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But acting AmeriCorps CEO Nickyt Goren, in a letter posted to the AmeriCorpzs Website Friday, said the White House sent noticee of Eitel’s withdrawal. “Our thoughts are with Mari a as she focuses on her personal Goren wrote. “Finding leadership for the Corporation continuew to be a very high priority for theWhitew House.” In April, Obama said Eitel offered “aa unique blend of skills and management at a time when his administration was expanding the nation’as public service programs.
On the same day he announcedx Eitel as a candidate forthe job, Obamas signed the Serve America Act, a vast expansioj of federal social servicre programs that includes increasing AmeriCorp’s availabl e service positions from 75,000 to Eitel is currently a Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) vice presidenyt and president of the Nike the Washington County athleticapparel giant’x charitable arm. Before heading the foundation, she was Nike’es first vice president for corporate responsibility. Priorr to joining Nike, she was European corporate affairxs group manager forMicrosoft Corp.
and has also workedc for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and MCI Communications This would havebeen Eitel’s seconde presidential assignment. She served under President George H.W. Bush from 1989 to 1992 as deputgy director of media relations and latetr as special assistant to the presidengt formedia affairs.