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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 lobbyiest 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

  1. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Susan Molinari
  2. The Washington Group website About Us: Susan Molinari, (accessed 17 April 2008
  3. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Susan Molinari
  4. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Susan Molinari
  5. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Susan Molinari
  6. Elaine Sciolino, Former Congressman From Buffalo Leads Lobbyists for G.O.P., New York Times, 19 February 2001
  7. The Washington Group website About Us: Susan Molinari, (accessed 17 April 2008
  8. Elaine Sciolino, Former Congressman From Buffalo Leads Lobbyists for G.O.P., New York Times, 19 February 2001
  9. Tax Returns 2004