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1993.09.03 :  Appointment of Anna Durand

Contact:  HHS Press Office (202) 690-6343
September 3, 1993

     HHS Secretary Donna E. Shalala has announced the appointment
of Anna L. Durand, member of a Phoenix, Ariz., law firm, as
deputy general counsel for program review in the Department of
Health and Human Services.
     In her new position, Ms. Durand, 36, has a leadership role
in developing legal advice given by the Office of the General
Counsel and provides direct supervision and guidance to associate
general counsels.
     Before coming to HHS she had been a lawyer since 1985
(member since 1989) with the law firm of Meyer, Hendricks,
Victor, Osborn and Maledon in Phoenix.
     Ms. Durand's practice concentrated on initial public
offerings, business acquisitions, general corporate
representation, workout negotiations and bankruptcy.
     Ms. Durand is a native of Albuquerque, N. M.  She was
elected to Phi Beta Kappa at the University of New Mexico where
she received her bachelor's degree in economics, summa cum laude,
in 1978.  She received an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate
School of Business and a J.D. from Stanford Law School, both in
1982. 
     During 1982-1983, she was a clerk for U.S. Court of Appeals
Judge Herbert Y.C. Choy in Honolulu, and in 1983-1984, she
clerked for Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun.
     A 1974 U.S. Presidential Scholar, Ms. Durand was a Valley
Leadership participant and has served as vice president of the
St. Thomas More Society.  She has worked with the Big
Brothers/Big Sisters Program and with the Phoenix Crisis Nursery.