President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate the Following Individual to a Key Administration Post and the Selection of Other Individuals

Today,
President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate the following
individual to a key position in his Administration:

Dana T. Wade of the District of Columbia, to be the Assistant Secretary for Housing, Federal Housing Commissioner.

Mrs. Wade was previously the Acting Federal Housing Commissioner and
Assistant Secretary for Housing from July 2017 to June 2018.  In this
capacity, she oversaw over 2,400 employees and implemented enhanced risk
management and monitoring of the Federal Housing Agency’s $1.3 trillion
portfolio.  Wade also served as a Program Associate Director for
General Government at the Office of Management and Budget from December
2018 to December 2019, where she led budget oversight for six Executive
Branch agencies with a keen focus on financial services, including the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, and multiple independent
agencies. She has also held some of the most senior staff positions in
Congress, serving as the Deputy Staff Director for the United States
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Development and the
Republican Deputy Staff Director for the United States Senate Committee
on Appropriations under Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL). Wade holds an MBA
from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in
Economics from Georgetown University.
 

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Today, President Donald J. Trump announced that Adam Boehler
will be Executive Chairman of the Prosper Africa initiative.  Victoria
Whitney will be the Chief Operating Officer for the initiative.  Mr.
Boehler will fulfill this role while continuing to serve as Chief
Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance
Corporation.  Ms. Whitney most recently served as Senior Director for
Strategy and Communications at the United States Agency for
International Development.

Prosper Africa is a whole-of-government initiative to increase trade and
investment between the United States and African nations.  This
Administration is committed to accelerating United States-African
cooperation on free, fair, and reciprocal trade and investment, which
will benefit Americans and people all across the African continent.