Chriss Winston

Chriss Winston is the first woman to head the White House Office of Speech Writing as Deputy Assistant to the President for Communications and Director of Speech Writing for President George H.W. Bush. She also oversaw the White House Offices of Media Relations and Public Affairs. Winston was Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor and Director of Information for the U.S. Department of Labor under President Reagan and held the post of Director of the Office of Public Liaison for the United States Information Agency. She also headed the Washington office of The Tierney Group, then Philadelphia's largest advertising and public relations firm, serving as Vice President. Today, Winston heads a consultancy, CorporateWord, which provides speech writing, opinion pieces, editorial services, and strategic communications to a wide variety of clients. She is also a Director of the White House Writers Group, a strategic communications firm. In the political field, Winston was Deputy Director of Communications for Bush/Quayle '88, Director of Incumbent Campaigns for the National Republican Congressional Committee, traveling press secretary for former Republican National Chair, Mary Louise Smith, and press secretary for Congressman Jim Leach. She began her political career as press secretary for the Iowa Republican Party. Winston also served as a County Commissioner for Charles County, Maryland overseeing a $160 million annual budget.