For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
August 27, 2001
National Security Advisor Names Communications Advisor
Statement by the Press Secretary
National Security Advisor Dr. Condoleezza Rice announced today the appointment of Anna M. Perez as Deputy Assistant to the President and Counselor to the National Security Advisor for Communications, effective August 27, 2001.
Ms. Perez began her strategic
communications career on Capitol Hill, serving as Assistant Press
Secretary and Communications Director to U.S. Senator Slade Gorton in
1981 and as Press Secretary to U.S. Congressman John Miller
in 1985. In 1989, Ms. Perez joined the administration of
President George H. W. Bush as Press Secretary to Mrs. Barbara Bush
(1989-1993) where, among other duties, she planned and managed media
coverage of all White House State dinners.
In 1993, Ms. Perez moved to Los Angeles,
California, to become head of Media Relations for Creative Artists
Agency, Inc. (CAA). At CAA, she provided strategic and
tactical communications counsel to senior management, and worked
extensively with the firm's corporate clients. From
1995-1998, as Vice President, California Government Relations, at Walt
Disney Co., Ms. Perez directed and implemented business relations with
state, county and municipal governments as well as with industry and
business advocacy groups.
Following a fellowship at Harvard's John
F. Kennedy School of Government, Ms. Perez was named General Manager of
Corporate Communications and Programs for the Chevron Corporation
(1998), where she directed and managed a range of functions for the
global energy corporation including media relations, speechwriting,
employee and stockholder communications, web-based communications,
public relations, corporate advertising strategic research and
corporate contributions.
Ms. Perez attended Hunter College in New
York City. She is married to Theophilus Sims, they have
three children.
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