David Franklin Demarest Jr. is a former Vice President for Public Affairs,

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and a former Republican operative who worked for

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and

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Career

David Demarest began his Washington, D.C. career in the late 1970s, working with state and local political candidates on behalf of the

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. Before 1977, he participated in several congressional campaigns in New Jersey. During the

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administration, he served in the

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, where he was Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Public, Intergovernmental, and Private Sector Affairs. He was later Assistant Secretary of Labor for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs. In 1988 Demarest was the communications director on the Bush-Quayle presidential campaign. He then served four years as member of the White House senior staff. As

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, he worked directly with the President, the White House Chief of Staff, and the Cabinet, and in that capacity managed a broad range of White House communications activities, including presidential speechwriting, public liaison, media relations, and intergovernmental affairs. Demarest was instrumental in directing the

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message during the 1988 presidential campaign and in setting up the crack buy in Lafayette Park that kicked off President Bush's war on drugs. After Demarest left the White House, he became Executive Vice President and Director of Corporate Communications at

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. In 1999, David became Executive Vice President for Global Corporate Relations at

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Personal life

David Demarest is the father of two daughters.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Demarest, David 1951 births Drew University alumni George H. W. Bush administration personnel Living people New Jersey Republicans People from Glen Ridge, New Jersey Stanford University people Upsala College alumni White House communications directors