Madeleine Albright on November 13, 1997. "The Chief of Protocol, by Presidential direction, serves as Chief of Protocol for the U.S. Government, and as the official protocol officer for the White House. In this capacity, she advises the President, the Vice President, and the Secretary of State in the fulfillment of the U.S. Government's obligation relating to national and international protocol in the United States or in which the United States participates abroad." In addition, as Chief of Protocol, she managed Blair House, the official guest house of the President which hosts visiting dignitaries and other guests of the president. Personal life For many years, French lived in Little Rock, where she was on the Arkansas Governor's Mansion Board, serving as its president from 1991 until 1992. From 1990 to 1992, she was on the Arkansas Historic Preservation State Review Board and was a member of the Arkansas Arts Center. French was married, and divorced, from Bill Roberts, a rice farmer with whom she had three children. References Living people 1938 births Chiefs of Protocol of the United States