THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release October 18,
2000
PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES FRED P. DUVAL AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION
The President today announced his intent to nominate Fred P. DuVal to
serve as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American
Foundation.
Mr. Fred P. DuVal, of Phoenix, Arizona, is currently the Senior
Managing Director at Hill & Knowlton, where he specializes in public
affairs and government relations. From 1997 to 1999, he served as Deputy
Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Affairs at the White
House. In this role, he served as the White House Liaison to the 50 state
governors and other elected officials. Mr. DuVal was Co-Chair of the White
House Interagency Task Force on Puerto Rico, Chair of the Federal Virgin
Islands Task Force, and he coordinated the inter-governmental activity of
twenty-five federal agencies. From 1993-1996, he was Deputy Chief of
Protocol at the State Department. From 1991-1993, Mr. DuVal was a partner
with the Phoenix government relations firm of Robb, DuVal and DeMenna.
Prior to that, Mr. DuVal was with the firm of Heron, Burchette, Ruckert and
Rothwell. Mr. DuVal served as a Trustee of Prescott College, the National
Advisory Board of the Udall Center for Public Policy at the University of
Arizona, and the Phoenix Council on Foreign Relations, and on the Board of
Directors of the Desert Botanical Garden.
Mr. DuVal received a B.A. from Occidental College and a J.D. from
Arizona State University.
The Inter-American Foundation (IAF) is an independent agency
established in 1969 to cooperate with private, regional and international
organizations in order to strengthen the bonds of friendship and
understanding among people of Latin America and the Caribbean.
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