Appointment of Elizabeth I. Board as Special Assistant to the President for Media and Broadcast Relations

The President today announced the appointment of Elizabeth I. Board to be Special Assistant to the President for Media and Broadcast Relations.

Miss Board has served as Director of the White House Television Office since January of 1985 and was first named a Special Assistant to the President in November 1985. Miss Board worked for NBC News from 1979 to 1984, first as senior unit manager and later as network news editor. Previously, she was director of creative services for WMAL and executive producer of the Washington Redskins Radio Network. She was also an account executive at WRC Radio and executive producer of "Empathy" on WWDC Radio.

Miss Board graduated from the University of Colorado (B.A., magna cum laude, 1974), Stanford University Broadcasting and Film Institute, and George Washington University (M.B.A., 1981). A native of Front Royal, VA, she now resides in Washington, DC.