Shailagh Murray | |
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Senior Advisor to the President | |
In office April 3, 2015 –January 20, 2017 Servingwith Brian Deese | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Dan Pfeiffer |
Succeeded by | Ivanka Trump Jared Kushner Stephen Miller Kevin Hassett |
Personal details | |
Born | Shailagh Jane Murray October 9,1965 Buffalo,New York,U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | University of Missouri (BA) Northwestern University (MA) |
Shailagh Jane Murray (born October 9,1965) is an American university administrator,former political aide and journalist who served as a senior advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama. [1] She previously served as deputy chief of staff and communications director for Vice President Joe Biden. [2]
Murray worked for The Wall Street Journal from 1999 to 2005. [2] She then became Capitol Hill correspondent for The Washington Post ,covering the elections of 2006,2008 and 2010. [2]
She joined the Office of the Vice President in 2011 as communications director and was later promoted to deputy chief of staff. [3]
In March 2015,she was named as the successor to Dan Pfeiffer as senior advisor to the President with a communications portfolio. [4]
In September 2018,she was appointed executive vice president for public affairs of Columbia University. [5]
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