Sheila Rabb Weidenfeld

Sheila Rabb Weidenfeld (born c. 1943)[1] is a television producer and the former Press Secretary to First Lady Betty Ford and Special Assistant to President Gerald Ford. She is the author of the “First Lady’s Lady,” a book about her experiences in the Ford White House.[2]

Professional career

Before becoming Press Secretary to First Lady Betty Ford and Special Assistant to President Gerald Ford, Weidenfeld worked as a TV producer for the WTTG afternoon talk show “Panorama,”[3] and then later for WRC-TV’s morning talk show “Take it From Here.”[1] She was the executive producer and hostess of the television show “Your Personal Decorator” for the Tempo Cable Network. She did television programming for Metromedia, Fox, and NBC.

Weidenfeld has also served on a number of advisory boards. She was appointed by President Reagan in 1987 to be a founding member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council,[4] and was appointed by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to the Advisory Committee for the Foreign Service Institute. She served on boards for the Women’s Campaign Fund and the Wolftrap Foundation and sat as Chairman of the C&O Canal National Historical Park Commission.[5] Sheila Rabb Weidenfeld serves as a Director on the Board for the Center for Science in the Public Interest,[6] and is an honorary General Consul for the Republic of San Marino, which knighted her.[7]

She graduated high school from The Hewitt School in 1961 and Brandeis University with a Bachelor of Arts in 1965.[4]

Personal life

Sheila Rabb Weidenfeld is married to Edward Weidenfeld,[8] founder of the Weidenfeld Law Firm, P.C., and resides in Washington DC. She has two sons, Nicholas and Daniel. Nicholas Weidenfeld is the head of ADHD studios for Fox.[9] Daniel Weidenfeld is a show runner and executive producer of “China, IL” along with other programs on “Adult Swim.”[10]

Weidenfeld is the daughter of Maxwell Rabb, the former Secretary to the Cabinet for President Eisenhower and Ambassador to Italy.

Additional Information

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bachrach, Judy (2 December 1974). "Talk Show Producer Is Press Secretary". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Rabb Weidenfeld, Sheila (1979). First Lady's Lady: With the Fords at the White House. New York: Putnam.
  3. ↑ Shearer, Lloyd (24 April 1976). "Sheila Weidenfeld: The First Lady's Press Secretary". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The White House. "Appointment of Nine Members of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council". Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, National Archives and Record Administration. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  5. ↑ "Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park". The United States of America- National Par Service. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "Board Members ~ Center for Science in the Public Interest". Center for Science in the Public Interest. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  7. ↑ Stackelberg, Baroness Garnett (3 April 1982). "Dinner for Italian President Brings Cheer to the White House". Palm Beach Daily News. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  8. ↑ "Miss Sheila Rabb Is Wed Here to Edward Lee Weidenfeld". The New York Times. 12 August 1968. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  9. ↑ [http://www.fox.com/programming/shows/?sh=animation-domination-hd>. "Programming Schedule 2012-2013"]. Fox. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  10. ↑ "Daniel Weidenfeld". IMDb. Retrieved 3 July 2013.