For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
July 22, 2004
Statement on Appointment of Dr. Cindy L. Courville to the National Security Council
National Security Advisor Dr. Condoleezza Rice announced the
appointment of Dr. Cindy L. Courville as Special Assistant to the
President and Senior Director for African Affairs at the National
Security Council. Dr. Courville will develop and coordinate United
States policy engagement with Africa.
Dr. Courville previously served as Director for African Affairs at
the National Security Council from June 2001 through August 2003. Dr.
Courville has served as the Director for East African Affairs in the
Office of the Secretary for Defense, where she was responsible for the
coordination of U.S. military and security policy with East Africa and
the Horn of Africa.
Prior to her service in government, Dr. Courville was an Assistant
Professor at Hanover College in Indiana and Occidental College in Los
Angeles.
Dr. Courville holds a B.A. and M.A. in political science from the
University of Louisiana at Lafayette and a M.A. and Ph.D. in
comparative politics and international relations from the Graduate
School of International Studies at the University of Denver.
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