Hill Heat

Full committee business meeting.

Nominees:

Department of State Assistant Secretaries and Under Secretaries:

• Thomas DiNanno, of Florida, to be Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security
• Michael DeSombre, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
• Jacob Helberg, of Florida, to be an Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment
• Paul Kapur, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs
• Chris Pratt, of Utah, to be an Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs, vice Jessica Lewis, resigned
• Todd Wilcox, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security
• Riley Barnes, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
• Sarah Rogers, of New York, to be Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy
• Caleb Orr, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs

United Nations:

• Michael G. Waltz, of Florida, to be the Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the Rank of Ambassador, and the Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations, and to be Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during his tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations
• Dan Negrea, of Connecticut, to be Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations
• Lynda Blanchard, of Alabama, to be U.S. Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, with the rank of Ambassador

Ambassadors:

• Nicole McGraw, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia
• Somers Farkas, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Malta
• Kenneth Howery, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark
• Stacey Feinberg, of California, to be Ambassador to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
• Howard Brodie, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Finland
• Arthur Fisher, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Austria
• Nicholas Merrick, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Czech Republic
• Roman Pipko, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia
• Anjani Sinha, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore
• Thomas Rose, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Poland
• Richard Buchan III, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco
• John Giordano, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Namibia
• Michel Issa, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Lebanese Republic
• Sean O’Neill, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand
• Julie Stufft, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan
• Bill Bazzi, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia
• Melinda Hildebrand, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica
• William White, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium

Other Officials:

• Leandro Rizzuto, of Florida, to be Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the Organization of American States, with the rank of Ambassador
• Benjamin Black, of New York, to be Chief Executive Officer of the United States International Development Finance Corporation

Jacob Helberg is senior advisor to Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies.

Ben Black is the son of billionaire Leon Black.