FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY
June 4, 2004
Contact: Communications Office
(912) 652-4706
(912) 652-4711 fax
Sea Island Summit Planning Organization Announces U.S. Officials Available for Interviews During the G8 Summit
WASHINGTON, DC - Today the Sea Island Summit Planning Organization announced information about the 2004 G8 Summit to be held on Sea Island, Georgia, June 8-10. The G8 Summit brings together the Leaders of the world's major industrial democracies: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The European Union also attends the G8 Summit, represented by the President of the European Commission and the Leader of the country holding the Presidency of the European Council. At previous Summits, Leaders have discussed a wide range of international economic, political, and security issues.
The G8 planning organization will make a number of administration officials available for background briefings at the International Media Center (IMC) in Savannah, Georgia. In addition to these officials, delegation officials from G8 countries and regional stakeholders in the G8 Summit will also be available for interviews at the IMC.
To request an interview, journalists may access the electronic interview request form at http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/bookings.htm
or via email at
mediabooking@g8usa.gov,
or by calling
(912) 652.4706.
Available officials include the following:
Elliott Abrams (Middle East)
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director
National Security Council
Near East and North African Affairs
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Abrams.htm
John R. Bolton (Proliferation)
Under Secretary of State Arms Control and International Security http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Bolton.htm
Andrew Card
White House Chief of Staff
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Card.htm
James L. Connaughton (Environment)
Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality
Executive Office of the President
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Connaughton.htm
Glyn Davies (Regional Issues/Peace Operations/Middle East)
Political Director for the G8
U.S. Department of State
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Davies.htm
Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. (Health)
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Fauci.htm
Kristin J. Forbes (Economics)
Member, Council of Economic Advisers
Executive Office of the President
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Forbes.htm
Jendayi Frazer (Africa/Development)
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director
National Security Council
African Affairs
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Frazer.htm
Robert Joseph (Proliferation)
Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director
National Security Council
Proliferation Strategy, Counterproliferation and Homeland Defense http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Jospeh.htm
Alan Larson (General)
Undersecretary Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs U.S. Department of State http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Larson.htm
Constance B. Newman (Africa/Development)
Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Africa
U.S. Agency for International Development
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Newman.htm
Randal Quarles (Economics)
Assistant Secretary for International Affairs
U.S. Department of Treasury
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Quarles.htm
Dr. Condoleezza Rice
National Security Advisor
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Rice.htm
Frances Fragos Townsend (Safety/Security)
Assistant to the President and Homeland Security Advisor http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Townsend.htm
During the Summit, a number of U.S. official spokespersons will be available for on-camera interviews, including:
Dan Bartlett
White House Communications Director
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Bartlett.htm
Scott McClellan
White House Press Secretary
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_McClellan.htm
Sean McCormack
Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary for Foreign Affairs
Jim Wilkinson
Deputy National Security Advisor for Communications
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Wilkinson.htm
Gordon Johndroe
Laura Bush's Press Secretary
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Johndroe.htm
Regional stakeholders in the G8 Summit will also be available for interviews, Including:
Becky Bowden
Director of Marketing, Memorial Health
Michael B. Brown
Savannah City Manager
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Brown.htm
Bucky Burnsed
Public Affairs Officer, Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police Department
Max Burns
United States Representative
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Burns.htm
Saxby Chambliss
United States Senator
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Chambliss.htm
Dr. Carl Dohn
Crafted the G8 Summit Table
Bill Donohue
Executive Director, Jekyll Island Authority
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Donohue.htm
Leslie Eagle
Gifted Teacher, G8 County Coordinator, Glyndale Elementary School
Eric Garvey
Senior Marketing Director, Jekyll Island Authority
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Garvey.htm
Angela Hendrix
Director of Public Information, Savannah College of Art and Design
Melinda Jacox
Principal, St. Simons Elementary School
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Jacox.htm
Eric Johnson
Georgia State Senator
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_EJohnson.htm
Otis S. Johnson, Ph.D.
Mayor of the City of Savannah
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Johnson.htm
Jack Kingston
United States Representative
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Kingston.htm
Zell Miller
United States Senator
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Miller.htm
Christopher Morrill
Savannah Assistant City Manager
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Morrill.htm
Darlene Moye, Ed. D.
Principal, Satilla Marsh Elementary School
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Moye.htm
Jamie Parks
Director of Food and Beverage, Savannah International Trade and Convention Center http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Parks.htm
Sonny Perdue
Governor of Georgia
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Perdue.htm
Sher Pollard
Principal, Glyndal Elementary School
Betsy Ray
Public Relations Coordinator, St. Joseph's/Candler Health System
Bob Scanlon
G8 Project Coordinator
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Scanlon.htm
Marelena Smalls
Hallelujah Singers
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Smalls.htm
Doug Smith
President, Digital Image Color Supergraphics
Matthew Stanley
Public Information Officer, Savannah Bureau of Fire and Emergency Services
Frankie Sullivan Quimby
Sea Island Singers
http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Sullivan.htm
Woody Woodside
President, Brunswick-Golden Isles Chamber of Commerce http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/g8usa/Biography_Woodside.htm
Melissa Yao
Vice President of Communications for the Savannah Area Chamber and Convention and Visitors Bureau
Dr. Marie Wilson
Chief Program Officer, Georgia Council on Economic Education
Dr. Robert A. Winter
Superintendent, Glynn County School System
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