Claudia A. McMurray

Biography

Claudia A. McMurray was educated at Smith College, receiving an A.B. in government in 1980. She then attended Georgetown University Law Center, receiving a J.D. While a law student, she worked in the Office of the White House Counsel.

After law school, McMurray worked at Patton Boggs and then Kirkland & Ellis. From 1989 to 1991, she was legislative counsel for Sen. John Warner (R—VA). From 1991 to 1995, she was Republican Counsel to the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. She was then general counsel to Sen. Fred Thompson (R—TN) from 1995 to 1996. In 1998, she joined Van Scoyoc Associates and worked there until 2000.

From August 2001 to 2003, she was Associate Deputy Administrator and Chief of Staff to the Deputy Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. She was then Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Environment from 2003 to 2006.

In early 2006, President of the United States George W. Bush nominated McMurray to be Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs and, after Senate confirmation, she held this office from February 2006 until January 2009.

She is currently Senior Counsellor with The Prince of Wales' International Sustainability Unit.

gollark: Our apiologists determined that the probability of this is between -π and 22.03.
gollark: What features are to occur?
gollark: Oh no, heavdrones are becoming MORE inevitable?
gollark: Yes, people don't think "wow, I will get SO MUCH WATER at such a reasonable cost with this bottled product", they think "hmm, I thirst for dihydrogen monoxide, I suppose I will have to overpay for this cylinder of it since it is nearby and convenient".
gollark: Corporate procurement departments frequently overpay for simple things somehow.

References
Government offices
Preceded by
John F. Turner		 Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
February 21, 2006 – January 20, 2009		 Succeeded by
Kerri-Ann Jones
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.