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American politician and diplomat

Preceded byH. James Polos

Succeeded bySteve Nolan

Meryl Frank

Member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council
Designate
Assumed office TBA
Appointed by	Joe Biden
Mayor of Highland Park, New Jersey
In office 2000–2010
Preceded by	H. James Polos
Succeeded by	Steve Nolan

Personal details
Party	Democratic
Education	Rutgers University (BA) Yale University (MA, MA, MPH)

Meryl L. Frank is an American politician, non-profit executive, diplomat, and author.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Frank earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Rutgers University, followed by a Master of Arts in political science, Master of Arts in international relations, and Master of Public Health from Yale University.^[6]

Career

Frank helped author legislation for President Bill Clinton, including the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, and New Jersey Governor Thomas Kean. She was the mayor of Highland Park, New Jersey from 2000 to 2010.^[7]^[8]^[9]

In 2009, President Barack Obama appointed Frank to represent the United States at the Fifth World Conference on Women. In 2010, Obama appointed her ambassador to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.

In 2015, Variety reported that Frank had been named the executive director of FilmAid.^[10] In January 2022, Frank was appointed to serve as a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council.^[11]

In 2023, Hachette Books published Frank's memoir of searching for the history of her family lost in the Holocaust, Unearthed: A Lost Actress, a Forbidden Book, and a Search for Life in the Shadow of the Holocaust.^[12] She is Jewish.^[13]

References

↑ "Our American Board". 2012-11-18. Archived from the original on 2012-11-18. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
↑ Brent Johnson (November 20, 2010). "Democrats maintain grasp on Middlesex County". The Star-Ledger. Archived from the original on 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
↑ Susan Josephs. "Building the International Status of Women". Jewish Women International. Archived from the original on 2014-02-25. Retrieved 2016-06-07. Officially appointed by President Obama last year, the former mayor of Highland Park, N.J., serves as ambassador and deputy U.S. representative to the Commission on the Status of Women
↑ "Obama names Frank to U.N. post". Observer. 2010-02-24. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
↑ Frank, Meryl (2022-08-09). Unearthed. Hachette Books. ISBN 978-0-306-82838-6.
↑ "IN RECOGNITION OF MERYL FRANK" (PDF). Congressional Record. E1639. September 15, 2010.
↑ President, United States (1998). Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States. Federal Register Division, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration.
↑ "U.S. ambassador shares her success stories". The Canadian Jewish News. 2013-11-30. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
↑ Service, United States Congress House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Civil (1986). Parental and Medical Leave Act of 1986: Joint Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Civil Service and the Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 4300 ... April 10, 1986. U.S. Government Printing Office.
↑ Schulz, Lisa (2015-02-27). "FilmAid International names Meryl Frank exec director". Variety. Archived from the original on 2016-02-08. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
↑ "President Biden Announces Appointees for the United States Holocaust Memorial Council". The White House. 2022-01-26. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
↑ Frank, Meryl (2022-08-09). Unearthed. Hachette Books. ISBN 978-0-306-82838-6.
↑ "About — MERYL FRANK - Unearthed". MERYL FRANK. Retrieved 2026-03-09.

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