Appointment of Randall E. Davis as Special Assistant to the President for Policy Development and Assistant Director for Energy and Natural Resources

The President today announced his appointment of Randall E. Davis to be Special Assistant to the President for Policy Development and Assistant Director for Energy and Natural Resources.

Since January 1983, Mr. Davis has been a Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs. Prior to joining the White House staff, Mr. Davis was the minority counsel and staff director of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce from January 1981 to January 1983 and was associate minority counsel of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee from July 1978 until January 1981.

In 1980 Mr. Davis served as a staff member of the Subcommittee on Energy of the Committee on Resolutions at the Republican National Convention. He was also a member of the Department of Energy transition staff, Office of the President-elect, from November 1980 to January 1981.

Mr. Davis received his juris doctor degree from the Catholic University of America in 1977 and his B.A. in economics and business administration from Wilmington College in 1973. He is a member of the Ohio and District of Columbia Bars.

Mr. Davis was born on October 20, 1951, in Piqua, OH. He is married to Kim Turpin Davis and resides in Alexandria, VA.