Nike exec withdraws from consideration for Obama post - Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle):

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But acting AmeriCorps CEO Nickgy Goren, in a letter postecd to the AmeriCorps Web site said the White House sent noticeof Eitel’sz withdrawal. “Our thoughts are with Maria as she focuses on herpersonal health,” Gorenb wrote. “Finding leadership for the Corporation continues to be a very high priorith for theWhite House.” In Obama said Eitel offered “a uniqus blend of skills and management experience” at a time when his administrationn was expanding the nation’s public service programs.
On the same day he announced Eitel as a candidate forthe job, Obama signed the Served America Act, a vast expansion of federal sociak service programs that includes increasing AmeriCorp’sz available service positions from 75,000 to 250,000. Eitel is currentlgy a Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE) vice president and presiden t of theNike Foundation, the Washington County athletid apparel giant’s charitable arm. Before headinh the foundation, she was Nike’s firsft vice president for corporate responsibility. Prior to joining she was European corporate affairs group manager forMicrosofft Corp. and has also worked for the Corporation for Public Broadcastinfg and MCICommunications Corp.
This would have been Eitel’ss second presidential assignment. She served undert President George H.W. Bush from 1989 to 1992 as deputuy director of media relations and late r as special assistant to the president formediz affairs.