Presidential Nomination of Foreign Service Generalist List 2008 #2

On May 22, 2008, the President nominated Foreign Service Generalist List 2008 #2. This list contains 217 names, and is pending Senate confirmation and Presidential attestation.

The following-named persons of the agencies indicated were nominated for appointment as Foreign Service Officers, as well as members of the Foreign Service with other diplomatic and consular designations.  

For appointment as Foreign Service Officer of Class Four, Consular Officer and Secretary in the Diplomatic Service of the United States of America:

Department of State

Matthew Kazuaki Asada, of New Jersey

Tammy McQuilkin Baker, of Florida

James L. Bangert, of Kansas

Keith B. Bean, of New Jersey

Philip Martin Beekman, of Michigan

Wylita L. Bell, of Virginia

Tashawna S. Bethea, of New Jersey

Mieczyslaw Pawel Boduszynski, of California

Ryan Thomas Campbell, of California

Vincent Max Campos, of California

Jared S. Caplan, of Florida

John Y. Choi, of California

Robert J. Dahlke, of Illinois

Daniel K. Delk, Jr., of Georgia

David S. Feldmann, of Maryland

Rodrigo Garza, of Texas

Daniel Charles Gedacht, of Connecticut

Leon W. Gendin, of Florida

Tonya W. Gendin, of Florida

Simone Lynnette Graves, of Florida

Stephanie Lynne Hallett, of Florida

Thomas Edward Hammang, Jr., of Texas

Brian Benjamin Himmelsteib, of New Jersey

Ariel Nicole Howard, of Louisiana

Douglas M. Hoyt, of Virginia

Margaret Hsiang, of New Jersey

Antoinette C. Hurtado, of California

Anna Sunshine Ison, of Kentucky

Donald F. Kilburg III, of Texas

Holly Ann Kirking, of Wisconsin

Jeremiah A. Knight, of Connecticut

Tomika L. Konditi, of Illinois

Rachna Sachdeva Korhonen, of New Jersey

Molly Rutledge Koscina, of Washington

Elizabeth Marie Lawrence, of Illinois

Anita Lyssikatos, of Virginia

Loren G. Mealey, of New Jersey

Lioudmila Millman, of Virginia

Anjana J. Modi, of Pennsylvania

Molly C. Montgomery, of Oregon

Jessica N. Munson, of Minnesota

Rebecca Pierce Owen, of Oregon

Jennifer Davis Paguada, of Georgia

Angela P. Pan, of California

Seth Lee Provvedi Patch, of Massachusetts

Joshua Wiley Polacheck, of Arizona

Anupama Prattipati, of Pennsylvania

T. Clifford Reed, of Texas

Kyle Andrew Richardson, of Virginia

Susan Jean Riggs, of Texas

Stetson Sanders, of California

Caroline J. Savage, of Wisconsin

Veronica Scarborough, of Virginia

Addie B. Schroeder, of Kansas

Daniel E. Slusher, of Kansas

Deborah B. Smith, of Connecticut

Alys Louise Spensley, of Minnesota

David Stephenson, of Texas

Michael Stewart, of Oregon

Nancy Elizabeth Talbot, of Florida

Laura Taylor-Kale, of California

Mark Hamilton Thornburg, of the District of Columbia

Dennis Dean Tidwell, of Tennessee

Michael J. Tran, of Kansas

Tina C. Tran, of Oklahoma

Ian A. Turner, of Maryland

Linnisa Joya Wahid, of Maryland

Susan Fisher Walke, of Virginia

Tonia N. Weik, of Texas

April Shavonne Wells, of Alabama

Russell Jay Westergard, of Virginia

Jessica A. Wolf-Hudson, of New York

Susan W. Wong, of New York

For appointment as Consular Officers and Secretaries in the Diplomatic Service of the United States of America:

Department of Commerce

Matthew Hilgendorf, of New Hampshire

Department of State

Cassandra Allen, of Arizona

Hayward M.G. Alto, of California

Andrew L. Armstrong, of Florida

Donald J. Asquith, of Maryland

Devin K. Aubry, of Virginia

Joseph F. Biedlingmaier Jr., of

the District of Columbia

Alfreda Frances Bikowsky, of Virginia

Marie Blanchard, of Massachusetts

Seth G. Blaylock, of Virginia

Matthew A. Bockner, of the District of Columbia

Chris Breding, of Texas

Matthew J. Britton, of California

Charles L. Brown, II, of Texas

Cherie L. Brown, of Virginia

Rebecca Ellen Byers, of Maryland

Robert Carney, of the District of Columbia

William Russell Caulfield III, of Virginia

Michael A. Cicere, of Virginia

Jaclyn Anne Cole Adkins, of Maryland

Melissa Elmore Cotton, of New York

Andrew Taylor Cowdery, of Virginia

Justin D. Cunha, of Maryland

Hadi Kamil Deeb, of Virginia

Yvette M. Denne, of Florida

Jane M. Dittmar, of the District of Columbia

Jacob Doty, of Oregon

Jonathan Edward Earle, of Virginia

Christopher Michael Elms, of New York

Christopher S. Enloe, of Georgia

Rachel L. Erickson, of California

Concepción Escobar, of Massachusetts

Jason E. Farkas, of Virginia

Rupert Finke, of Virginia

Sean Patrick Fitzgerald, of Virginia

Nikolai Flexner, of the District of Columbia

Tresia M. Gale, of Virginia

Dennis J. Garcia, of Virginia

Rebecca Gardner, of Ohio

Robert Richard Gatehouse, Jr., of

the District of Columbia

Dan S. Gelman, of Virginia

Paul Anthony Ghiotto Jr., of Florida

Catherine Giaquinta, of Maryland

Shaun V. Gonzales, of the District of Columbia

Michael Gorman, of the District of Columbia

Silje M. Grimstad, of Virginia

Catherine A. Hallock, of New York

Meredith P. Hamilton, of Virginia

Della R. Hareland, of Nevada

Jeffrey M. Hay, of Virginia

Michael Lee Hicks Jr., of Virginia

Arin C. Hotz, of Virginia

Jonathan Paul Howard, of Virginia

Geoffrey Howe, of Virginia

David P. Irey, of Virginia

Eric R. Jacobs, of Virginia

Ryan P. Jennings, of Maryland

Kimberlee M. Johnson, of Virginia

Richard H. Johnson, of Virginia

Laura M. Kaczmarek, of Virginia

Thomas N. Katen, of Virginia

Shamim Kazemi, of Maryland

Jay M. Kimmel, of Kansas

Kennon W. Kincaid, of Virginia

Steven C. Kish, of Virginia

Allen L. Krause, of Michigan

Matthew Thomas Larson, of Virginia

Lissette Lasanta, of Virginia

Chon Ji Ryong Lee, of Virginia

Irene S. Lee, of the District of Columbia

Lai M. Lee, of Virginia

Tracie K. Lester, of Virginia

Walter S. Lutes, of Virginia

Wini M. Lyons, of Virginia

Amy Marie Malley, of Virginia

Theresa J. Mangione, of Florida

Natalia Maric, of California

Kundai Mashingaidze, of New Jersey

Melissa L. McCarthy, of Virginia

Megan L. McCulloch, of the District of Columbia

Julie P. McKay, of South Carolina

Robert L. McKinnon, of Virginia

Hera Andora McLeod, of Maryland

Lorenzo Dow McWilliams, of Virginia

Jeremy M. Mears, of Virginia

Daniel Lang Meges, of Virginia

Roberto Meléndez, of Virginia

David Beau Mellor, of Virginia

Cynthia D. Miller, of Illinois

Bethany Milton, of New York

Jay Bryan Mitchell, of Virginia

Brooke M. Mondero, of Virginia

Russell Allen Morales, of Virginia

Kevin P. Moran, of Virginia

Victor M. Mungen, of Virginia

Walker P. Murray, of Washington

William T. Nimmer, of Georgia

Lareina L. Ockerman, of Virginia

Jun H. Oh, of Virginia

Andrew Joseph Pastirik, of Virginia

Linda J. Percy, of Michigan

Gail G. Perley, of Virginia

Neil Phillips, of Maryland

Jay L. Porter, of Utah

Angela Jenelle Pozdol, of Virginia

Jeffrey T. Pugh, of Virginia

David P. Ragano, of Virginia

Margaret S. Ramsay, of New York

Ryan M. Reid, of Virginia

Andrew Ethan Remson, of Virginia

George Rivas, Jr., of Texas

Angela Lynn Ruth, of Virginia

Gabriel L. Ruth, of Virginia

Wilber N. Saenz, of Virginia

Princess J. Schmidt, of Virginia

Lauren Schor, of Virginia

David Ryan Seckinger, of Pennsylvania

Travis Mark Sevy, of Utah

Kathryn L. Shaffner, of Virginia

Michael Aaron Shulman, of the District of Columbia

Howard A. Simmonds, of Virginia

Nicholas Andrew Sleder, of Virginia

Alan J. Smith, of the District of Columbia

Robert E. Stacy, of the District of Columbia

G. Bart Stokes, of Florida

Elizabeth E. Strobel, of Virginia

Trent Matthew Suko, of Virginia

Alexander Tatsis, of New Hampshire

Scott A. Thomas, of Maryland

Heather Joy Thompson, of New York

Joachim Van Brandt, of the District of Columbia

Tammy L. Vitatoe, of Georgia

Jennifer Hope Walker, of Virginia

Todd James Watkins, of Virginia

Clint Allan Watts, of Texas

Timothy C. Watts, of Texas

Rosalyn Nuñez Wiese, of Florida

Joseph M. Willis, of Virginia

Nelson Hua-yee Wu, of Virginia

Corinna Elizabeth Ybarra Arnold, of Texas

Daryn L. Yoder, of Pennsylvania

Michael Joseph Young, of Colorado

Samantha G. Yurkus, of Virginia

Adam Zerbinopoulos, of Texas