Ann Stock

Ann Stock
Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs
In office June 23, 2010 – July 2013
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Goli Ameri
Succeeded by	Evan Ryan
Personal details
Born	Indiana
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Purdue University

Ann Stock was the Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, from June 23, 2010 until July 2013.

Biography

Ann Stock (right) in meeting of Secretary John Kerry With Central American Youth Ambassadors

Ann Stock, an Indiana native, received her B.A. from Purdue University. After college, she worked as an elementary school teacher and as a Pan Am Flight Attendant based at Washington D C.

During the 1980 U.S. presidential election, Stock was deputy press secretary for Vice President of the United States Walter Mondale. She then became Vice President of Corporate Communications and Public Relations for Bloomingdale's.^[1]

In 1993, President of the United States Bill Clinton named Stock White House Social Secretary,^[1] a post she held until 1997. From September 1997 to June 2010, she was Vice President of Institutional Affairs at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

In 2010, President Barack Obama named Stock Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs and after Senate confirmation, she was sworn in on June 23, 2010. She was succeeded by Evan Ryan.

Stock serves on the board of Americans for the Arts and the Americans for the Arts Action Fund.

Notes

1. Pener, Degen. "Social Juggling in Washington," New York Times. March 7, 1993.

References

• State Department Biography of Ann Stock

External links

• www.AmericansForTheArts.org