Park Joins Evans' Commerce Team

U.S. Commerce Secretary Don Evans today announced that Scott Park will be joining his staff as Director of Speech Writing.

"Scott is going to play a key role in communicating our agenda of spurring economic growth, increasing job creation, and expanding free trade," said Secretary Evans.

Park joins the Commerce Department from the Office of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R.-Texas). Park served the Majority Leader over the last three years as speech writer. Earlier, Park covered Congress and the previous administration while serving as a reporter for the Capitol Hill weekly Human Events. Prior to that, Park covered banking regulation, the consumer financial services marketplace, and legislative developments touching financial services companies for American Banker Newsletters.

Park is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University (B.A., English Literature, 1992) and a veteran of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).

Park officially joins the Commerce Department on March 17.