Jeanne L. Phillips
13th United States Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
In office
August 7, 2001 – June 2, 2003
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byAmy L. Bondurant
Succeeded byConnie Morella
Personal details
BornArkansas
Political partyRepublican
Alma materSouthern Methodist University

Jeanne Linden Phillips (born 1954)[1] is an American businesswoman and diplomat.[2][3][4][5] She served as United States Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development from 2001 to 2003, under President George W. Bush.[2][3][5][6]

Biography

Early life

Phillips was born in Arkansas.[4] She graduated in 1976 from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.[4]

Career

Phillips served as President and Chief Executive officer of the consulting firm, Jeanne Johnson & Company, Inc, and as Managing Director of the Dallas office of Public Strategies, Inc.[4] She served as fundraising advisor to the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, her alma mater, SMU, George H. W. Bush, etc.[4][6]

During George W. Bush's first presidential campaign, she served as Senior Advisor for National Finance in collaboration with the Chairman of the Campaign Finance Committee.[4] Phillips then served as Deputy Chairman for Operations at the Republican National Committee in Washington, D.C.[4] In 2001, she was Executive Director of the 54th Presidential Inaugural Committee.[4] From 2001 to 2005, she served as United States Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris, France.[2][3][4][5] In 2005, she was the Chair of the 55th Presidential Inaugural Committee for President Bush's reelection.[6]

Phillips is currently Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs and International Relations at the Hunt Refining Company, Hunt Consolidated and the Hunt Oil Company.[2] She is a member of the American Petroleum Institute.[3]

She serves on the board of directors of the John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies at SMU, the Baylor Health Care System Foundation, the Hockaday School, American Hospital of Paris Foundation and the George W. Bush Presidential Center.[7][8] Phillips is a member of the Dallas Assembly, the Dallas Woman's Club and the Philosophical Society of Texas.[3]

Personal life

Phillips resides in Dallas, Texas, where she attends St. Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church.[4][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Jeanne Linden Phillips (1954–)". Department of State. Retrieved September 2, 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bloomberg BusinessWeek
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Council of American Ambassadors". Archived from the original on 2011-10-08. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Department of State biography
  5. 1 2 3 "Hunt Oil Company". Archived from the original on 2013-08-25. Retrieved 2013-02-16.
  6. 1 2 3 Deborah Solomon, It's the President's Party, The New York Times, January 2, 2005
  7. ↑ John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies Board of Directors Archived 2012-12-31 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ George W. Bush Presidential Center Board of Directors
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