Sandra Schubert Brock (born August 21, 1944) is president of The Sandy Brock Collection DBA/Sandy Mitchell Designs, LTD a design firm specializing in kitchen furnishing designs, residential and yacht design, and construction management. She is married to the former U.S Senator, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, U.S. Trade Representative, and Secretary of Labor, William Emerson Brock III.[1]
Early life
Although born in Woodstock, Virginia, Brock spent the first 16 years of her life in St. Louis, Missouri, before moving to Montgomery County, Maryland. After studying Architecture at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Brock began her 33-year career in commercial aviation, aerospace, and international trade.
Career
Joining American Airlines in 1965, she then left American in 1972, to work for then President Richard Nixon in his presidential campaign as the Deputy Director of Presidential Scheduling. Following the campaign, she was appointed to a senior position with the General Services Administration.[2]
In 1974, Brock joined Braniff Airlines as Senior Director of all in-flight hiring and training in Dallas, Texas. She returned to Washington in 1976 to work for Congressmen John Rousselot, and then joined the staff of Congressmen Jack Kemp.
In 1978, Brock formed her own aviation-consulting firm, SMC International. At the same time, she served as a corporate officer of Air Florida, becoming the first woman to be named a trustee of any American Flag Carrier. Piedmont Airlines recruited her in 1983 to open its first Washington Government Affairs office and develop the strategy to take the carrier international. When U.S. Air moved to acquire Piedmont, Brock oversaw the federal and legislative effort to seek approval for the merger. The following year she married her husband, Bill Brock, who during the same time was serving as the Secretary of Labor under President Reagan.
In 1986, President Reagan appointed Mrs. Brock to the Presidents Commission on Privatization.
Between 1992 and 1994, Brock was elected to Co-Chair the opening ceremonies of the historic U.S. Holocaust Museum. This was a two-year project, and with the exception of President Kennedy’s funeral, was the largest single international event held in Washington, DC to date.
Between 1996 and 1998, Brock organized and served as Chairman of the historic International Women’s Leadership Forum (IWLF) in Stockholm, Sweden. IWLF brought together for the first time, past and present women Chiefs of State and Prime Ministers to discuss the challenges facing leaders in the 21st Century. This event was sponsored by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC. The forum was covered live on CNN. Between 1999 and 2000, Brock chaired Maryland’s Youth Team 2000 for George W. Bushalong with Congressman Robert Ehrlich and Ellen Sauerbrey.
During Brock’s 33 years in aviation, she participated in more than 50 bilateral aviation negotiations and was responsible for negotiating and winning two of the most challenging route cases in aviation history. Brock has received many honors, but she is most proud of having been named one of the Top Ten Women in Aviation and her election as the first woman President of the Aero Club of Washington, the oldest aviation and aerospace club, founded by the Wright Brothers.
In 2002, President George W Bush appointed Brock to the Boards of the National Air & Space Museum, and the President’s Advisory Commission for the Arts for the Kennedy Center.
Today, Brock continues to serve on not-for-profit and for-profit boards but is primarily following her passion in design and architecture. She is particularly interested in the development of young men and women as leaders, and speaks nationally on modern development in the general theory of leadership. The Brock’s have six children and seventeen grandchildren. They currently reside in Annapolis, Maryland.
References[edit]
- ↑ Babington, Charles (1994-09-04). "FOR BROCK, SENATE RACE IS ONE MORE RUN AT PUBLIC SERVICE". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
- ↑ https://www.dor.ca.gov/CCEPD/CCEPD-Docs/2013-Meets/03-28-2013/Item-5-Supplemental-CA-State-Org-Chart.pdf
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