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President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Appoint Holly Luong Ham to the Department of Education

​President Donald J. Trump today announced his intent to appoint Holly Luong Ham to the Department of Education.

Holly Luong Ham of Texas will serve as Assistant Secretary for Management, Department of Education.  Ms. Ham has had a long career in private enterprise as a management consultant and sales executive at Hewlett-Packard Enterprise. Ms. Ham earned her BBA and MBA, with a focus on finance, from the University of Houston, graduating as a member of Beta Gamma Sigma. Ms. Ham is an APAWLI fellow through The Center for Asian Pacific American Women’s leadership program. Ms. Ham has long been involved in efforts supporting families and students in need, serving on the Board of Directors for Skills for Living, Inc. and advising the Board of Financial Mentors of America.

President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Scott Brown as Ambassador to New Zealand

President Donald J. Trump today announced his intent to nominate Scott Brown as Ambassador to New Zealand.

If confirmed, Scott Brown of Massachusetts will serve as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to New Zealand. Mr. Brown is a lawyer and former United States Senator. Mr. Brown served in the Massachusetts Army National Guard before receiving his law degree from Boston College Law School. He then went on to serve in the Massachusetts legislature for over a decade before winning the special election for Ted Kennedy’s U.S. Senate seat in 2010. Since serving in the Senate, Mr. Brown has been a political contributor for Fox News.