Lurita Doan
| Lurita Doan | |
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| 18th Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration |
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In office May 31, 2006 – April 29, 2008 |
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| President | George W. Bush |
| Deputy | David Bibb (2003–2008) |
| Preceded by | Stephen A. Perry |
| Succeeded by | James A. Williams (acting) |
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Lurita Alexis January 4, 1958 New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater |
Vassar College University of Tennessee |
| Profession | Radio Commentator |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Lurita Alexis Doan (born Lurita Alexis; January 4, 1958) is a businesswoman, political commentator, and former political appointee who was the administrator of the United States General Services Administration, the government's contracting agency, from May 31, 2006, to April 29, 2008, during the administration of Republican U.S. President George W. Bush. She is the first woman to have held this position. Her tenure was marked by considerable controversy, including allegations that she had violated the Hatch Act.
A member of the Republican Party, Doan is a conservative commentator on Federal News Radio 1500AM in Washington, D.C.. She hosts the weekly opinion editorial, "Leadership Matters".
Doan was born in New Orleans in 1958, the daughter of Lucien Victor Alexis, Jr., head of a New Orleans business school for black students, and his wife, who is of Louisiana Creole ancestry. Alexis' paternal grandfather was Lucien Alexis, Sr., a New Orleans businessman. Doan attended Ursuline Academy, a Roman Catholic school for girls in New Orleans. She graduated from Ursuline in 1975. Doan graduated with honors in English from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. Doan received a master's degree in Renaissance Literature in 1983 from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
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