Nomination of James David Berg To Be Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation

The President today announced his intention to nominate James David Berg to be Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, U.S. International Development Cooperation Agency. He would succeed L. Ebersole Gaines.

Mr. Berg is currently serving as the Director of the Office of Freely Associated State Affairs at the Department of State. He has served as the head of the political and economic section of the National Security Council Office for Micronesian Status Negotiations. Mr. Berg was a staff officer for political and congressional affairs at the Department of the Interior.

Mr. Berg graduated from Northwestern University (B.A., 1971). He received a Woodrow Wilson fellowship for graduate studies and master's in public and international affairs (M.P.A.) in 1976. He was born March 31, 1949, and is a native of Louisville, KY. Mr. Berg is married, has two children, and resides in Falls Church, VA.