Appointment of Marion C. Blakey as Deputy Assistant to the President for Public Affairs and Communications Planning

The President today announced the appointment of Marion C. Blakey to be Deputy Assistant to the President for Public Affairs and Communications Planning.

Since 1987 Ms. Blakey has been Special Assistant to the President and Director of Public Affairs. Prior to this she was Director of Public Affairs and Special Assistant to the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Education, 1985-1987. From 1982 to 1984, she was Director of Public Affairs at the National Endowment for the Humanities. Previously Ms. Blakey served as director of that agency's youth programs and in its Office of Planning and Policy Assessment.

Ms. Blakey holds a bachelor's degree from Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia (1970), where she majored in international relations. Ms. Blakey is married, has one child, and resides in Washington, DC.