Nomination of Kay Coles James To Be Associate Director for National Drug Control Policy

The President today announced his intention to nominate Kay Coles James, of Virginia, to be Associate Director for National Drug Control Policy. She would succeed Reggie B. Walton.

Since 1990 Ms. James has served as executive vice president and chief operating officer of One to One Partnership, Inc. in Washington, DC. Prior to this, she served as Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, DC, 1989 - 1990; director of public affairs for the National Right to Life Committee in Washington, DC, 1985 - 1988; and personnel director of Circuit City Stores, Inc. in Beltsville, MD, 1983 - 1985. From 1981 to 1983, Ms. James served as director of community education and development for Housing Opportunities Made Equal in Richmond, VA.

Ms. James graduated from the Hampton Institute in Hampton, VA (B.S., 1971). She was born June 1, 1949, in Portsmouth, VA. Ms. James is married, has three children, and resides in Annandale, VA.