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1994.02.14 : Appointment of Sandra Perlmutter to President's Council on Physical Fitness

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                 Contact:  HHS Press Office
Monday, Feb. 14, 1994                           (202) 690-6343

     Sandra P. Perlmutter has been appointed by President Clinton
as executive director of the President's Council on Physical
Fitness and Sports. 

     Ms. Perlmutter, 41, of Washington, D.C., is the first woman to
hold the position in the 38-year history of the council, and "is an
avid runner with a strong commitment to physical fitness and
sports," according to HHS Secretary Donna E. Shalala.

     A management expert, Ms. Perlmutter was serving as vice
president of Celebrity Service International, Inc. in charge of the
agency's Washington office when tapped for her new position.  She
also was media columnist for Washington Life magazine.

     She worked for more than 12 years as assistant secretary for
the Democratic National Committee, leaving the DNC staff in late
1989.  She called the nomination "roll of the states" at the
party's national conventions in New York, 1980; San Francisco,
1984; and Atlanta, 1988.

     Council co-chairs Florence Griffith Joyner and Tom McMillen
said: 

     "We are fortunate in having someone with Ms. Perlmutter's
great leadership and experience to guide the council in its
day-to-day operations.  She will be a great resource to the
president and the council in our efforts to improve the fitness of
the youth, adults, seniors, the disabled and minorities in America.

     "We look forward to a stimulating period with new ideas and
programs that recognize the role of fitness in the health care
reform discussions and the presidential mandate to the council that
fitness is for all."    

     Ms. Perlmutter is a native of Washington.  She received her
bachelor's degree in education and speech pathology/audiology, with
honors, from the University of Missouri, Columbia, in 1974. She has
done graduate study at George Washington University. 

     After leaving the DNC staff, she became a consultant to a
government affairs firm and a newspaper company.  In 1991, she
became director of communications for the Close-Up Foundation, a
national non-profit education organization.  She has published and
edited eight books.

     Ms. Perlmutter was listed in The World Who's Who of Women,
Who's Who of American Women and Who's Who in American Politics. 
She has recently completed her third term as an executive board
member of the American Association of Young Political Leaders.