Jodi White
CM
6th Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister
In office
June 25, 1993 – November 4, 1993
Prime MinisterKim Campbell
Preceded byDavid McLaughlin
Succeeded byJean Pelletier
Personal details
NationalityCanadian
Political partyProgressive Conservative
Alma materCarleton University

Jodi White CM is a Canadian philanthropist and political operative who served as Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister under Kim Campbell in 1993.

Career

White's career began as a television news reporter and as a radio producer. White once held the post of President of the Public Policy Forum, an independent, national, non-profit organization with a mandate to promote better public policy and better public management through dialogue among leaders from the public, private, labour and voluntary sectors. She was the Vice President of corporate affairs at Imasco Ltd., the founder of Sydney House and co-founder of Neville Group.[1]

White is the first woman in Canadian history to lead a national election campaign. She directed the 1997 national election campaign of then Progressive Conservative Party of Canada leader Jean Charest.[2] White also sits on the board of directors for the Canadian International Council.

She was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012.[3] On December 13, 2013, White was invested as a Member of the Order of Canada for her role in "promoting civic dialogue in Canada [and]... social and environmental philanthropy".[4]

She sits on the board Tides Canada, the National Theatre School, the Canadian Institute of International Affairs, the Southern Africa Education Trust Fund, Bishop's University, and Ottawa General Hospital.[5]

Personal life

White holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Toronto and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in journalism from Carleton University.[6] While there, she joined the sorority Alpha Phi.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Jodi White". carleton.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  2. ↑ Tim Naumetz, "Prime Minister Harper’s new campaign manager Bryne ‘respected and feared’ among federal Tories" Archived 2011-02-07 at the Wayback Machine. Hill Times, February 3, 2011. Retrieved 2011-04-03.
  3. ↑ "Jodi White - Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Medal". Honours. Governor General of Canada.
  4. ↑ "Ms. Jodi White - Member of the Order of Canada". Honours. Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "Jodi White | Canadian International Council". thecic.org. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  6. ↑ "Jodi White: Mentor 2010". Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Famous Phis". Alpha Phi. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
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