Linda Douglass is an American political advisor, former government official, and former journalist who served as the head of communications for Bloomberg L.P. Douglass had previously served as a communications advisor in the Obama Administration.
Linda Douglass | |
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Director of Communications for the White House Office of Health Reform | |
In office May 2009 – April 2010 | |
President | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Position established |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | John R. Phillips |
Children | 1 |
Bildung | University of Southern California (BA) |
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Douglass earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the University of Southern California.[1]
Career
Douglass had a long career as journalist with ABC News and CBS News and covered some of the major events of the 1990s and early 2000s.[2] She was awarded the National Press Foundation's Everett Dirksen Award for Distinguished Coverage of Congress in 1999.[3] She began her journalism career in 1973 with KNXT.
Douglass served as a senior strategist and spokeswoman for the Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign.[4] Following Obama's victory, Douglass was appointed spokeswoman for the presidential inauguration committee.[5] During President Barack Obama's first term, she was director of communications for the White House Office of Health Reform from 2009 to 2010.[6][7][8][9]
In June 2010, she was named Vice President and Head of Corporate and Strategic communications at Atlantic Media,[10] and later became Senior Vice President of Global Communications.[11] In 2013, she moved to Italy when her husband, John Phillips, was named ambassador to Italy.[12] In 2019, she endorsed Pete Buttigieg in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries.[13]
Personal life
Douglass is married to the former United States ambassador to Italy, John R. Phillips, and they have one daughter.[14][15]
References
- ^ "Linda Douglass, living 2015". www.douglashistory.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
- ^ "Linda Douglass". ABC News. 11 November 2005.
- ^ "Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Distinguished Reporting of Congress - National Press Foundation".
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Linda Douglass". The Washington Post. July 26, 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
- ^ Kurtz, Howard (April 8, 2010). "Linda Douglass leaving White House". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 11, 2010.
- ^ Allen, Mike. "Presented by Starbucks: Linda Douglass will wear two hats — Ebony's 'Power 150' — Halperin-Heilemann's HBO deal finally announced — Navy SEALs: 'The only easy day was yesterday'". POLITICO. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
- ^ Allen, Mike. "Viral campaign: White House makes snap video featuring Linda Douglass to debunk 'scare' clip on Drudge -- Bill Clinton is in North Korea on Obama-approved mission to free two detained journalists". POLITICO. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
- ^ Alex Alvarez (June 10, 2010). "Linda Douglass Returns To Atlantic Media". Retrieved September 13, 2013.
- ^ "Linda Douglass to Join Bloomberg Media as Global Head of Communications". Bloomberg L.P. 7 July 2015.
- ^ "New USA Ambassador to Italy Charms Italians with a Special Video". www.italymagazine.com. 12 September 2013.
- ^ Phillip, Abby (5 December 2019). "Pete Buttigieg scores endorsements from former Obama officials". CNN. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
- ^ Davis, Julie Hirschfeld (2014-07-14). "At Dinner Tables, a Restless Obama Finds an Intellectual Escape". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
- ^ Sipher, Devan (2010-09-03). "Katie Phillips and Keith Byrd". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
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