Designation of Linda Arey Skladany as Acting Chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission

The President today designated Linda Arey Skladany to be Acting Chairman of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. She would succeed Elliot Ross Buckley.

Since 1988 Mrs. Skladany has served as Commissioner for the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. She has served as the Republican candidate for Congress for the Fifth District of Virginia, 1987 - 1988. She has served on the Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations, 1988 - 1989, and as Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director for Public Liaison at the White House, 1985 - 1987. She was Director of the Executive Secretariat at the Department of Transportation, 1984 - 1985; Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary at the Department of Transportation, 1983 - 1984; Special Assistant at the Department of Justice, 1982 - 1983; and as a Special Assistant to the Executive Secretary at the Department of Education, 1981 - 1982.

Mrs. Skladany graduated from the College of William and Mary (B.A., 1966); Wake Forest University (M.A., 1975); and the University of Richmond School of Law (J.D., 1977). She was born November 25, 1944. She is married and resides in Alexandria, VA.