member, President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
· Andrea Bazán, Member, President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
· Angela Glover Blackwell, Member, President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
· Brian Gallagher, Member, President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
· Bishop Mark Hanson, Member, President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
· Lynn Hybels, Member, President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
· The Most Rev. Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Member, President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
· Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, Member, President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
· Archbishop Demetrios Trakatellis, Member, President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
· Sister Marlene Weisenbeck, Member, President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
· Reverend Elder Nancy L. Wilson, Member, President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
The President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships brings together religious and secular leaders as well as scholars and experts in fields related to the work of faith-based and neighborhood organizations in order to make recommendations to the government on how to improve partnerships.
The President will announce additional members to this Council at a later date.
President Obama said, “I am pleased to announce that these experienced and committed individuals have agreed to join this Administration, and I look forward to working with them in the months and years ahead.”
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The White house release in its entirety can be found at:
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