President Obama has named Edward Montgomery, a former deputy labor secretary, as the new Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers, a position that will focus on creating new opportunities in area's hurt by the contraction of the auto industry. Montgomery is currently dean at the University of Maryland's College of Behavioral and Social Sciences. He will work within the President’s Task Force on Autos. "Ed will help provide support to auto workers and their families, and open up opportunity to manufacturing communities in Michigan and Ohio and Indiana and every other state that relies on the auto industry," said President Obama on Monday. - Adriana