Lisette M. Mondello Explained

Lisette McSoud Mondello
Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs
for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs
Term Start:May 4, 2006
Term End:April 24, 2009
President:George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Predecessor:Cynthia R. Church
Successor:Tammy Duckworth
Party:Republican Party
Alma Mater:Trinity University (BA)

Lisette McSoud Mondello is an American political advisor who served as Assistant United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs from 2006 to 2009.

Education

Mondello earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Trinity University in San Antonio.[1]

Career

After graduating from college, Mondello worked as a press aide for Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas, Alfonse D'Amato of New York, and Congressman James M. Collins of Texas. She worked as senior vice president for the Spaeth Communications, a communications and public relations culsultantcy firm founded by Merrie Spaeth, a former communications advisor in the Reagan Administration. She then served as executive director of the Texas Foundation for Conservative Studies and Associated Texans Against Crime.

Before serving in the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, she was senior advisor to the United States Secretary of Education and helped develop the long-term communications plan for the No Child Left Behind Act.[2] [3] [4]

Mondello was succeeded by Tammy Duckworth.[5] [6] Mondello has operated The Mondello Group, a government relations and communications from, since 2012.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: A Veteran Mom Trinity University. new.trinity.edu. 2020-03-06.
  2. Mondello Sworn in as VA Assistant Secretary . Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs . 2006-05-04 . 2010-06-27.
  3. Book: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents. 2005. Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration. en.
  4. Web site: Personnel Announcement. georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. 2020-03-06.
  5. Book: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Barack Obama, 2009. 2011-04-28. Government Printing Office. 978-0-16-088007-0. en.
  6. Book: Congress, United States. Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress. 2009. U.S. Government Printing Office. en.
  7. Web site: Mondello Group The LLC - Company Profile and News - Bloomberg Markets. 2020-03-06. Bloomberg.com.