The President today announced his intention to nominate Gregg Ward, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs at the Department of Energy. He would succeed Jacqueline Knox Brown.
Since 1988 Mr. Ward has been group vice president for external affairs for the American Institute of Architects in Washington, DC. Prior to this, he was government relations director for Thompson & Bussart, Esquire, in Washington, DC, 1986 - 1988; executive vice president for Vote America, 1985 - 1986; Director of Congressional Affairs for the Environmental Protection Agency, 1983 - 1985; and director of governmental affairs and assistant director of labor relations for Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association, Inc., 1977 - 1983.
Mr. Ward graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.S., 1972). He was born June 28, 1950, in Syracuse, NY. He is married and resides in McLean, VA.
Note: This nomination was not received in time for publication in the appropriate issue.
George Bush, Nomination of Gregg Ward To Be an Assistant Secretary of Energy Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/266143