[Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George H. W. Bush (1992, Book I)]
[June 11, 1992]
[Page 924]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]



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Appointment of Maria Solandros Eitel Sheehan as Special Assistant to the 
President and Deputy Director of Media Affairs

June 11, 1992
    The President today announced the appointment of Maria Solandros 
Eitel Sheehan, of Washington State, as Special Assistant to the 
President and Deputy Director of Media Affairs.
    Since 1989, Ms. Eitel Sheehan has served the President as Deputy 
Director of Media Affairs with responsibility for regional, specialty, 
and trade media. Before coming to the White House, Ms. Eitel Sheehan 
worked at the U.S. Information Agency as a program officer and producer 
for ``Worldnet Dialogues'' and as a correspondent for the television 
news program ``America Today.'' In 1987, Ms. Eitel Sheehan worked at 
WETA-TV in Washington, DC, as an associate producer for ``World Beat,'' 
a foreign affairs television series. Prior to this, she served in the 
economics section of the U.S. Embassy in Cameroon. From 1983 to 1985, in 
Seattle, Ms. Eitel Sheehan worked in the news and documentary 
departments of NBC affiliate KING-TV and was a freelance reporter and 
producer for PBS station KCTS-TV.
    Ms. Eitel Sheehan graduated from McGill University in Montreal, 
Canada (B.A., 1983) and Georgetown University School of Foreign Service 
(M.S.F.S., 1988). She was born June 26, 1962, in Everett, WA. She is 
married, has one child, and resides in Washington, DC.