This is historical material “frozen in time”. The website is no longer updated and links to external websites and some internal pages may not work.

Search form

The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release

President Obama Announces Another Key Administration Post

WASHINGTON – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key Administration post:

  • Larry W. Walther,Member, Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States

President Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key Administration post:

Larry W. Walther, Nominee forMember, Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States
Larry W. Walther was the Director of the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) from March 2008 to January 2009. Immediately prior, Mr. Walther served for over 3 years as the Executive Director of the Arkansas Department of Economic Development (ADED). Mr. Walther had a 30 career with SBC Communications, now AT&T. Starting as a Switching Engineer for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, he concluded his career at SBC as the Vice President for Corporate Services and Chairman of the SBC Foundation. Mr. Walther has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.