1961 (age 60–61)
Booneville,Mississippi,U.S.
Rhonda Newman Keenum (born 1961) is an American political advisor working as a lobbyist for The WIT Group. Keenum had previously served in the administration of President George W. Bush. [1]
Rhonda Keenum served as director of the Office of Public Liaison from August to February 2006. [2] She was also assistant secretary for trade promotion and director general of the United States Commercial Service,where she managed operations dedicated to assisting American companies to export and succeed in global markets.
Prior to joining the Administration,Keenum served as senior vice Ppesident of Edelman,a public relations firm. Earlier in her career,she worked for Congressman Roger Wicker as his administrative assistant and press secretary. Keenum also served as deputy director of convention and meetings at the Republican National Committee.
Rhonda Keenum is married to Mississippi State University president Mark E. Keenum.
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Paula Jon Dobriansky is an American diplomat,public official,and foreign policy expert who served as Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs (2001-2009) and the President's Envoy to Northern Ireland (2007-2009). A specialist in Central/East European affairs and the former Soviet Union,trans-Atlantic relations,and political-military affairs,Dobriansky held key senior roles in the administrations of five U.S. Presidents.
Amy Tuck is an American attorney and politician who served as the 30th Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi from 2000 to 2008. A member of the Republican Party,she was previously a member of the Mississippi State Senate. She is the second woman to be elected to statewide office in Mississippi,and the first to have been reelected. Tuck later served as the Vice President of Campus Services at Mississippi State University from 2008 to 2019.
Carla Anderson Hills is an American lawyer and a public figure. A member of the Republican Party,she previously served as the 5th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Gerald Ford from 1975 to 1977 and as the 10th United States Trade Representative under President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1993. Hills was the first woman to hold each of those posts and the third female ever to serve in a presidential cabinet.
Jendayi Elizabeth Frazer is the former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs,heading the Bureau of African Affairs. She was a Distinguished Service Professor at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College and Department of Social and Decision Sciences.
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Dana Marie Perino is an American political commentator and author who served as the 26th White House Press Secretary,under President George W. Bush from September 14,2007,to January 20,2009. She was the second female White House Press Secretary,after Dee Dee Myers,who served during the Clinton Administration.
Evelyn May Lieberman was an American public affairs professional who,during the Clinton administration,became the first woman to serve as White House Deputy Chief of Staff,and was the first United States Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.
Kay Coles James is an American public official who has served as secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia since January 2022,and as the director for the United States Office of Personnel Management under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. Previous to the OPM appointment,she served as Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Resources under then-Governor George Allen and was the dean of Regent University's government school. She is the president and founder of the Gloucester Institute,a leadership training center for young African Americans.
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Heather Anne Higginbottom is currently the head of the new JPMorgan Chase PolicyCenter. Prior to her current role,she served as CARE USA’s Chief Operating Officer beginning in 2017. Higginbottom was the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources from 2013 to 2017. She previously served as Counselor of the United States Department of State and prior to that had served as Deputy Director of the federal Office of Management and Budget from 2011 until 2013. On October 20,2011,the United States Senate voted 64–36 to confirm her nomination to be Deputy Director of the OMB. She had previously served as the Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council in the administration of Barack Obama from 2009 to 2010 after serving as Policy Director of the Obama for America campaign.
Mark Everett Keenum is an agricultural economist who is the 19th university president of Mississippi State University. He served as a professor at Mississippi State University from 1988 to 1989 and 1997 to 2009,congressional staff of U.S. Senator Thad Cochran from 1989 to 2006,and Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services in the United States Department of Agriculture from 2007 to 2009. He became the chair of Board for International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD) since 2018.
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Danielle Gray is the former Assistant to the President,Cabinet Secretary,and a Senior Advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama. Previously,Gray served as Deputy Director of the National Economic Council and Deputy Assistant to the President for Economic Policy. Gray is currently executive vice president and global chief legal officer of Walgreen Boots Alliance.
Nani A. Coloretti is an American policy advisor who is currently serving as the deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget. Coloretti served as United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from 2014 to 2017. Following her service as deputy secretary,she became senior vice president for financial and business strategy and treasurer at the Urban Institute.
Mary Blagg Huey was an American educator. She served as president of Texas Woman's University from 1976-1986.
Anna Maria Farias is an American lawyer and government official who currently serves as Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity. Prior to assuming her current role,Farias served as vice chair of the Republican Party of Bexar County,Texas from 2015 through 2017. Farias is also chair of the Board of Regents at Texas Woman's University.
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