Nancy LeaMond currently serves as

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's Chief Advocacy and Engagement Officer. She leads government relations and campaigns for AARP, widely seen as one of the most powerful advocacy organizations in the country. She also oversees AARP's public education and outreach initiatives designed to help Americans take charge of their health and better plan, work, and save for retirement. She was formerly CEO/President for five years of the Congressional Economic Leadership Institute, a public policy group founded in 1987 to identify and research emerging international economic, trade, technology, tax and workforce issues. L-16-04-06-A-314 (26223708021)

She began her career as the Chief of Staff to U.S. Congresswoman

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. On March 18, 1993, she was nominated by

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to serve as Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) for Congressional Affairs. She served as Chief of Staff to U.S. Trade Representative

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. As USTR, she helped to accomplish the following: *1) Co-ordinated public affairs activities around the enactment of major trade agreements with

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and China *2) 1999 negotiations of the

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*3) Successful management of the passage of major Presidential legislative initiatives including North America Free Trade Agreement,

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(Uruguay Round) and China MFN.

Awards

Nancy LeaMond also served in the U.S. Departments of Commerce and Education; she was awarded the "Professional Achievement Award" for her accomplishments.

Credentials

LeaMond holds a bachelor's degree in Sociology/Urban Studies from

Smith College Smith College is a private liberal arts women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts. It was chartered in 1871 by Sophia Smith and opened in 1875. It is the largest member of the historic Seven Sisters colleges, a group of elite women's c ...

and a master's degree in City Planning from

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Nomination as Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Congressional Affairs by President Clinton
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