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| Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao |
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Contact Information
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Web Site:
www.dol.gov
E-mail:
no public e-mail
Phone:
(202) 219-5000
Fax:
not available
Address:
Department of Labor
200 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20210
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Background Information
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Party:
Republican
Marital Status:
married
(U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell)
Prev. Occupation:
charitable executive
Prev. Political Exp.:
Chairwoman of the Federal Maritime Commission, 1988-89; Deputy Secretary of Transportation, 1989-91; Director, Peace Corps, 1991-92; President and CEO, United Way of America, 1992-96; Distinguished Fellow, Heritage Institute, 1996-2001
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Additional Information
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The first Asian-American woman to hold a Cabinet post, Elaine L. Chao received her M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School and her undergraduate degree in economics from Mount Holyoke College. She also studied at M.I.T., Dartmouth College, and Columbia University and is the recipient of twelve honorary doctorate degrees from colleges and universities across the country.
Chao's previous government service includes serving as the Deputy Secretary at the U.S. Department of Transportation. She also served as Chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission and Deputy Maritime Administrator. Her private sector experience includes serving as Vice President of Syndications at BankAmerica Capital Markets Group in San Francisco. She was selected as a White House Fellow in 1983 and, prior to that, was a transportation banker with Citicorp in New York.
Prior to becoming Labor Secretary, Chao was a Distinguished Fellow at The Heritage Foundation. She previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of United Way of America, restoring public trust and confidence to the nation's largest institution of private charitable giving after the organization was tarnished by mismanagement and financial abuse. Prior to joining UWA, she was Director of the Peace Corps. As Director, she established the first Peace Corps program in the Baltic nations of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, and the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union.
She was sworn in as the 24th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education on January 29, 2001.
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