Records of the First Lady's Office (Clinton Administration), 1993 - 2001. Melanne Verveer's Subject Files , ca. 1/20/1993 - ca. 1/20/2001
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Brown, Corrine, 1946-
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Jefferson, William J. (William Jennings), 1947-
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Franks, Gary, 1953-
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Cousin, Ertharin, 1957-
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Ertharin Cousin is a Visiting Scholar at the Center on Food Security and the Environment. She is also a distinguished fellow of global agriculture at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. She previously served as executive director of the World Food Programme from 2012 until 2017. In this role, Cousin led the world’s largest humanitarian organization with 14,000 staff serving 80 million vulnerable people across 75 countries. Cousin possesses more than 30 years of national and international n...
King, Betty Eileen, 1944-
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Lomellin, Carmen L., 1950-
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Macmanus, Joseph Estey, 1953-
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Williams, Bisa, 1954-
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Wayne, Earl Anthony, 1950-
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Nolan, Edwin Richard, 1955-
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Edwin Richard "Ned" Nolan, Jr. (born 1955) is an American diplomat. He most notably served as Charge d'Affaires in the Netherlands (2011-2013) and as U.S. Ambassador to Suriname (2016-2018). A native of Massachusetts, Nolan graduated from Melrose High School in Melrose in 1973. He attended nearby Boston College, graduating in 1977 with a BA in history and political science. He matriculated to the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University for graduate work. Nolan joined the F...
