Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Zina Pierre
Zina Pierre
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| Other authors / contributors: | Pierre, Zina, 1964- interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Washington, District of Columbia 2003 June 14.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Government relations chief executive and presidential appointee, Zina C. Pierre was born in 1964 in Annapolis, Maryland. Educated at Catholic University of America, she spent her professional life working on issues that affect women and small business owners. Pierre was the founding president and CEO of the Washington Linkage Group. After working in television journalism for ten years, Pierre joined President Bill Clinton's administration in 1993. She worked as a speechwriter and later as communications director for the U.S. Labor Department's Women's Bureau before becoming director of the Small Business Administration. Pierre oversaw implementation of the "Welfare to Work" initiative, developing partnerships to find jobs for 200,000 former welfare recipients. In 2000, she was appointed special assistant to the president on intergovernmental affairs, serving as presidential liaison to local governments. After leaving the White House, she started the Washington Linkage Group, a political lobbying and consulting firm.
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