How to Use executive secretary in a Sentence

executive secretary

noun
  • The bride served as Carter’s executive secretary and the groom was a state trooper.
    — Jennifer Brett, ajc, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Any materials for the board should be given to the executive secretary ahead of the meeting.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 15 July 2022
  • Fleitz is a Bolton ally who served as executive secretary of the NSC last year.
    — Kevin Freking, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2019
  • One of the authors, David Cooper, is its deputy executive secretary.
    — Catrin Einhorn New York Times, Star Tribune, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Yan introduced Wang to Chen, who Wang says took a liking to him and asked him to serve as his executive secretary.
    — Brian Nishii Tanya Pérez Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The executive secretary to the town manager said Bromson is on vacation this week.
    — Seamus McAvoy, courant.com, 18 Nov. 2021
  • But one, an executive secretary in the front office, resigned in October.
    — Clark Spencer, miamiherald, 13 Mar. 2018
  • The executive secretary for the superintendent and school board appears to also be vacant for the moment.
    — Ricardo Cano, azcentral, 25 June 2018
  • Amelia taught in the Olmsted Falls school district and Clara, an executive secretary at a local bank.
    — cleveland.com, 28 June 2019
  • Rachel Rubin, the executive secretary to the Board of Trustees and president’s chief of staff, is retiring.
    — Seamus McAvoy, courant.com, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Cathy served as executive secretary for the Jamaica Progressive League for three years and became president twice.
    — courant.com, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Boike selected Cupid for the first postage meter and chamber executive secretary Doris Pfeister agreed to stamp the postage on any that came through the chamber.
    — Chuck Gibson, Cincinnati.com, 13 Feb. 2018
  • Rakhlin was a longtime member of the foreign film committee (now knowns as the non-English language film committee) and served six terms as executive secretary and one as treasurer.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 24 Jan. 2022
  • The executive secretary leads the organization and works with a nearly 50-member executive council made up of the heads of labor councils and unions across the state.
    — Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2022
  • Scott Pace, the executive secretary of the National Space Council, said in an interview.
    — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 26 July 2019
  • This was a brazen attempt to seize control from the FDIC executive secretary, who alone is in charge of official board distributions.
    — Jelena McWilliams, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2021
  • On Monday morning, the executive secretary of the space council, Scott Pace, outlined some of the space traffic management changes in a call with a handful of space reporters.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 18 June 2018
  • Soon after the fire, Perkins was named executive secretary of New York’s Committee on Safety, leading inspections of factories and work sites across the state.
    — Amanda Hatch, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
  • For non-union employees, such as principals, assistant principals, district-level administrators and executive secretaries, furloughs are allowed.
    — Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 24 Feb. 2026
  • By the spring of 2017, Brown and his staff, led by Nancy McFadden, his executive secretary, were working hard to gain support for cap-and-trade renewal across a large network of stakeholders.
    — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2018
  • He was later named executive secretary for the Maryland Transportation Authority and helped lead the initial startup and operation of the Fort McHenry Tunnel.
    — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Brazil’s Minister of Culture executive secretary Márcio Tavares will preside the meeting, as the hosting country currently holds the Forum’s temporary presidency.
    — Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 26 May 2026
  • In a statement published on Thursday, Simon Stiell, UNFCCC executive secretary, said that the decision would only hurt the United States in the long run.
    — Simmone Shah, Time, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Elena Vilardell, technical and executive secretary of Ibermedia, received an industry tribute in recognition of her tireless efforts to foster collaboration across Ibero-American countries.
    — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Devoe, a human-rights specialist who previously served as executive secretary of the government’s National Human Rights Council, was presented by pro-government figures as a sign of institutional normalization.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The Justice Department, which oversees the immigration courts, requested the assistance from the Defense Department, according to the memo sent by the Pentagon’s executive secretary to his DOJ counterpart.
    — Konstantin Toropin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Walter White, executive secretary of the NAACP, lobbied the film studios in 1942 to stop portraying Blacks in demeaning, stereotypical roles, specifically citing Fetchit.
    — Literary Hub, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Murray rose through the ranks during her time with the Boston Housing Authority, working first as a clerk, then as a senior management aide, and finally as an executive secretary in the property management division, from late 2022 to October 2024.
    — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Born on March 4, 1932, in Seattle on to Thomas Freebairn-Smith, a Welsh radio announcer who became the first executive secretary of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and wife Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Peers, Freebairn-Smith moved with his family to California by age 3.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
  • As executive secretary of Florida’s NAACP, Moore helped the organization grow to 63 branches and 10,000 members, and register 116,000 voters — 31% of Black voting-age Floridians — in the six years after the Supreme Court’s 1944 decision outlawing white primaries.
    — Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025

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