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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary


For Immediate Release March 20, 1998

OFFICIAL DELEGATION ACCOMPANYING THE PRESIDENT TO AFRICA

The President

The First Lady

Ambassador Edward Brynn, U.S. Ambassador to Ghana

Ambassador Nancy Powell, U.S. Ambassador to Uganda

Ambassador Robert Gribbin, III, U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda

Ambassador James A. Joseph, U.S. Ambassador to South Africa

Ambassador Robert Krueger, U.S. Ambassador to Botswana

Ambassador Dane Smith, U.S. Ambassador to Senegal

William Daley, Secretary of Commerce

Alexis Herman, Secretary of Labor

Rodney Slater, Secretary of Transportation

Sylvia Mathews, Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff to the President

Samuel Berger, Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

Bruce Lindsey, Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel

Michael McCurry, Assistant to the President and White House Press Secretary

Bob Nash, Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Personnel

Doug Sosnik, Assistant to the President and Counselor to the President

Melanne Verveer, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the First Lady

Brian Atwood, Administrator, Agency for International Development

Reverend Jesse Jackson, Special Envoy for the President and the Secretary of State for the Promotion of Democracy in Africa

Howard Wolpe, President's Special Envoy for the Great Lakes

Mary Mel French, Chief of Protocol

Susan Rice, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs

John Shattuck, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL)

Rosa Whitaker, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa

Beverly Barnes, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary

Marsha Berry, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Communications to the First Lady

Robert (Ben) Johnson, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Public Liaison

Joseph Lockhart, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary

Alphonso Maldon, Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs

Cheryl Mills, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President

Minyon Moore, Deputy Assistant to the President for Political Affairs

Tracey Thornton, Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs and Senate Liaison

General James Jamerson, Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. Armed Forces, European Command (EUCOM)

Glyn Davies, Executive Secretary, NSC

Daniel Benjamin, Special Assistant to the President and Director for NSC Strategic Planning

Antony Blinken, Special Assistant to the President and NSC Senior Director for Strategic Planning

Robert Kyle, Special Assistant to the President for International Trade and Finance, NSC and NEC

Anne Luzzatto, Special Assistant to the President, Deputy Press Secretary and NSC Senior Director for Public Affairs

Anne Edwards, Special Assistant to the President and Director of Press Advance

Joe Wilson Special Assistant to the President and NSC Senior Director for African Affairs

Kelly Craighead, Special Assistant to the President and Director of Advance for the First Lady

Kris Engskov, Special Assistant to the Staff Secretary and Presidential Aide

Kirk Hanlin, Special Assistant to the President and Trip Director

Janis Kearney, Special Assistant to the President and Records Manager

Laura Schiller, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Speechwriter

Chris Wayne, Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Advance

Peggy Lewis, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Public Affairs, Department of Labor

Daniel M. Zelikow, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Treasury, Asia, The Americas and Africa

Erica Barks-Ruggles, Director, NSC African Affairs

Nicole Elkon, Director for Planning

David Leavy, Director for NSC Strategic Planning

John Prendergast, Director for NSC African Affairs

Eric Rubin, Assistant Press Secretary for Foreign Affairs and NSC Director for Public Affairs

Robin Sanders, Director for NSC African Affairs

Ted Widmer, Director for NSC Strategic Planning

Katherine Hubbard, Director of Special Projects, Cabinet Affairs

Karen Finney, Deputy Director for Presidential Scheduling

Edward Prewitt, Deputy Director of Presidential Scheduling

Eric Biel, Acting Assistant to the Secretary and Director Office of Policy and Strategic Planning, Department of Commerce

Jerry Malone, Chief of Staff, Department of Transportation

Carol Peasley, Acting Assistant Administrator for Africa, AID

Nanda Chitre, Assistant Press Secretary

Jon Murchinson, Assistant Press Secretary

Julia Payne, Assistant Press Secretary

Elizabeth Newman, Press Assistant

Michael Teague, Press Assistant

Dana Pittard, Military Aide

Rob Malley, Executive Assistant to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs

Betty Currie, Personal Secretary to the President

CONGRESSIONAL AND CITIZENS DELEGATION

Members of Congress

Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY)

Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA

Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA)

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA)

Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ)

Rep. Edward Royce (R-CA)

Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)

Rep. Amory Houghton (R-NY)

Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL)

Rep. Elizabeth Furse (D-OR)

Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)

Rep. Albert Wynn (D-MD)

Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-PA)

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)

Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA)

Rep. Harold Ford, Jr. (D-TN)

PRIVATE CITIZENS

Paul A. Allaire, Chairman & CEO, Xerox Corporation

The Honorable Dennis W. Archer, Mayor, City of Detroit

Alma Brown, Senior Vice President, Chevy Chase Bank Corporation

Reverend Dr. Joan Brown - Campbell, General Secretary, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA

Ron Burkle, Managing Partner, Yucaipa Companies

Dr. Emma C. Chappell, Founder, Chairman & CEO, United Bank of Philadelphia

Melvin Clark, Jr., President and CEO, Metroplex Corporation

Ronald Dellums, former Congressman, President, Healthcare International Management Company

Dr. Ramona H. Edelin, President & CEO, National Urban Coalition

Ernest Green, Chairman, African Development Foundation

Gail Ishfin, Director, Discovery Channel Foundation

Bishop Fred Calhoun James, former Bishop, 2nd Episcopal District, African Methodist Episcopal Church

Robert Johnson, President, Black Entertainment Television

Kase Lawall, Chairman, President and CEO, CAMAC Holdings, Inc.

C. Payne Lucas, President, Africare

Kweisi Mfume, President & CEO, NAACP

Ernest S. Micek, Chairman & CEO, Cargill, Inc.

Ilyasah Shabazz, Director of Public Affairs & Special Events, Office of the Honorable Mayor Ernest Davis

Lottie Shackelford, Executive Vice President, Global USA, Inc. and Board Member, Overseas Private Investment Corporation

John Sweeney, President, AFL-CIO and Board Member

Maurice Tempelsman, Senior Partner, Leon Tempelsman & Son

Carl Ware, Senior Vice President and President, Africa Group, Coca Cola

The Honorable Wellington Webb, Mayor, City and County of Denver, Colorado

Carol Willis, Director, Community Services, DNC

**NOTE: Not all members of the delegation will travel to all countries.


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