Stephen Zack Appointed to Advisory Committee on the Arts
President Biden announced his intent to appoint Stephan N. Zack of Boies Schiller Flexner to the President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts (PACA).
PACA was founded in 1958 by President Eisenhower and has played an important role in sustaining the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the National Cultural Center. Those on the committee are civic and cultural leaders that represent their own communities for the Kennedy Center and members are considered ambassadors for the arts.
From the White House press release:
Stephen N. Zack is an Attorney, Partner, and Executive Committee member at Boies Schiller Flexner LLP. He was nominated by President Barack Obama for the position of Alternate U.S. Representative to the Sixty-eighth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, and he served as Senior Advisor to the United States Department of State. He served as the first Hispanic President of the American Bar Association and he was also the youngest President of the Florida Bar. Zack represented former Vice President Al Gore in the trial of Bush v. Gore. He was appointed by Governor Lawton Chiles to re-write the Florida Constitution as a member of the Florida Constitution Revision Commission. Zack served as General Counsel to Florida’s former Governor and U.S. Senator Bob Graham and also Chaired the Florida Ethics Commission. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Law Institute. Zack is a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. He was recognized by The American Lawyer with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his many years of service and accomplished career. Zack received a B.A. from the University of Florida and a J.D. from the University of Florida Law School and received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University. He has also received honorary degrees from numerous law schools.
