Alexis Herman: Difference between revisions

Browse history interactively ← Previous edit Next edit →Content deleted Content addedVisual WikitextInline

Revision as of 16:50, 3 May 2009 editBearcat (talk \| contribs)Autopatrolled, Administrators1,568,080 editsm Quick-adding category Women members of the Cabinet of the United States (using HotCat)← Previous edit		Revision as of 09:21, 8 May 2009 edit undoShock Brigade Harvester Boris (talk \| contribs)15,524 edits add biographical detailNext edit →
Line 22:		Line 22:
	\| footnotes=		\| footnotes=
	}}		}}
	'''Alexis Margaret Herman''' (born ], ] in ]) served as the 23rd ] under ] ]. Prior to her appointment, she was Assistant to the President and Director of the ] ].		'''Alexis Margaret Herman''' (] ], ] in ]) served as the 23rd ] under ] ]. Prior to her appointment, she was Assistant to the President and Director of the ] ].

	The daughter of politician ] and Gloria Caponis, a school teacher, Alexis grew up a Catholic home <ref> bio from ]</ref>in Mobile and earned her high school diploma in 1965 from the ]. She briefly attended ] in ], and ] in Mobile, but transferred to ] in ], where she became an active member of ] Sorority, Inc. and graduated with a ] in ] in 1969.		The daughter of politician ] and Gloria Caponis, a school teacher, Alexis grew up a Catholic home <ref> bio from ]</ref>in Mobile and earned her high school diploma in 1965 from the ]. She briefly attended ] in ], and ] in Mobile, but transferred to ] in ], where she became an active member of ] Sorority, Inc. and graduated with a ] in ] in 1969.

Revision as of 09:21, 8 May 2009

This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous.
Find sources: "Alexis Herman" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2008) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Alexis Herman


23rd United States Secretary of Labor
In office 1997–2001
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Robert Reich
Succeeded by	Elaine Chao

Personal details
Born	(1947-07-16) July 16, 1947 (age 77) Mobile, Alabama
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Dr. Charles Franklin
Alma mater	Edgewood College Spring Hill College Xavier University of Louisiana
Profession	social worker, politician, C.E.O.

Alexis Margaret Herman (born July 16, 1947 in Mobile, Alabama) served as the 23rd U.S. Secretary of Labor under President Bill Clinton. Prior to her appointment, she was Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Public Liaison.

The daughter of politician Alex Herman and Gloria Caponis, a school teacher, Alexis grew up a Catholic home in Mobile and earned her high school diploma in 1965 from the Heart of Mary High School. She briefly attended Edgewood College in Madison, Wisconsin, and Spring Hill College in Mobile, but transferred to Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans, where she became an active member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology in 1969.

After college, Herman worked for Catholic Charities and other agencies advocating minority women employment. Jimmy Carter met the young Herman while campaigning in Atlanta, Georgia and, after winning the White House in 1977, tapped her to be Director of the Labor Department's Women's Bureau. At age 29, she was the youngest person to ever serve in that position.

In 1981, Herman founded her own consulting firm - A.M. Herman & Associates. She served as president of the company while remaining active in Democratic politics. During her tenure as chief of staff and later vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, she was responsible for organizing the 1992 Democratic National Convention.

After Bill Clinton's victory in the 1992 Presidential election, Herman became deputy director of the Presidential Transition Office. She was later appointed to head the White House Office of Public Liaison, where she was responsible for the administration's relations with interest groups.

During Clinton's second term, Herman was named Secretary of Labor, the first African American to be nominated for that position and the fifth woman to be appointed. Her nomination was initially opposed by Congressional Republicans and labor unions, but she earned praise from her peers for her handling of the 1997 UPS workers strike. She came under investigation for taking cash bribe and/or illegal campaign donations as an aide to Clinton from 1994 to 1996. She was the 5th cabinet officer be investigated by independent counsel. Bill Clinton testified on her behalf. In 2000 the investigation ended with no indictment.

During the 2000 Florida election recount, Herman was part of team planning a transition to a Gore Administration, and she was mentioned as a likely candidate for White House Chief of Staff. She was replaced as Secretary of Labor in the George W. Bush administration by Elaine Chao.

Herman now serves as the co-chairperson (with James Roosevelt, Jr.) of the Democratic National Committee's Rules and Bylaws Committee.

Herman also now serves on the boards of several major companies, including Coca Cola Corporation's Human Resources Task Force, Toyota's Diversity Advisory Board, Cummins, Metro Goldwyn Mayer, and Prudential and is the chairman and CEO of New Ventures, Inc.

Political offices
Preceded byRobert Reich	United States Secretary of Labor 1997—2001	Succeeded byElaine Chao

v t e United States secretaries of labor
Secretaries of commerce and labor	Cortelyou Metcalf Straus Nagel
Secretaries of labor	Wilson Davis Doak Perkins Schwellenbach Tobin Durkin Mitchell Goldberg Wirtz Shultz Hodgson Brennan Dunlop Usery Marshall Donovan Brock McLaughlin Dole Martin Reich Herman Chao Solis Perez Acosta Scalia Walsh Su (acting)

Cabinet of President Bill Clinton (1993–2001)

Cabinet
Vice President	Al Gore (1993–2001) tenure
Secretary of State	Warren Christopher (1993–1997) Madeleine Albright (1997–2001)
Secretary of the Treasury	Lloyd Bentsen (1993–1994) Robert Rubin (1995–1999) Lawrence Summers (1999–2001)
Secretary of Defense	Les Aspin (1993–1994) William J. Perry (1994–1997) William Cohen (1997–2001)
Attorney General	Janet Reno (1993–2001)
Secretary of the Interior	Bruce Babbitt (1993–2001)
Secretary of Agriculture	Mike Espy (1993–1994) Dan Glickman (1995–2001)
Secretary of Commerce	Ron Brown (1993–1996) Mickey Kantor (1996–1997) William M. Daley (1997–2000) Norman Mineta (2000–2001)
Secretary of Labor	Robert Reich (1993–1997) Alexis Herman (1997–2001)
Secretary of Health and Human Services	Donna Shalala (1993–2001)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Henry Cisneros (1993–1997) Andrew Cuomo (1997–2001)
Secretary of Transportation	Federico Peña (1993–1997) Rodney E. Slater (1997–2001)
Secretary of Energy	Hazel R. O'Leary (1993–1997) Federico Peña (1997–1998) Bill Richardson (1998–2001)
Secretary of Education	Richard Riley (1993–2001)
Secretary of Veterans Affairs	Jesse Brown (1993–1997) Togo D. West Jr. (1998–2000)

Cabinet-level
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Carol Browner (1993–2001)
Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Leon Panetta (1993–1994) Alice Rivlin (1994–1996) Franklin Raines (1996–1998) Jack Lew (1998–2001)
Director of Central Intelligence	John M. Deutch (1995–1996) George Tenet (1996–2001)
Trade Representative	Mickey Kantor (1993–1996) Charlene Barshefsky (1996–2001)
Ambassador to the United Nations	Madeleine Albright (1993–1997) Bill Richardson (1997–1998) Richard Holbrooke (1999–2001)
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers	Laura Tyson (1993–1995) Joseph Stiglitz (1995–1997) Janet Yellen (1997–1999) Martin Neil Baily (1999–2001)
Administrator of the Small Business Administration	Philip Lader (1994–1997) Aida Álvarez (1997–2001)
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency	James Lee Witt (1993–2001)*
Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy	Lee P. Brown (1993–1996) Barry McCaffrey (1996–2001)
White House Chief of Staff	Mack McLarty (1993–1994) Leon Panetta (1994–1997) Erskine Bowles (1997–1998) John Podesta (1998–2001)
* took office in 1993, raised to cabinet-rank in 1996

References

External links

Categories: