President Biden Announces Key Nominations, to include Calvin Smyre

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021 • STATEMENTS AND RELEASES

WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to serve in key roles:

• Mary Lu Jordan, Nominee for Commissioner of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
• Susan Harthill, Nominee for Commissioner of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
• Joseph DeCarolis, Nominee for the Energy Information Administration Administrator at the Department of Energy
• Maria Robinson, Nominee for the Assistant Secretary in the Office of Electricity at the Department of Energy
• Christopher Frey, Nominee for Assistant Administrator for the Office and Research and Development at the Environmental Protection Agency
• Erik D. Ramanathan, Nominee for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Sweden
• Michael M. Adler, Nominee for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Belgium
• Calvin Smyre, Nominee for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Dominican Republic

Words about Calvin Smyre by President Biden

Nominee for Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Dominican Republic

Calvin Smyre has served for 47 years as an elected Representative in the Georgia State Assembly and was Chairman of the Democratic Caucus within the Assembly for over a decade and still serves as Chairman Emeritus of the Caucus. 

He is the ‘Dean’ of the Georgia House of Representatives and serves on the Appropriations, Rules, and Higher Education Committees. 

Smyre is President Emeritus of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL) and a member of the National Conference of State Legislators. 

In the private sector, he served for almost four decades as the executive vice president of corporate affairs for Synovus Financial Corporation. He represented Synovus on the Financial Services Roundtable in Washington D.C. and was also the President of the Synovus Foundation. 

Smyre served on the Board of Trustees of the Medical College of Georgia Foundation; the Morehouse School of Medicine; the Jack D. Hughston Foundation and the Fort Valley State University Foundation as its Chair. 

Smyre earned his B.S. from Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, Georgia. He has received over 200 local, state and national honors and awards and in 1985 and 2005 he was selected by his peers as the "National Legislator of the Year”.

Calvin Smyre is an American politician serving as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives for the 135th district. Elected in 1974, he is the longest-serving member of the Georgia Legislature. Born: May 17, 1947 - Chattahoochee County, GA Office: Member of Georgia House of Representatives since 2013 Education: Fort Valley State University (1966–1970) Party: Democratic Party.