Jeanne L. Phillips
Jeanne Linden Phillips (born 1954) is an American businesswoman and diplomat. She served as United States Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development from 2001 to 2003, under President George W. Bush. Biography Early life Phillips was born in Arkansas. She graduated in 1976 from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Career Phillips served as President and Chief Executive officer of the consulting firm, Jeanne Johnson & Company, Inc, and as Managing Director of the Dallas office of Public Strategies, Inc. She served as fundraising advisor to the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas, her alma mater, SMU, George H. W. Bush, etc. During George W. Bush's first presidential campaign, she served as Senior Advisor for National Finance in collaboration with the Chairman of the Campaign Finance Committee. Phillips then served as Deputy Chairman for Operations at the Republican National Committee in Washington, D.C. In 2001, she was Executive Director of the 54th Presidential Inaugural Committee. From 2001 to 2005, she served as United States Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris, France. In 2005, she was the Chair of