Prior to that, he was a noted New York municipal bond lawyer, director of Nixon's 1968 presidential campaign, and one of Nixon's closest personal friends ; after his tenure as Attorney General, he served as director of Nixon's 1972 presidential campaign.

Prior to his tenure in office, the city's municipal administration was notably lax with regards to public works, and many urban dwellers lived in conditions of great poverty.

Prior was non-tendered on December 12, 2007, ending his tenure with the Chicago Cubs.

Prior to her tenure with The Supremes, Scherrie Payne was the lead singer for a group known as The Glass House.

Prior to his tenure as host, Nelson played various parody " guest star " characters such as Torgo from Manos: The Hands of Fate, Morrissey, body builder and Hercules star Steve Reeves, and continued to play the occasional side character even after he became host.

Prior to the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Sweetenham's tenure as Director marked considerable progress in British swimming.

Prior to Condon's tenure, the head of school was Richard Mueller, a former American Ambassador to Hong Kong.

Prior to Lavizzo-Mourey's tenure, Steve Schroeder served as the Foundation's president from 1990-2002.

Prior to her tenure as lieutenant governor, she was a teacher for 37 years.

Prior to Webb's tenure as mayor, he served as Denver City Auditor from 1987 to 1991, and as Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agenices in the Cabinet of Governor Richard Lamm from 1981 to 1987.

Prior to his tenure, the team had suffered losing seasons in five out of six years.

Prior to joining the George Washington University, he was one of the youngest professors to be offered tenure at the Tulane University Law School.

Prior to his tenure as dean, Ferruolo was a partner at the San Diego branch of Goodwin Procter, where his practice focused on business law.

Prior to his resignation, in 1991, Daim ’ s contribution was succinctly summed up as thus: “ Despite having much of his tenure clouded in controversy, the outgoing Finance Minister has nonetheless earned the reputation as one of the country ’ s ablest economic architects, having steered Malaysia through recession into four straight years of high growth .” In another article, “ Daim exits office having earned the distinction of being a hard – driving technocrat, who resisted pressure by rival ministers who wanted to alter fiscal policy for political expediency ….”

Prior to his recent appointments, and his tenure at the American Boychoir School, Dr. Litton was organist and director of music at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, New York for 13 years, and for an additional five years was the artistic consultant for the church.

Prior to his mayoral tenure, Doré worked as a lawyer for the Confédération des syndicats nationaux ( CSN )-the Confederation of National Trade Unions ( CNTU ).

Prior to becoming chairman of the Xinjiang region, Tiliwaldi's postings included deputy chief and chief of the Personnel Department for the Kashgar Prefecture, deputy commissioner of Kashgar, deputy secretary of Kashgar Prefectural Party Committee, commissioner of Kashgar, secretary-general for the Xinjiang Autonomous Regional Government, deputy political commissar of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps of the Army, standing committee member of the CPC Xinjiang Autonomous Regional Committee and deputy secretary of the Committee of Political and Legislative Affairs under the CPC Xinjiang Autonomous Regional Committee.

Prior to taking over Rock the Vote, Smith founded and directed Young Voter Strategies, a nonpartisan project in partnership with the Graduate School of Political Management at the George Washington University with support from The Pew Charitable Trusts.

Prior to marrying Daum, he was romantically linked with Jean Smith of the band Mecca Normal, who was revealed in the 2001 book Have Not Been the Same: The Can-Rock Renaissance 1985-1995 as the inspiration behind one of Spirit of the West's best-known hit singles, " Political ".

Prior to embarking on a political career, O ' Donnell was a Vice Chair of the Women's Political Association and a delegate to the National Women's Council.

Prior to becoming an MP he worked in several roles for Tony Blair, both in opposition and government, and was the Prime Minister's Political Secretary from 2002.

Prior to joining Saxum, he was a graduate teaching assistant in courses on American Government with the Department of Political Science at Oklahoma State University.

Prior to that he was Chair of the Department of Political Science and the Director of International Studies at Adrian College.

Prior to 1949, Xie served as a political commissar in the 4th Column of the 2nd Field Army, under a commissars ’ chain of command that led to Field Army Political Commissar Deng Xiaoping.

Prior to becoming president in 1997, McAleese had also held the following positions: Director of Channel 4 Television, Director, Northern Ireland Electricity, Director, Royal Group of Hospitals Trust and Founding member of the Irish Commission for Prisoners Overseas.

Prior to her appointment, she was Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement.

Prior to holding this position, Weinberger was the Vice President, Director, and General Counsel of the Bechtel Group of companies.

Prior to 1991, Dr. Fabelo served in different capacities at the agency, including Director of Research and Deputy Director.

Prior to his retirement from the KWI-A in 1942, Fischer prepared the transition of leadership from himself to Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer, the second Director of the KWI-A, partly through a shift in emphasis from twin study to phenogenetics.

Prior to that, Carlucci served in a variety of senior-level governmental positions, including Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity in the Richard Nixon administration, Deputy Director of the CIA in the Jimmy Carter administration, and Deputy Secretary of Defense and National Security Adviser in the Reagan administration.

Prior to this appointment, he served as the United States Deputy Secretary of State and as the first ever Director of National Intelligence.

Prior to establishment of the DNI, the head of the Intelligence Community was the Director of Central Intelligence ( DCI ).

Prior to the merger, he was a Director of Southern Pacific from June 1988 to September 1996, and Non-Executive Chairman of Southern Pacific from 1993 to September 1996.

Prior to 2004, the Director of Central Intelligence ( DCI ) was the head of the IC, in addition to being the director of the CIA.

Prior to his EBRD service, Mr de Larosière was an able and tough-minded Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) from June 17, 1978 to January 15, 1987, and Governor of the Banque de France from 1987 to 1993.

Prior to joining the Administration, he was Vice President and Director of Business-Government Relations of the Committee for Economic Development.

Prior to this, as Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence, Souers had been one of the architects of the system that came into being with the President's directive.

Prior to his present position, Bartoe was Director of Operations and Utilization in the Space Station Office of NASA Headquarters from 1990 to 1994.

Prior to assuming the Presidency of NRB, Dr. Wright served as the founding Executive Director of the Center for Christian Statesmanship, a spiritually-based outreach to members of Congress and their staff.

Prior to joining the Council on Aging Johnson served as the Director of Public Affairs and Chief Spokesman for the Henderson County Sheriff's Office.

Prior to joining Boeing ( McDonnell Douglas at the time ), Melnick was Vice President / Director for Shuttle Engineering at United Space Alliance, formerly Lockheed Martin Space Operations, from 1994 to 1996.

Prior to his service with the EAC Chairman DeGregorio served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the International Foundation for Election Systems ( IFES ), and was Director of Elections for St. Louis County, Missouri from 1985 to 1993.

Prior to March 7, he was the Director, Program Analysis and Evaluation, Office of the Secretary of Defense.

Prior to coming to Logo, Sherman was Senior Vice President and Group Account Director of the New York office of the Hill Holliday advertising agency.