Charlotte Mailliard Shultz

Charlotte Mailliard Shultz
Mailliard in June 2021
Born
Charlotte Smith

(1933-09-26)September 26, 1933
DiedDecember 3, 2021(2021-12-03) (aged 88)
EducationUniversity of Arkansas (BA)
Occupation(s)Philanthropist
Chief of Protocol for the City and County of San Francisco
Spouses
John Ward Mailliard III
(died 1986)
(m. 1988; died 1993)
(m. 1997; died 2021)

Charlotte Mailliard Shultz (née Smith; September 26, 1933 – December 3, 2021) was a socialite and philanthropist. She was the Chief of Protocol for the state of California, and the Chief of Protocol for the City and County of San Francisco.[1] She was married to former United States Secretary of State George P. Shultz,[2] from 1997 until his death in 2021.

Mailliard Shultz was President of the board of the War Memorial Performing Arts Center and a member of the boards of the San Francisco Symphony, Grace Cathedral, the Commonwealth Club of California, and the San Francisco Ballet.[3] A native Texan, Mailliard Shultz often quipped about San Francisco, "... if I don't pay my dues, they may send me back to Texas!"[4]

  1. ^ "Mayor Lee Appoints Charlotte Mailliard Shultz as Chief of Protocol". City and County of San Francisco. February 11, 2011. Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  2. ^ "George P. Shultz, Charlotte Swig". The New York Times. August 17, 1997. Archived from the original on December 16, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  3. ^ Service, Wire (June 16, 2022) [December 3, 2021]. "Charlotte Mailliard Shultz, San Francisco's longest serving chief of protocol, has died". San Francisco Examiner. Archived from the original on October 23, 2023. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  4. ^ Archambeau, Kathleen (2006). Climbing the Corporate Ladder in High Heels. Career Press. p. 70. ISBN 1-56414-876-9.