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Committee Members

Committee members are appointed by the President. Private citizens serve five-year terms and may be reappointed. Federal government members serve for the period of time their agency designates them. To see the biography of a specific Committee member, please click on his or her name.

Seal of The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Andrew Houghton, Chairperson
Private Citizen—Nonprofit Agency Employees with Other Severe Disabilities
March 2003 		  Seal of The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled James H. Omvig
Vice Chairperson
Private Citizen—Nonprofit Agency Employees Who are Blind
March 2003
Seal of the Department of Commerce Patrick R. Leahy
Director of Legislative Affairs
Department of Commerce
June 2007		   Seal of The Deparment of Justice Paul M. Laird
Chief Operating Officer, UNICOR
Corporate Management
Federal Prison Industries
Department of Justice
June 2007
Seal of the Defense Logistics Agency J. Anthony (Tony) Poleo
Chief Financial Officer
Defense Logistics Agency
Department of Defense
Feburary, 2007 		  Seal of the Department of the Army
Edward W. Walters
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army
(Strategy and Performance Planning)
Department of the Army
June 2007
Seal of The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
Private Citizen— TBD		   Seal of the Department of the Navy

Rear Admiral Alan S. Thompson
Commander, Naval Supply Systems Command and Chief of Supply Corps
NAVSUP
Department of the Navy
June 2007

Seal of the Department of Labor


Neil Romano
Assistant Secretary
Office of Disability Employment Policy
Department of Labor
April 2008

Logo of the U.S. Department of Agriculture James E. House
Director
Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
Department of Agriculture
May 2006
Seal of The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled Robert T. Kelly, Jr.
Private Citizen—Obstacles to Employment of Persons with Other Severe Disabilities
July 2003 		  Seal of the Department of Education Perry E. Anthony
Deputy Commissioner
Rehabilitation Services Administration
Department of Education
May 2006
Seal of the General Services Administration Felipe Mendoza
Associate Administrator
Office of Small Business Utilization
General Services Administration
July 2003 		  Seal of the Department of Veterans' Affairs Robert J. Henke
Assistant Secretary for Management
Office of Management
Department of Veterans Affairs
May 2006
      Seal of the Department of the Air Force Kathleen Ann James
Chief, Air Force Labor Advisors Office.
Department of the Air Force
June, 2007
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