New Gay Appointments to the Obama Administration
Filed by: Michael Crawford
January 10, 2009 10:00 AM
http://www.bilerico.com/2009/01/new_gay_appointments_to_the_obama_administration.phpTwo more openly gay people have been appointed to positions within the Obama administration bringing the number gay appointees to four.
Fred Hochberg has been appointed chair of the Export-Import Bank of the U.S. Hochberg is the former Dean of the Milano New School for Management and Urban Policy. He served as deputy then acting administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) under President Bill Clinton.
The Export-Import Bank is the serves as the official export credit agency of the United States, helping to finance the export of U.S. goods and services to international markets.
Brian Bond, longtime gay Democratic Party operative and Obama campaign official, is expected to be named as deputy director of the White House Office of Public Liaison. Bond is a former executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund
