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1993.02.24 :  Presidential Appointments

Contact:  HHS Press Office (202) 690-6343
February 24, 1993

       President Clinton on Feb. 23 announced nominations for six
more senior positions at the Department of Health and Human 
Services:
       Deputy Secretary -- Walter D. Broadnax, of Rochester, N.Y. 
Since 1990, president of the Center for Governmental Research
Inc., a private, non-profit research and management consulting
organization.  From 1987 to 1990, president of the New York State
Civil Service Commission and Commissioner, New York State
Department of Civil Service.  BA, Washburn University of Topeka;
MPA, Kansas University; Ph.D., Maxwell School of Citizenship and
Public Affairs, Syracuse University.  Broadnax is an Arkansas
native and served as a transition team leader on personnel and
management issues.

       General Counsel -- Harriet S. Rabb, of New York.  Since
1971, vice dean, professor of law and social responsibility,
director of clinical education, and assistant dean for urban
affairs, Columbia Law School, New York.  BA, Barnard College;
J.D., Columbia Law School.

       Assistant Secretary for Aging -- Fernando M. Torres-Gil,
of Los Angeles.  Since 1991, professor, School of Social Welfare,
UCLA;  and associate director of the National Resource Center on
Minority Aging Populations.  He has served as a consultant on
aging issues to federal and state agencies and in the private
sector.  He was staff director for the House Select Committee on
Aging from 1985 to 1987, and he served as special assistant to
then-HHS Secretary Patricia Roberts Harris.  BA, San Jose State
University; MSW, Brandeis University;  Ph.D., Brandeis
University.

       Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs -- Avis LaVelle, of
Chicago.  From 1989 to 1992, press secretary for Chicago Mayor
Richard M. Daley.  Previously chief political correspondent, WGN
Radio-TV, Chicago; news anchor-reporter, WJJD/WJEZ radio,
Chicago; and news director, WLTH radio, Gary, Ind. BS, University
of Illinois, Champaign.

       Assistant Secretary for Legislation -- Jerry D. Klepner,
of Reston, Va.  Since 1987, director of legislation, American
Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). 
Previously a partner with Anderson, Benjamin, Read & Haney; staff
director, House Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee
Benefits; and national executive vice president, National
Treasury Employees Union.  BA, Washington University; attended
Washington University School of Law.

     Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation -- David T.
Ellwood, of Winchester, Mass.  Currently academic dean and
Malcolm Wiener Professor of Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School
of Government, Harvard University.   Author of Poor Support and
other books and articles.  Served on various National Academy of
Sciences panels, including the National Forum on the Future of
Children and Their Parents, and the Committee on the Status of
Black Americans.  AB, Harvard College; Ph.D., Harvard University.

       "I am pleased to join the President in welcoming this
strong leadership team to the department," said HHS Secretary
Donna E. Shalala.  "We have special strength among this group for
carrying out the President's commitment to reform our nation's
welfare system.  We are determined to make our welfare programs
serve beneficiaries and taxpayers better."

       In addition to the six newly announced nominations, the
President has previously announced his intention to nominate Mary
Jo Bane, New York State Commissioner of Social Services, to be
Assistant Secretary for Children and Families; and Joycelyn 
Elders, M.D., Director of the Arkansas Department of Health, has
been nominated to be Surgeon General, effective later this year.

       Secretary Shalala also announced other members of the HHS
management team today:

     --   Judith Feder, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for
          Planning and Evaluation

     --   Kenneth Thorpe, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning
          and Evaluation/Health Policy

     --   Atul Gawande, Senior Policy Analyst, Office of the
Assistant
          Secretary for Planning and Evaluation

     --   Anne H. Lewis, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public
          Affairs

     --   Richard J. Tarplin, Principal Deputy Assistant
          Secretary for Legislation

     --   Kimberly C. Parker, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
          Legislation/Congressional Liaison

     --   Karen Pollitz, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
          Legislation/Health.

       Already announced by the Secretary were the Chief of Staff
for the Department, Kevin Thurm, and the Executive Secretary,
Claudia Cooley.

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