Spokesperson Obama Campaign 2008
Previously Aired On: October 16, 2007 - Listen to the Show!
Betsy Myers is COO of the Obama for America campaign and Chair of Womenfor Obama. Myers was the Executive Director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University. Prior to that, she was Director of Alumni Programs and External Relations at the Kennedy School.
Myers also was a senior official in the Clinton Administration. She served for two years with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) as Associate Deputy Administrator for Entrepreneurial Development and was responsible for the agency’s technical assistance, management, and distance learning program.
In addition, she was responsible for implementing the SBA’s national requirements under President Clinton’s Welfare to Work Initiative. From 1995-1997, Myers launched and directed
the first White House Office for Women’s Initiatives and Outreach, serving as Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Women’s Initiatives. In the early nineties, she held the post of Director at the Office of Women’s Business Ownership, Washington, D.C. (again in the SBA), where she served as advocate for 7.8 million women entrepreneurs. She is a graduate of the Kennedy School (MPA 2000).
Please visit:
http://women.BarackObama.com
and
http://www.BarackObama.com
October 16th, 2007
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