The White House press secretary is a senior White House official whose primary responsibility is to act as spokesperson for the executive branch of the United States federal government,especially with regard to the president,senior aides and executives,as well as government policies.
Joseph Patrick Lockhart is a spokesman and communications consultant,best known for being the 21st White House Press Secretary during the administration of U.S. President Bill Clinton. Previously,he had worked as press secretary for several Democratic politicians,including Walter Mondale,Paul Simon,and Michael Dukakis. Following his work as press secretary in the Clinton administration,he was an advisor to John Kerry during his 2004 presidential campaign. He subsequently founded and became managing director of the communications consulting firm The Glover Park Group,worked for Facebook from 2011 to 2012,and was executive vice president of communications and public affairs for the NFL from 2016 to 2018.
Ronald Alan Klain is an American attorney,political consultant,and former lobbyist who served as White House chief of staff under President Joe Biden from 2021 to 2023.
The Democratic Governors Association (DGA) is a Washington,D.C.–based 527 organization founded in 1983,consisting of U.S. state and territorial governors affiliated with the Democratic Party. The mission of the organization is to provide party support to the election and re-election of Democratic gubernatorial candidates. The DGA's Republican counterpart is the Republican Governors Association. The DGA is not directly affiliated with the non-partisan National Governors Association.
Counselor to the President is a title used by high-ranking political advisors to the president of the United States and senior members of the White House Office.
Jacob Joseph Lew is an American attorney and diplomat serving as the United States ambassador to Israel. He was the seventy-sixth United States secretary of the treasury from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,he also served as the twenty-fifth White House chief of staff from 2012 to 2013 and as director of the Office of Management and Budget in both the Clinton administration and Obama administration.
Bruce Reed is an American political advisor and non-profit administrator who was the president of the Broad Foundation. Prior to assuming that role in December 2013,he served as Chief of Staff to U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and as CEO of the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC). On December 22,2020,it was announced that Reed would serve as a White House deputy chief of staff in the Biden administration,along with Jen O'Malley Dillon.
Robert Lane Gibbs is an American communication professional who served as executive vice president and global chief communications officer of McDonald's from 2015 to 2019 and as the 27th White House Press Secretary from 2009 to 2011.
The presidential transition of Barack Obama began when he won the United States presidential election on November 4,2008,and became the president-elect. Obama was formally elected by the Electoral College on December 15,2008. The results were certified by a joint session of Congress on January 8,2009,and the transition ended when Obama was inaugurated on January 20,2009.
Thomas Edward Donilon is an American lawyer,business executive,and former government official who served as the 22nd National Security Advisor in the Obama administration from 2010 to 2013. Donilon also worked in the Carter and Clinton administrations. He is now Chairman of the BlackRock Investment Institute,the firm's global think tank.
The White House staff position of liaison to the American Jewish community is a role charged with serving as a presidential administration's voice to the community and gathering the community's consensus viewpoint on issues affecting it for the benefit of White House policymakers. It has existed at least as early as the Carter Administration.
Barack Obama assumed office as the 44th president of the United States on January 20,2009,and his term ended on January 20,2017. The president has the authority to nominate members of his Cabinet to the United States Senate for confirmation under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution.
Jennifer Rene Psaki is an American television political analyst and former government official. A political advisor who served under both the Obama and Biden administrations,she served the Biden administration as the 34th White House press secretary until May 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously served in the Obama administration as the White House deputy press secretary (2009);the White House deputy communications director (2009–2011);the spokesperson for the United States Department of State (2013–2015);and the White House communications director (2015–2017). Psaki was a political contributor for CNN from 2017 to 2020. As of March 2023,she hosts the talk-show Inside with Jen Psaki on MSNBC.
On April 4,2011,Barack Obama,the 44th president of the United States,announced his candidacy for re-election as president. On September 5,2012,he again became the nominee of the Democratic Party for the 2012 presidential election. Along with his running mate,Vice President Joe Biden,Obama was opposed in the general election by former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney,along with various minor candidates from other parties. The election took place on Tuesday,November 6,2012.
Joshua Ryan Henry Earnest is an American political advisor who served as White House press secretary under President Barack Obama from 2014 to 2017. He was Obama's third Press Secretary and the 29th to hold the position. He succeeded Jay Carney as Obama's press secretary,in 2014,and was succeeded by President Donald Trump's first presidential press secretary,Sean Spicer. He is Executive Vice President of Communications and Advertising for United Airlines.
Duty:Memoirs of a Secretary at War is a nonfiction book written by Robert M. Gates,a former U.S. secretary of defense. It was published in January 2014 by Alfred A. Knopf. The book recounts Gates's service in the George W. Bush administration (2006–2009) and the Obama administration (2009–2011),including his experiences managing the Afghan and Iraq wars.
Brian Edward Fallon Jr. is an American political operative. He was the national press secretary for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign,a role he began in March 2015,and is currently a senior advisor for Kamala Harris's 2024 presidential campaign. In 2018,he founded the legal advocacy organization Demand Justice.
Raj Shah is an American political aide who served as the White House Deputy Press Secretary and Deputy Assistant to the President from 2017 to 2019. Before joining the Trump administration,Shah was in charge of opposition research at the Republican National Committee. He is currently deputy chief of staff for communications for House Speaker Mike Johnson.
Andrew James Bates is a political staffer serving as Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Deputy Press Secretary. A member of the Democratic Party,he was previously the Director of Rapid Response for the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign. Bates also worked in the Obama-Biden Administration as Press Secretary for the U.S. Trade Representative (2014–2016) and as a communications aide in the White House (2010–2013). Bates was the North Carolina communications director for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign and led the Democratic super PAC American Bridge's House races arm in 2018.
