Rhonda Keenum: Difference between revisions

| name = Rhonda Keenum

| office = [[White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs|Director of the Office of Public Liaison]]

| president = [[George W. Bush]]

| term_start = May 25, 2005

| term_end = March 20, 2007

| predecessor = [[Lezlee Westine]]

| successor = [[Julie E. Cram|Julie Cram]]

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1961}}

| birth_place = [[Booneville, Mississippi|Booneville]], [[Mississippi]], [[United States|U.S.]]

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]

| spouse = [[Mark E. Keenum|Mark Keenum]]

| education = [[Mississippi State University|Mississippi State University, Starkville]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}

'''Rhonda Newman Keenum''' (born 1961) is an American political advisor working as a lobbyist for The WIT Group. andKeenum formerhad [[Republicanpreviously Partyserved (Unitedin States)|Republican]]the operativeadministration who worked forof [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.linkedin.com/ppl/webprofile?vmi=&id=24255840&pvs=pp&authToken=LUNP&authType=name&locale=en_US&trk=ppro_viewmore&lnk=vw_pprofile|title=Rhonda Keenum’sKeenum's full LinkedIn profile}}</ref>

Rhonda Keenum served as [[White_House_Office_of_Public_Engagement_and_Intergovernmental_AffairsWhite House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs|Directordirector of the Office of Public Liaison]] from August 2006 to February 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rncnyc2004.blogspot.com/2006/08/president-to-apoimt-rhonda-keenum.html|title=President to appoint Rhonda Keenum}}</ref> She was also Assistantassistant Secretarysecretary for Tradetrade Promotionpromotion and Directordirector Generalgeneral of the [[United States and Foreign Commercial Service]], where she managed operations dedicated to assisting American companies to export and succeed in global markets.

Prior to joining the Administration, Ms. Keenum served as Senior Vice President of [[Edelman Public(firm)|Edelman]], a public relations Relationsfirm. Earlier in her career, she worked for Congressman [[Roger Wicker]] as his Administrativeadministrative Assistantassistant and Presspress Secretarysecretary. Keenum also served as Deputydeputy Directordirector of Conventionconvention and Meetingsmeetings at the [[Republican National Committee]].

Rhonda Keenum is married to [[Mississippi State University]] Presidentpresident [[Mark E. Keenum]].