Boeing’s board of directors has elected former U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab as its newest member.
Schwab, 54, was President George W. Bush’s principal trade adviser and
negotiator from mid-2006 through the end of the Bush administration in
January, 2009. Since then she has taught at the University of
Maryland’s School of Public Policy.
“We’re privileged to have Ambassador Schwab join our board,” said Boeing Chairman, President and Chief Executive Jim McNerney. “Her expertise will help shape our strategies toward the global market and the many international opportunities that are ahead of us.”
Her election to the board is effective immediately. She will serve on the audit and finance committees.
During her government career Schwab was also a deputy U.S. trade representative, an assistant secretary of commerce, director general of the U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service, and a trade policy specialist and legislative director for former U.S. Sen. John Danforth of Missouri.
So not really on the same topic as your post, but I found this today and I just can’t resist sharing. Mrs. Agathe’s dishwasher quit working so she called a repairman. Since she had to go to work the next day, she told him, “I’ll leave the key under the mat. Fix the dishwasher, leave the bill on the counter, and I’ll mail you the check. Oh, and by the way…don’t worry about my Doberman. He won’t bother you. But, whatever you do, do NOT under ANY circumstances talk to my parrot!” When the repairman arrived at Mrs. Agathe’s apartment the next day, he discovered the biggest and meanest looking Doberman he had ever seen. But just as she had said, the dog simply laid there on the carpet, watching the repairman go about his business. However, the whole time the parrot drove him nuts with his incessant cursing, yelling and name-calling. Finally the repairman couldn’t contain himself any longer and yelled, “Shut up, you stupid ugly bird!” To which the parrot replied, “Get him, Spike!”