Margaret D. Tutwiler

Margaret Tutwiler
Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
In office December 16, 2003 – June 16, 2004
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Charlotte Beers
Succeeded by	Karen Hughes
United States Ambassador to Morocco
In office August 7, 2001 – August 22, 2003
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Edward Gabriel
Succeeded by	Thomas Riley
White House Director of Communications
In office August 23, 1992 – January 20, 1993
President	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	David Demarest
Succeeded by	George Stephanopoulos
Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
In office March 3, 1989 – August 23, 1992
President	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Charles Redman
Succeeded by	Tom Donilon
Spokesperson for the United States Department of State
In office March 3, 1989 – August 23, 1992
President	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Charles Redman
Succeeded by	Richard Boucher
Personal details
Born	December 28, 1950 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Finch College University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

Margaret DeBardeleben Tutwiler (born December 28, 1950 in Birmingham, Alabama) is a former Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs at the US State Department, serving from December 16, 2003 to June 30, 2004. She was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 9, 2003 to replace outgoing Under Secretary Charlotte Beers. Tutwiler was given the task of leading "the government's public-relations drive to build a favorable impression abroad." She had previously been Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs from 1989 to 1992.

Tutwiler was the ambassador to Morocco from March 2001 until 2003. In July 2004, Tutwiler began directing communications for NYSE Euronext. Her boss at the NYSE, John Thain, would later bring her on board as head of communications at Merrill Lynch in December 2007 and then at CIT Group in August 2010.^[1]

Tutwiler is a member of the board of directors of the International Republican Institute.^[2]

External links

• Margaret Tutwiler Diaries at the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University
• USC Center on Public Diplomacy Profile
• Interview in Frontline Diplomacy: The Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection of the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training.
• Profile in the Alabama Academy of Honor.
• Margaret Tutwiler's diaries from her time as State Department Spokesman and Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs under Secretary of State James Baker at Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University.

References

1. Henry, David (2010-08-02), "CIT Group's Thain Hires Ex-Presidential Aide Tutwiler for Communications", Bloomberg, retrieved 2011-09-23
2. International Republican Institute web site, accessed July 16, 2010.