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		Johanna I. Schneider Executive Director, External Relations

Johanna Schneider has played a key role in managing communications for over 25 years, moving from reporter and anchor to top posts in government--Congress, the Executive Branch--and in the business arena.

Ms. Schneider is currently the Executive Director-External Relations of the Business Roundtable. Recently cited as "the most influential chief executive lobbying group in the U.S." by the Financial Times, Business Roundtable members are at the forefront of public policy, advocating for a vigorous, dynamic global economy.

Ms. Schneider directs all external relations including communications, media, advertising, corporate membership, and all external advocacy. The Business Roundtable is an association of CEOs from Fortune 500 companies.

Prior to her appointment as Executive Director-External Relations, she held the post of Director of Communications for the Roundtable. Before joining the Roundtable, Ms. Schneider was the Senior Advisor for Media Relations to the Director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Bernadine Healy, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs to Labor Secretaries Elizabeth Dole and Lynn Martin.

Ms. Schneider also served as Press Secretary to the House Republican Leader, Bob Michel (R-IL). From l984 to l989, she managed the Leadership press operation, coordinated House and Senate press responses and served as media liaison to the White House.

From l980 to l984, Schneider served as Press Secretary to Congresswoman Lynn Martin (R-IL), a member of House Republican Leadership.

Schneider also worked as a production assistant at CBS Network News and worked as a television reporter and anchor at a CBS affiliate in Illinois. She graduated from Southern Illinois University with a degree in Journalism.

Ms. Schneider is also a member of the Public Relations Seminar Committee, the Arthur W. Page Society, the Civilian Public Affairs Panel for the U.S. Naval Academy, and a board member of the Center for Corporate Citizenship at the Carroll School of Management at Boston College.

She resides in Washington, DC with her husband, Jon.