Susan Molinari
Susan Molinari (born 27 March 1958) is a US lobbyist and a former US Member of Congress. She is CEO of the Washington Group and President of Ketchum.
Education
Susan Molinari was born in New York's Staten Island on 27 March 1958.[1] Her grandfather was the first Italian-American immigrant elected to the New York State Assembly and she was elected to Congress succeeding her father, Guy V. Molinari, who became the Borough President of Staten Island.[2] She graduated from St. Joseph Hill Academy in 1976 and was awarded an M.A. by the State University of New York in 1982.[3]
Early Career and Congress
Molinari subsequently held positions at the New York State senate finance committee, the National Republican Governors Association, the Republican National Committee. In 1986 she became a member of New York City Council.[4] From 20 March 1990 to 2 August 1997 she was a Republican Member of Congress.[5] In 1994 she married fellow Republican Member and lobbyist Bob Paxon, who according to the New York Times enjoys warm relationships with President Bush.[6]
Media and lobbying
In 1997 Molinari left Congress to co-anchor CBS News Saturday Morning.[7] From 1999 to 2001 she was President of Susan Molinari LLC and also worked as a contractor for Fleishman-Hillard.[8] In 2001 she joined the Washington Group. In 2004 she was involved in setting up the NEFA Foundation.[9]
References
- ↑ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Susan Molinari
- ↑ The Washington Group website About Us: Susan Molinari, (accessed 17 April 2008
- ↑ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Susan Molinari
- ↑ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Susan Molinari
- ↑ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Susan Molinari
- ↑ Elaine Sciolino, Former Congressman From Buffalo Leads Lobbyists for G.O.P., New York Times, 19 February 2001
- ↑ The Washington Group website About Us: Susan Molinari, (accessed 17 April 2008
- ↑ Elaine Sciolino, Former Congressman From Buffalo Leads Lobbyists for G.O.P., New York Times, 19 February 2001
- ↑ Tax Returns 2004
