C of O hires former White House staff member

Angela Ussery Williamson has returned to the Ozarks after working a stint in the U.S. capital. She joined College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout this summer as the college's director of alumni affairs.

Williamson, a 2000 C of O graduate, comes to Point Lookout from Washington, D.C., where she served as deputy White House liaison in the Office of the Attorney General and as a correspondence analyst in the Office of First Lady Laura Bush. She has also worked as a senior press assistant in the Office of Public Affairs for the U.S. Department of Justice.

As director of alumni affairs, Williamson is in charge of contacting alumni, planning events, sponsoring the Student Alumni Association and supervising student workers in her department.

"Whether they graduated in 1959 or 2009, alumni share a common bond of working for their education," Williamson said in a news release.

She replaces Helen Youngblood, who retired in June after 19 years with the college.