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THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary


For Immediate Release July 13, 2000

PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES JUDITH A. WINSTON AS UNDER SECRETARY OF THE

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

The President today announced his intent to nominate Judith A. Winston to serve as Under Secretary of the Department of Education.

Ms. Judith A. Winston, of Washington, D.C., currently serves as General Counsel at the Department of Education, a position she has held since 1993. From 1997 to 1998, Ms. Winston served as Executive Director to the President's Initiative on Race. Ms. Winston resumed her leadership as General Counsel to the Department of Education in January 1999. Before joining the Administration, Ms. Winston was an associate professor of law at American University where she taught civil procedure and civil rights. She worked as a lawyer on a variety of civil rights, race, and gender equality issues while serving as deputy director for public policy at the Women's Legal Defense Fund in Washington. Formerly, Ms. Winston was deputy director of the Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights under Law and Assistant General Counsel for Education Equity at the Department of Education. She was executive assistant and legal counsel to the Chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and special assistant to the director of the Office for Civil Rights in the former United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare.

Ms. Winston received her bachelor's degree from Howard University and law degree from Georgetown University Law Center.

As Under Secretary at the Department of Education, Ms. Winston will work with the Secretary and Deputy Secretary on management policy and operations, and will represent the Department on the President's Management Council. As a principal advisor to the Secretary, Ms. Winston will also work with the Secretary and Deputy Secretary on strategic initiatives that help define a broad, coherent vision for achieving the National Education goals and the Secretary's priorities.

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