Californian nominated to Federal Maritime Commission

Californian nominated to Federal Maritime Commission    The Bush administration plans to nominate Carl B. Kress, of California as a commissioner of the Federal Maritime Commission.
   If appointed, Kress will serve for the remainder of a five-year term expiring in June 2011.
   The FMC is the Washington, D.C.-based independent federal agency responsible for the regulation of ocean-borne transportation in the foreign commerce of the United States. The agency is governed by a board of five commissioners. Each commissioner is nominated by the president and must be confirmed by the U.S. Congress.
   Kress serves as regional director for the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia at the U.S. Trade and Development Agency. Prior to this, he served as chief of staff of the agency.
   Earlier in his career, he served as counsel to the commissioner at the U.S. International Trade Commission. Kress received his bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkley and received his JD from the University of California at Los Angeles. He received his LLM from the University of Hamburg.