Nomination of Cathryn C. Semerad To Be an Assistant Administrator of the Agency for International Development

The President today announced his intention to nominate Cathryn C. Semerad to be an Assistant Administrator of the Agency for International Development (External Affairs), U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency. She would succeed Jay F. Morris.

Mrs. Semerad is currently Associate Deputy Administrator for External Relations at the Agency for International Development. Previously, she was Executive Director, Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid, AID (1981); and specialist, Office of Presidential Personnel, the White House (1979-1981).

Mrs. Semerad graduated from Skidmore College (B.S., 1965). She is married, has one child, and resides in Kensington, MD. She was born January 16, 1943, in Albany, NY.