Subject: FW: President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
From: "Larry Rasky" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 17:12:36 -0500

Hey man.  Not sure you'll remember this but wanted to make sure you
knew.  Thanks.

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From: Cheryl LaFleur [mailto:[email-masked]] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2010 3:25 PM
To: [email-masked]; Larry Rasky
Subject: FW: President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts

Dear Carol and Larry--

I wanted to let you know about this announcement, which was released
yesterday. I am honored and excited. 
I really appreciate your advice to me when I reached out to you last
fall. 

Hope you are both doing well. We certainly live in interesting and
exciting times---

All the best,
Cheryl

Cheryl A. LaFleur
2 Lilac Circle
Wellesley, MA 02482
[email-masked]
C 508-208-1840

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From: Cheryl LaFleur <[email-masked]>
Date: Mar 8, 2010
Subject: FW: President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
To: [email-masked]

 

THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

________________________________________________________________________
_______________

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 8, 2010

President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts

WASHINGTON - Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to
nominate the following individuals to key administration posts:

*         Cheryl A. LaFleur, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission

*         Lawrence J. Pijeaux, Jr., Member, National Museum and Library
Sciences Board

President Obama said, "I am grateful that these distinguished
individuals have chosen to join my administration as we work to solve
the problems our nation faces. Their dedication and skill will serve the
American people well, and I look forward to working with them in the
coming months and years."

President Obama announced his intent to nominate the following
individuals to key administration posts:

Cheryl A. LaFleur, Nominee for Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission

Cheryl A. LaFleur has more than 20 years experience as a leader in the
electric and gas industry. She retired in 2007 as Executive Vice
President and acting CEO of National Grid USA responsible for the
delivery of electricity to 3.4 million customers in the Northeast.  Her
previous positions at National Grid USA and its predecessor New England
Electric System included Chief Operating Officer, President of the New
England distribution companies, General Counsel, Senior Vice President
of Retail Marketing, and Vice President of Demand-Side Management.  She
helped lead the company through several regulatory and corporate
transformations including the deregulation of energy supply, the
transition to performance-based ratemaking, and mergers with National
Grid, EUA, Niagara Mohawk, and KeySpan.  She has been an active leader
in the growth of energy efficiency and demand response programs for
customers, the introduction of competitive energy markets, and efforts
to strengthen service reliability and employee and public safety.  Since
retiring from National Grid, LaFleur has been active as a nonprofit
board member and leader.  She serves or has served on the boards of Beth
Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, United
Way of Central Massachusetts, Massachusetts Business Roundtable, and
numerous other organizations.  During 2008, she served as President and
CEO of the Steppingstone Foundation, an educational nonprofit in Boston.
Before joining National Grid in 1986, LaFleur was a lawyer at Ropes and
Gray in Boston from 1978 to 1986. She has an A.B. with high honors from
Princeton University and a J.D. with honors from Harvard Law School,
where she was an editor of the Harvard Law Review.

Lawrence J. Pijeaux, Jr., Nominee for Member, National Museum and
Library Sciences Board

Dr. Lawrence J. Pijeaux, Jr. is President and CEO of the Birmingham
Civil Rights Institute, a multi-media facility housing exhibitions of
historical events from post-World War I racial segregation to
present-day racial progress. Dr. Pijeaux is a member of the Alabama
Symphony Orchestra Board, Alabama Tourism Department Advisory Board, the
Executive Committee of the Greater Alabama Council Boy Scouts of
America, the Alabama Bureau of Tourism and Travel Advisory Board, and
the Rotary Club of Birmingham. He holds a doctorate in Education from
the University of Southern Mississippi, a master's in Teaching from
Tulane University, and bachelor's degree from Southern University.

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