WASHINGTON -- The Washington Post Company announced today that Christopher Schroeder has been elected treasurer. He also continues as director of corporate strategy, a position he has held since joining the company in August 1995. In this capacity, he helps plan the company's growth through development projects and acquisitions in media, education, and related fields.

From 1992 to 1995, Mr. Schroeder was a partner with Thayer Capital Partners, a Washington, D.C., acquisitions group. Previously he worked in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions at Salomon Brothers in New York. He served in the State Department during the Bush administration and also held key management roles in two Bush presidential campaigns.

Mr. Schroeder, 32, graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College and with honors from Harvard Business School. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Council on Germany.

He is married to Alexandra Coburn, an executive at the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). They have one son.

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Guyon Knight
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