Executive Summary

Sheila Dearybury Walcoff is named FDA associate commissioner for exteral relations, the agency announces Sept 7. Walcoff will advise Acting Commissioner Lester Crawford, PhD, on executive-level policy and program direction for FDA's interactions and liason activities. Walcoff most recently served as a senior associate at the law firm Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw (Washington, D.C.). She replaces Peter Pitts, who left the position in June to pursue an opportunity in the private sector (1"The Tan Sheet" June 7, 2004, p. 8)...