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ADMINISTRATION TO NOMINATE TEXAS OFFICIAL FOR SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT POST

Release Date: 08/17/2001
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FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2001

ADMINISTRATION TO NOMINATE TEXAS OFFICIAL
FOR SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT POST

Bonnie Piper 202-564-4355/[email protected]



President Bush today announced his intention to nominate Morris X. Winn to be Assistant Administrator for EPA’s Office of Administration and Resources Management. If confirmed in this position, Mr. Winn will be the Agency’s senior official responsible for personnel and human resources management, all acquisition and procurement of supplies and services, and management and oversight of EPA grants.

Winn, a resident of Austin, Texas, has had a distinguished career holding various positions in the Texas state government since 1973. Currently he serves as Division Manager of Human Resources for the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. In this capacity, Winn has been responsible since January 1999 for management of all human resource functions, including personnel administration and training, implementation of recruitment policies and development of an employee handbook. For the previous five years Winn was the Deputy Commissioner for Human Resources for the Texas Department of Insurance. Prior to 1994, Winn held several other positions dealing with human resources management in the Texas Office of Attorney General and the Texas Governor’s Office of Budget and Planning. Winn has also worked in the private sector. A certified mediator, Winn is a 1975 graduate with a degree in Business Administration from Prairie View A&M University.


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