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David Demarest
Vice President for Public Affairs
Larry Horton
Senior
Associate Vice President / Director, Government & Community
Relations
Elaine Enos
Executive Director, Stanford Events
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David Demarest Vice President for Public Affairs Stanford University |
As Stanford’s senior public affairs official, David Demarest reports to the President of the University and is responsible for directing Stanford’s community initiatives, and overseeing communications, government relations and special events, which includes Stanford’s Lively Arts program. Demarest served four years as an assistant to President George H. W. Bush and member of the White House senior staff. As White House communications director, he worked directly with the president, the White House chief of staff and the Cabinet, and in that capacity managed a broad range of White House communications activities, including presidential speechwriting, public liaison, media relations and intergovernmental affairs. Upon concluding his duties at the White House, Demarest served as executive vice president and director of corporate communications at BankAmerica Corp. and then as executive vice president for global corporate relations at Visa International. Last year he founded AspenLine Reputation Strategies, a specialized reputation management and communications consulting firm based in Sausalito, Calif. |
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Larry Horton Senior Associate Vice President / Director Government and Community Relations |
Larry Horton is the Senior Associate Vice President and Director of Government and Community Relations for Stanford University. In that capacity, Horton directs Stanford's federal and state government relations as well as local government and community relations. Stanford, as a large institution, is inextricably involved with government at all levels, and it has special interests in national and state policies regarding education and research.
Employed at Stanford since 1970, Horton has served in a number of posts -- Assistant and Associate Dean of Student Affairs, Associate Director of Government Relations, and Associate Vice President for Public Affairs. From 1976 to 1977, he participated in the President's Executive Exchange Program in Washington, where he served as an assistant to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Horton holds two Stanford degrees (B.A. in political science; M.A. in history). He currently serves on the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors of the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities.