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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 28, 2011

President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to
appoint the following individuals to key Administration posts:

. Joseph D. Gutman – Member, United States Holocaust Memorial
Council

. Roman Kent – Member, United States Holocaust Memorial Council

. Howard D. Unger – Member, United States Holocaust Memorial
Council

. Clemantine Wamariya – Member, United States Holocaust Memorial
Council

. Elie Wiesel – Member, United States Holocaust Memorial Council

President Obama said, “These fine public servants both bring a depth of
experience and tremendous dedication to their new roles. Our nation will
be well-served by these men and women, and I look forward to working with
them in the months and years to come.”

President Obama announced his intent to appoint the following individuals
to key Administration posts:

Joseph D. Gutman, Appointee for Member, United States Holocaust Memorial
Council

Joseph D. Gutman is the Managing Director of Grosvenor Capital
Management. Before that, he was at Goldman Sachs, where he was Co-Head of
the Chicago office at the time of his departure. Mr. Gutman is the son of
a Holocaust survivor, and is an active member of the United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Chicago office and the Birthright Israel
executive committee. He is a member of the Board of Overseers at the
College of Business at the University of Illinois. Mr. Gutman has also
held leadership roles with the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. He is a member of the
Children’s Memorial Hospital of Chicago Board of Directors as well as the
board of the Make a Better Place Foundation. Mr. Gutman earned a B.S in
accounting from the University of Illinois and an M.B.A. from Northwestern
University’s Kellogg School of Management.

Roman Kent, Appointee for Member, United States Holocaust Memorial Council

Roman Kent is President of Namor International Corporation. Mr. Kent was
born in Lodz, Poland and is a Holocaust survivor. He arrived in the
United States in 1946 under the auspices of the children’s quota of the
United States Government’s “Displaced Persons Act.” He worked in the
field of international trade for 45 years focusing on textiles and
dinnerware. Mr. Kent has produced a documentary called “Children in the
Holocaust,” and authored two books, including an autobiography titled
“Courage Was My Only Option.” Mr. Kent was a member of the Presidential
delegation to Poland in January 2010 to attend the commemoration of the
65th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. He is Chairman of the
American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors and their Descendants,
President of Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, Treasurer of the
Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, and President of the
International Auschwitz Committee. Mr. Kent attended Emory University.

Howard D. Unger, Appointee for Member, United States Holocaust Memorial
Council

Howard D. Unger is the founder of the investment firm Saw Mill Capital, a
private equity firm that acquires middle-market manufacturing and service
companies. Prior to forming Saw Mill Capital, Mr. Unger was a partner at
Chase Capital, Chase Manhattan Bank’s private equity investment group.
Mr. Unger is the son of a Holocaust survivor. He is a member of the
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Committee on Conscience, the arm
of the Council tasked with stimulating worldwide action against genocide
and other crimes against humanity. Mr. Unger also serves on the board of
The Holocaust & Human Rights Education Center and is a member of the
Investment Committee for The Binghamton University Foundation Endowment.
He received a B.S. from Binghamton University and an M.B.A. from the
University of Chicago.

Clemantine Wamariya, Appointee for Member, United States Holocaust
Memorial Council

Clemantine Wamariya is a survivor of the Rwandan genocide. During the six
years following the genocide, Ms. Wamariya lived in numerous refugee camps
in seven different African countries before coming to Chicago in 2000.
Since first discussing her experiences as both a survivor of genocide and
her life as a refugee on the Oprah Winfrey Show in 2005, Ms. Wamariya has
traveled the country, speaking at numerous universities, high schools, and
other organizations. During this time, she has spoken at the Annual U.S.
Holocaust Memorial Museum Luncheon, the United Nations Annual
Commemoration of the Rwandan Genocide, the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security Human Rights Law Conference, and the National Tribute Dinner of
the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. At Yale, she is involved in several
human rights and genocide intervention activities. She is a part of the
Yale Refugee Project which works closely with New Haven’s Integrated
Refugee & Immigrant Services, and she also serves on the board of Reach
Out, a Yale University partnership for international service. Ms.
Wamariya is currently an undergraduate at Yale University.

Elie Wiesel, Appointee for Member, United States Holocaust Memorial
Council

Elie Wiesel is University Professor and the Andrew W. Mellon Professor in
the Humanities at Boston University. Mr. Wiesel is a prolific writer,
political activist, and a Holocaust survivor. Mr. Wiesel is the author of
57 books of fiction and non-fiction. Night, his memoir based on his
experiences in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps is
considered among the most important works in Holocaust literature. Mr.
Wiesel was the Founding Chairman of the United States Holocaust Memorial
Council and was instrumental in the development of the Museum. He has
served continuously on the Council since its creation. Mr. Wiesel has
been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States
Congressional Gold Medal, the rank of Grand Officer in the French Legion
of Honor, and, in 1986, he received the Nobel Peace Prize.

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