*This is an archive page. The links are no longer being updated. 
1991.04.30 :  Appointment -- Deborah Lee Messick

April 30, 1991

U N I T E D    S T A T E S    D E P A R T M E N T    O F
      H E A L T H    A N D    H U M A N    S E R V I C E S
                         N E W S


Contact: John Gibbons 202/245-6343         

       HHS Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, M.D., has announced the
appointment of Deborah Lee Messick of Arlington, Va., as a deputy
assistant secretary for public affairs.

       In her new position, Ms. Messick, 35, is primarily
responsible for policy and review, analysis and recommendation of
plans and strategies for the multi-faceted public affairs
efforts.  Two of HHS' four public affairs divisions are directly
under her supervision, Freedom of Information/Privacy Act and
Communications Services.

       A veteran of the Washington scene, Ms. Messick came to the
Department of Health and Human Services after having served since
April 1988 as deputy director of communications and as deputy
chief of staff at the Republican National Committee.

       Between her first stint at the RNC as Southeastern U.S.
spokesperson during 1982 and 1985, and her most recent service
there, Ms. Messick held high level positions dealing largely with
communications and management for Daniel J. Edelman, Inc., Ruder
Finn & Rotman and Henry J. Kaufman & Associates, Inc., all of
Washington. 

       She has also worked in Wilmington, Del., for the Delmarva
Power Company, the Delaware Chapter of the National Multiple
Sclerosis Society, the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce and in
the Office of the Governor of Delaware.

       Ms. Messick was born in Wilmington.  She received her
bachelor's degree in communications from the University of
Delaware at Newark in 1978.


                               #####