Meryl Frank

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Meryl Frank
Education Rutgers University (BA)
Yale University (MA, MA, MPH)
Political party Democratic

Meryl L. Frank is an American politician, non-profit executive, and diplomat.[1][2][3][4]

Education

Frank earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Rutgers University, followed by a Master of Arts in political science, Master of Arts in international relations, and Master of Public Health from Yale University.[5]

Career

Frank helped author legislation for President Bill Clinton, including the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, and New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean. She was the mayor of Highland Park, New Jersey from 2000 to 2010.[6][7][8]

In 2009, President Barack Obama appointed Frank to represent the United States to the Fifth World Conference on Women. In 2010, Obama appointed her ambassador to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.

In 2015, Variety reported that Frank had been named the executive director of FilmAid.[9] In January 2022, Frank was appointed to serve as a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.[10][11] Frank was one of twelve individuals Biden appointed that day.[12] The Washington Post noted that five of the appointees, including Frank, had raised at least $100,000 for Biden's 2020 Presidential campaign.

References

  1. ↑ "Our American Board". 2012-11-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20121118003524/http://www.warmheartworldwide.org/ourboard. 
  2. ↑ Brent Johnson (November 20, 2010). "Democrats maintain grasp on Middlesex County". The Star-Ledger. Archived from the original on 2013-03-14. https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nj.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Findex.ssf%2F2010%2F11%2Fvoters_in_middlesex_county_gen.html&date=2013-03-14. 
  3. ↑ Susan Josephs. "Building the International Status of Women". Jewish Women International. Archived from the original on 2013-03-14. https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jwi.org%2Fpage.aspx%3Fpid%3D2037&date=2013-03-14. Retrieved 2016-06-07. "Officially appointed by President Obama last year, the former mayor of Highland Park, N.J., serves as ambassador and deputy U.S. representative to the Commission on the Status of Women" 
  4. ↑ "Obama names Frank to U.N. post" (in en-US). 2010-02-24. https://observer.com/2010/02/obama-names-frank-to-u-n-post/. 
  5. ↑ "IN RECOGNITION OF MERYL FRANK". Congressional Record E1639. September 15, 2010. https://www.congress.gov/111/crec/2010/09/15/CREC-2010-09-15-pt1-PgE1639.pdf. 
  6. ↑ President, United States (1998) (in en). Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States. Federal Register Division, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration. https://books.google.com/books?id=VRJNWFTmq-sC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA1656&dq=Meryl+Frank+born+in+new+jersey&hl=en. 
  7. ↑ "U.S. ambassador shares her success stories" (in en-US). 2013-11-30. https://thecjn.ca/news/u-s-ambassador-shares-success-stories/. 
  8. ↑ Service, United States Congress House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Civil (1986) (in en). Parental and Medical Leave Act of 1986: Joint Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Civil Service and the Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 4300 ... April 10, 1986. U.S. Government Printing Office. https://books.google.com/books?id=HI8uXr7wiPwC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA18&dq=Meryl+Frank+yale&hl=en. 
  9. ↑ Schulz, Lisa (2015-02-27). "FilmAid International names Meryl Frank exec director". Variety. Archived from the original on 2016-02-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20160208002106/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/filmaid-international-names-meryl-frank-exec-director-1201443784/. Retrieved 2016-06-07. 
  10. ↑ "President Biden Announces Appointees for the United States Holocaust Memorial Council" (in en-US). 2022-01-26. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/01/26/president-biden-announces-appointees-for-the-united-states-holocaust-memorial-council/. 
  11. ↑ Jane Kaufman (2022-01-28). "Biden to appoint 12 to US Holocaust Memorial Council". Cleveland Jewish News. Archived from the original on 2022-01-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20220129051237/https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/national_news/biden-to-appoint-12-to-us-holocaust-memorial-council/article_b237864e-805f-11ec-9872-7319534b76cf.html. Retrieved 2022-01-29. "Frank is an international champion of women’s leadership and political participation. She was appointed as the U.S. Representative, and subsequently, as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women by former President Barack Obama in February 2009. Prior to her appointment as ambassador, Frank was elected mayor of Highland Park, N.J." 
  12. ↑ Theodoric Meyer; Jacqueline Alemany; Tobi Raji (2022-01-27). "Some Black lawmakers get behind Childs as SCOTUS nominee". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2022-01-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20220127143550/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/27/some-black-lawmakers-get-behind-childs-scotus-nominee/. Retrieved 2022-01-29. "The White House announced a dozen new appointees to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council on Wednesday — including five people who raised at least $100,000 for his 2020 campaign." 
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