Lezlee Westine | |
Office: | Director of the Office of Public Liaison |
President: | George W. Bush |
Term Start: | January 20, 2001 |
Term End: | May 25, 2005 |
Predecessor: | Mary Beth Cahill |
Successor: | Rhonda Keenum |
Birth Date: | 28 August 1960 |
Birth Place: | Hinsdale, Illinois, U.S. |
Party: | Republican |
Education: | University of Florida (BA) University of California, Los Angeles (MBA) Georgetown University (JD) |
Lezlee Jean Westine (born August 28, 1960) is an American political advisor and attorney serving as the president and chief executive of Personal Care Products Council and a former Republican operative who worked for President George W. Bush.[1]
Westine began her career practicing political and election law in California for Nielsen, Merksamer, Parrinello, Mueller & Naylor. She then ran the northern California office of Governor Pete Wilson. Westine helped found Technet, a political network of high-level executives to promotes the growth of technology sector.[2]
In 2001 she was selected to serve as White House Director of the Office of Public Liaison.[3]
As an executive for PCPC, Westine's salary for 2012 was $920,592.00,[4]
Westine is the single mother of one daughter.[5]