PROMOTION RECOMMENDATIONS TO AND WITHIN THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE. Promotions will be made effective once the Senate has confirmed these names and the President has attested the appointments.  Senior Foreign Service Performance Pay Awards are pending approval.

CLASS OF MINISTER COUNSELOR:  
Asif J. Chaudhry

CLASS OF COUNSELOR:
Wayne P. Molstad                        Scott R. Reynolds

PROMOTIONS TO CLASS 1:

Jeffrey A. Hesse
Marcus E. Lower
Ronald P. Verdonk
Bruce J. Zanin

PROMOTIONS TO CLASS 2:

Ralph K. Bean
David W. Cottrell
Kevin L. Sage-El
Paul Spencer
Kimberly L. Svec
W. Garth Thorburn, II

PROMOTIONS TO CLASS 3:

Valerie R. Brown-Jones
Frederick H. Giles
Elizabeth Mello
Kari A. Rojas
Charles L. Rush
Justina L. Torry

MERITORIOUS SERVICE INCREASE - Class 1  

Jonathan P. Gressel
S. Rodrick McSherry
David C. Miller
Chad R. Russell
Susan R. Schayes

MERITORIOUS SERVICE INCREASE - Class 2  

Jeanne F. Bailey
Richard T. Drennan
Clay M. Hamilton
Michael T. Henney
Leanne E. Hogie
Bobby G. Richey, Jr.
Jamie Rothschild  
Melinda Sallyards
Christine M. Sloop

MERITORIOUS SERVICE INCREASE - Class 3  

Jude E. Akhidenor
Lisa M. Anderson
Joani M. Dong
Hoa V. Huynh
Anita Katial-Zemeny
Mary Ellen Smith
Eric B. Trachtenberg  

MERITORIOUS SERVICE INCREASE - Class 4  

Sandra L. Arbuthnot
Rachel Bickford
Claudine L. Brenner
Cynthia M. Guven

MERITORIOUS SERVICE INCREASE - Class 5  

Kathleen M. Larkin-Soane