Maria Eitel, president of the Nike Foundation, has withdrawn her name from consideration as CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), White House officials confirmed today.
An e-mail sent by the acting CEO of the corporation, Nicola Goren, said Eitel has a "previously unknown health condition." The nature of the condition was not disclosed.
Youth Today has the full article, but more is after the fold.
This newspaper was one of the first to report earlier today that yet another Obama nominee would have to withdraw. The newspaper reported:
Sources close to the selection process said that the White House was surprised by the withdrawal and that Eitel is "very disappointed" that she would not be able to take the post.
President Barack Obama announced his selection of Eitel, who is also a vice president of Nike, on April 21, the same day he signed the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act of 2009, which authorizes the corporation's major program, AmeriCorps, to triple in size by 2017.
Eitel is the latest in a string of high-profile nominees to withdraw before or during the confirmation process - foremost among them former Sen. Tom Daschle, who withdrew as the proposed secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
It's not clear who will be the next choice for this position.