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NEW YORK, July 25, 2003—President
George W. Bush has nominated Barbara McConnell Barrett of Arizona to be
Secretary of the Air Force. Previously, Ms. Barrett served as President
and CEO of the American Management Association and was a teaching Fellow
at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics.
Ms. Barrett served as President and CEO of AMA in 1997 and 1998 and was
on the AMA Board of Trustees for nine years. She currently is a member
of AMA’s International Council.
She was a member of the Defense Advisory Committee
on Women in the Services (DACOWITS), an advisory group to then-Secretary
of Defense Dick Cheney and then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Colin Powell. Earlier in her career she served as a partner for Evans,
Kitchel & Jenckes, a Phoenix based law firm.
Ms. Barrett’s previous presidential appointments include Chairman
of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, Deputy Administrator
of the Federal Aviation Administration and Vice Chairman of the Civil
Aeronautics Board. She earned her bachelor’s degree, her master's
degree and her J.D. from Arizona State University.
About AMA
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management development organization. For 80 years, it has provided valuable
and practical action-oriented learning programs to people at all levels,
in all industries, from companies and agencies of all sizes. More than
500,000 AMA customers and members a year learn new skills and behaviors,
gain more confidence, advance their careers and contribute to the success
of their organizations through a wide range of AMA seminars, conferences
and executive forums, as well as through AMA books and publications, research
and print and online self-study courses.
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