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TBED People and Organizations

September 16, 2009

President Obama has named Ron Bloom as the administration's senior counselor for manufacturing policy. Since, February, Bloom has been a senior adviser to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, and he sits on the president's automotive industry task force.

Detroit Renaissance and the Michigan Business Leadership Council are uniting to form a new organization called Business Leaders for Michigan. The new organization supports the Michigan Turnaround Plan.

The U.S. Senate confirmed John Fernandez as assistant secretary of commerce for economic development. A former Mayor of Bloomington, IN, Fernadez will oversee the Economic Development Administration.

President Obama announced his intent to nominate physicist Patrick Gallagher to be the 14th director of the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Stands and Technology (NIST). Gallagher is currently the NIST deputy director.

Lisa Martinez resigned as Missouri's economic development director. Deputy director Katie Steele Danner has been named the department's interim director.

Ohio Gov. Ted Stickland has named Lisa Patt-McDaniel director of the Department of Development. Patt-McDaniel has served as the departments interim director since Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher stepped down in February.

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