Linda Douglass was Director of Communications for the White House Office of Health Reform in the Obama Administration (May 2009[1] – April 2010).[2] Since June 2010, she has been Vice President, Head of Corporate and Strategic Communications at Atlantic Media.[3]
Douglass was first associated with Barack Obama as a senior strategist and spokeswoman of his presidential campaign. She joined his campaign on May 21, 2008.[4] Following Obama's victory in the November 2008 presidential elections, Douglass was appointed spokesperson of the presidential inauguration committee.[5]
Douglass is a former journalist with ABC News and CBS News, and began her journalism career in 1973 with KCBS-TV, the Los Angeles affiliate of CBS.
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Douglass holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the University of Southern California. Douglass is one of the first women to have attended college in her family.
Family
Douglass is married to United States Ambassador to Italy John R. Phillips.
References
- ^ "Linda Douglass". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
- ^ Kurtz, Howard (April 8, 2010). "Linda Douglass leaving White House". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 11, 2010.
- ^ Alex Alvarez (June 10, 2010). "Linda Douglass Returns To Atlantic Media". Retrieved September 13, 2013.
- ^ Frederick, Don (May 21, 2008). "Linda Douglass, well-known journalist, becomes a partisan". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
- ^ Seelye, Katharine (November 25, 2008). "Obama Places Stringent Limits on Inaugural Contributions". The New York Times. Retrieved September 13, 2013.