Appointments, May 5, 2010

• President Barack Obama has nominated Tracie Stevens to be chairwoman of the National Indian Gaming Commission at the Interior Department. Stevens has been the senior adviser to the assistant secretary for Indian Affairs at Interior since July 2009. Stevens is a member of the Tulalip Tribes in Washington state. From 2006 to 2009, she was a senior policy analyst with the Tulalip Tribe’s government affairs office. Prior to that, she served as a legislative policy analyst and as executive director of Strategic Planning for the Tulalip Casino. 

• Malcolm Jackson has been nominated for assistant administrator for environmental information at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Jackson recently served as the senior IT business unit director of CIGNA Insurance Disability Management Business, where he managed all IT aspects that supported short-term disability, long-term disability and life and accident insurance products and services. From 2006 to 2008, Jackson also served as the senior IT business unit director for CIGNA Insurance Corporate Business Function. Prior to joining CIGNA, Jackson held various positions in the areas of IT, engineering, marketing and general business management at Monsanto, Quaker Oats, General Dynamics and Shell Oil Co.

{mosads}•President Obama has nominated Charles Dunne for United States marshal in the Eastern District of New York. Dunne works for the New York City Police Department. He joined the force in 1990 and has worked his way up the ranks to his current position as inspector. Dunne received his B.A. from Fairfield University in 1989 and his M.A. in 1997 from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. In 2002, Dunne also earned his law degree from St. John’s University School of Law.

• Judge Patti Saris has been nominated for commissioner and chairwoman of the United States Sentencing Commission. Saris serves as a judge for the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, a position she has held since 1994. She was counsel to the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) on the Judiciary Committee from 1979 to 1981.