THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Cartagena, Colombia)
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For Immediate Release August 30, 2000
PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES DORIS MATSUI AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OF THE WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS
The President today announced his intent to appoint Doris Matsui to
serve as a member of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
Mrs. Doris Matsui, of Sacramento, California, joined Collier Shannon
Scott, PLLC in December of 1998 as Senior Adviser and Director of
Government Relations and Public Policy. In January, 1993, she was
appointed by President Clinton to serve as Deputy Assistant to the
President and Deputy Director of Public Liaison for the White House.
Previously, she was among the eight board members of President-Elect
Clinton?s Transition Team. A life-long Californian, Mrs. Matsui is an
accomplished public policy advocate, having led successful national
outreach campaigns for numerous initiatives ranging from education,
children and families, to budget, international trade, breast cancer
awareness and nonprofit and philanthropic issues. She served on the
national board of Christmas in April, and was president of the
Congressional Club, a bipartisan, civic, social and philanthropic
organization. Currently, she serves on the boards of the California
Institute, Meridian International Center, and People for the American Way.
Mrs. Matsui received a B.A. degree from the University of California
at Berkeley.
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is established
within the Smithsonian Institution. The Center fosters scholarship and
dialogue in the humanities and social sciences by bringing Fellows to
Washington, encouraging discourse, and publishing the results of their
activities.
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