Presidential Appointment Announced Amanda Simpson appointed to Department of Com

[Shana A]

Presidential Appointment Announced
Amanda Simpson appointed to Department of Commerce
   
December 31, 2009       

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Amanda Simpson Amanda Simpson, who has served on NCTE's Board of Directors for the past 3 years, has been appointed by the Obama Administration as a Senior Technical Advisor to the Department of Commerce. She'll be working in the Bureau of Industry and Security.

"I'm truly honored to have received this appointment and am eager and excited about this opportunity that is before me. And at the same time, as one of the first transgender presidential appointees to the federal government, I hope that I will soon be one of hundreds, and that this appointment opens future opportunities for many others."

[lizbeth]

very nice 

[Shana A]

Meet Amanda Simpson: President Obama appoints transgender woman as Advisor
Posted by duy on January 1, 2010 3:23 AM

http://www.metroweekly.com/news/last_word/2010/01/meet-amanda-simpson-president.html

''I'm truly honored to have received this appointment and am eager and excited about this opportunity that is before me. And at the same time, as one of the first transgender presidential appointees to the federal government, I hope that I will soon be one of hundreds, and that this appointment opens future opportunities for many others.''

Quote from a press release on Thursday's appointment of Amanda Simpson by President Barack Obama to the position of Senior Technical Advisor to the Department of Commerce, which very likely makes her the first transgender appointee by a US President.

more

http://www.causecast.org/news_items/9453-president-obama-names-transgender-woman-to-department-of-commerce

http://www.queerty.com/obamas-new-queer-appointee-amanda-simpson-brings-some-t-to-the-administration-20091231/