President Biden Announces Key Nominees

WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to serve as key leaders in his administration:

• Lisa M. Re, Nominee to be Inspector General, U.S. Department of Commerce
• Kristi Zuleika Lane Scott, Nominee to be Inspector General, National Security Agency
• Angela M. Kerwin, Nominee to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Brunei Darussalam
• Thomas B. Chapman, Nominee to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board

Lisa M. Re, Nominee to be Inspector General, U.S. Department of Commerce

Lisa M. Re is an Assistant Inspector General for Legal Affairs at the Office of Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS OIG). She is an accomplished attorney, former ICU nurse, and trusted executive with 20 years of experience leading and directing organizations and teams while exercising sound judgment to achieve high-stakes mission objectives. Re furthered HHS OIG’s mission – to protect federal health care programs and the people who rely on them – by setting enforcement priorities, holding bad actors accountable, and protecting the most vulnerable Americans from substandard care.   

Re has served in many leadership roles since joining HHS OIG in 2005, including Acting Chief Counsel, Branch Chief, Deputy Branch Chief, and Acting Director of External Affairs. She has deep expertise advising on complex issues, leading multidisciplinary teams, and partnering with external stakeholders. Re currently oversees HHS’s Whistleblower Coordinator, HHS OIG-initiated fraud litigation, its employment law office, and exclusion program. Re is an award-winning attorney and nationwide expert on oversight and enforcement and frequently speaks at national conferences on HHS OIG priorities.

Re holds a J.D. from Saint Louis University School of Law, Master of Arts from Webster University, and Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Saint Louis University. Re is a native of St. Louis, Missouri and currently resides in Chevy Chase, Maryland, with her husband and two sons. 

Kristi Zuleika Lane Scott, Nominee to be Inspector General, National Security Agency

Kristi Zuleika Lane Scott has dedicated her 20-year legal career to public service, including in leadership roles with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Scott began her federal career in 2003 with DOJ as a Presidential Management Fellow. During her long tenure with DOJ, Scott served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Arizona, as a Special United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, and as the Acting Director and Deputy Director of the Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties.

As a federal prosecutor, Scott conducted jury trials, bench trials, and grand jury investigations in a wide variety of criminal cases such as immigration, narcotics, and other federal crimes. Scott served nearly four years as CIA’s Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer reporting directly to the Director of CIA as an independent, primary advisor to senior CIA officials to ensure that privacy and civil liberties were integrated into the day-to-day conduct of CIA’s mission. In that capacity, Scott also served as CIA’s Chief Transparency Officer implementing the Principals of Intelligence Transparency for the Intelligence Community, providing oversight of CIA’s intelligence programs to Congress, the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, and the public. 

Scott currently serves as Assistant General Counsel in the Office of General Counsel CIA, providing legal assistance and guidance on national security and cybersecurity law. 

Scott received her J.D. degree from the Pennsylvania State University of the Dickinson School of Law and received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Pittsburgh. Scott was born and raised in Washington, Pennsylvania. She resides in Virginia with her husband and their two children.

Angela M. Kerwin, Nominee to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Brunei Darussalam

Angela M. Kerwin, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor is currently the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Overseas Citizen Services in the Bureau of Consular Affairs at the U.S. State Department. Prior to that, she served as the Director of the Assignments Division in the Office of Career Development and Assignments and as the Director of the Korea Desk. Kerwin served as Consul General and Minister Counselor for Consular Affairs at U.S. Embassy Seoul, Republic of Korea, Principal Officer of the U.S. Consulate General Matamoros, Mexico, Visa Chief at U.S. Embassy Bogota, Colombia, and in consular and political roles in Mexico, India, and the Dominican Republic. In Washington, D.C., Kerwin spent three years as an analyst in the Executive Office of the Bureau of Consular Affairs. A Pennsylvania native, Kerwin earned a J.D. from The Dickinson School of Law, a master’s degree from the U.S. Army War College, and a bachelor’s degree from Penn State. Prior to joining the Foreign Service, Kerwin practiced law in Pennsylvania. Earlier, she was a Peace Corps volunteer in the Kingdom of Tonga. Her languages are Italian and Spanish.  

Thomas B. Chapman, Nominee to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board

Thomas B. Chapman became a member of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in January 2020. Chapman has spoken extensively on the Safe System Approach to traffic safety, pedestrian safety, alcohol and drug impairment, and rail worker and highway-rail grade crossing safety. He has served as on-scene spokesperson for multiple NTSB investigations. Chapman has four decades of transportation related experience in government, legislative, and regulatory affairs.

Prior to joining the NTSB, Chapman served six years as minority counsel to the Senate Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security. He engaged in a broad range of issues, including the bipartisan effort to pass comprehensive legislation reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration, the Transportation Security Administration, and the NTSB.

Chapman previously served as US Airways’ Vice President for Government Affairs, responsible for outreach on all federal policy initiatives. Prior to joining US Airways, he was Legislative Counsel for Southwest Airlines. His work in the airline industry spanned 16 years. Earlier, Chapman capped a 17-year career at the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) as Senior Vice President for Government and Technical Affairs. While at AOPA, he held a variety of policy and safety related positions, and he earned his private pilot certificate.

Chapman is a graduate of the American University Washington College of Law. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music from C.W. Post College.

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