In the 80s she worked for Nasa as an ambassador, with a brief to help recruit minority and women astronauts.
This week Kofi Annan, the UN secretary-general, appointed Bill Clinton as his special representative on the relief effort, with a brief to help sustain international interest.
The government appointed an inter-ministerial committee, briefed to help the families of the dead and injured, issue death certificates, arrange counselling and help arrange and pay for funerals.
Columbia Pictures Asia, a Hong Kong-based unit of Sony Pictures Entertainment with a brief to help make Chinese-language films, was also in the mix, it being understood that all of these entities are owned by Sony, which is based in Tokyo.
As Edlynne Laryea Head of the Worldwide Digital Center of Excellence at Johnson & Johnson pointed out, 'companies often leave data until the end', and this can hold back marketers from knowing how to prepare 'a truly-data driven brief to help (our brands) be laser-focused on what is relevant'.
A set of three publications: a manual to assist schoolteachers, parents and the community in starting or improving a school garden; a teaching kit of lessons to supplement and support gardening activities, and a policy brief to help governments and development partners promote school gardens for better nutrition and health.
Creating a brief interlude to help us see how off base we are can work wonders.
Some designs have a block diagram, corresponding to the VHDL design code and some brief comments to help explain the code.
Cucumber consists mostly of water, so it needs gentle and brief cooking to help it blend smoothly and bring out the flavours and to help prevent it separating once it's blended and chilled.
Healthy Futures, which also offers brief interventions to help with the timely discharge of inpatients with less complex housing and support needs, has worked with more than 330 patients since it began in October 2013.
