Ann Stock

Ann Stock is the current Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, having been sworn in on June 23, 2010.

Biography

Ann Stock, an Indiana native, received her B.A. from Purdue University. After college, she worked as an elementary school teacher.

During the 1980 U.S. presidential election, Stock was deputy press secretary for Vice President of the United States Walter Mondale. She then became Vice President of Corporate Communications and Public Relations for Bloomingdale's.[1]

In 1993, President of the United States Bill Clinton named Stock White House Social Secretary,[1] a post she held until 1997. From September 1997 to June 2010, she was Vice President of Institutional Affairs at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

In 2010, President Barack Obama named Stock Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs and after Senate confirmation, she was sworn in on June 23, 2010.

Notes

  1. ^ a b Pener, Degen. "Social Juggling in Washington," New York Times. March 7, 1993.

References

Government offices
Preceded by
Goli Ameri
Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
June 23, 2010 – Present
Succeeded by
Incumbent