NEW YORK – The White House has announced that President Obama intends to appoint Archbishop Demetrios of America to be a member of the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.  A press release, dated Feb. 4, 2011 from the White House Office of the Press Secretary, in part reads as follows:

THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 4, 2011

President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals to the President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships:

·  Susan K. Stern, Chair, President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
·  Leith Anderson, Member, President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
·  Andrea Bazán, Member, President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
·  Angela Glover Blackwell, Member, President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
·  Brian Gallagher, Member, President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
·  Bishop Mark Hanson, Member, President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
·  Lynn Hybels, Member, President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
·  The Most Rev. Dr. Katharine Jefferts Schori, Member, President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
·  Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, Member, President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
·  Archbishop Demetrios Trakatellis, Member, President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
·  Sister Marlene Weisenbeck, Member, President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
·  Reverend Elder Nancy L. Wilson, Member, President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

The President’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships brings together religious and secular leaders as well as scholars and experts in fields related to the work of faith-based and neighborhood organizations in order to make recommendations to the government on how to improve partnerships. The President will announce additional members to this Council at a later date.


President Obama said, “I am pleased to announce that these experienced and committed individuals have agreed to join this Administration, and I look forward to working with them in the months and years ahead.”

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The White house release in its entirety can be found at:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/02/04/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts-2411

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