Charlene "Charlie" Fern was born on in 1968 and is an American speechwriter, business owner, public speaker and journalist who served as First Lady Laura Bush's speechwriter for six years, first in the Texas Governor's Office, then at the White House, through October 2002.
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Charlie Fern was born in Newport, Rhode Island, and spent her childhood and school-age years in Fairfax County, Virginia, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, and Dallas, Texas.
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Charlie Fern worked in that capacity until the 2000 presidential campaign, when she moved to the Texas Attorney General's Office to work for then-Attorney General John Cornyn as press aide and chief speechwriter.
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Charlie Fern worked with presidential speechwriters Michael Gerson, Matthew Scully, Pete Wehner and David Frum in offices inside the Old Executive Office Building and, later, in the East Wing.
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Charlie Fern wrote speeches for US Navy ship dedications, toasts and roasts for heads of state, White House Conferences, Congressional Testimonies, and United Nations hearings.
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Charlie Fern was vice president of the Friends of Texas Public Schools.
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Charlie Fern worked, beginning in 2018, as vice president of global communications for HomeAway.
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Charlie Fern provides public relations, publicity, promotions, writing, and strategic messaging services for nationally known and recognized leaders and executives, celebrities, musicians, media, public and private organizations, and non-profits.
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Charlie Fern delivers lectures on communications-related topics throughout the country.
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Charlie Fern served as an adjunct professor at St Edward's University in Austin, Texas, from 2009 to 2012.
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Charlie Fern was inducted into the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association's Hall of Fame during its 2016 annual conference in Dallas.