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United States President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris announced an all-female White House Senior Communications team on Sunday.
In this is the former Director of Communications of the Obama White House, Jen Psaki, as press secretary.
“I am proud to announce today the White House's first senior communications team made up entirely of women.
These skilled and experienced communicators bring diverse perspectives to their work and a shared commitment to better rebuild this country, ”Biden said in a statement.
Kate Bedingfield, who served as the campaign's deputy director and communications director, will be the White House Communications Director.
Pili Tobar, who served as the coalition's communications director for the campaign, will serve as the White House's deputy communications director.
Karine Jean-Pierre, Biden's senior campaign advisor, who later served as Harris's general secretary, will serve as deputy senior deputy press secretary.
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Symone Sanders, Biden's senior advisor on the campaign, will serve as the vice president's senior advisor and main spokesperson.
Ashley Etienne, Senior Campaign Advisor for Biden, will serve as Communications Director to the Vice President.
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Elizabeth Alexander, Biden's senior campaign advisor, will serve as Communications Director for First Lady Jill Biden.
These seven women, several of whom are women of color, will fill some of the most visible roles in the Biden administration.
Women's Communications Team: "Experienced and Talented"
Harris, who will make history as the nation's first vice president, described the newly announced team as "experienced, talented and a barrier breaker."
“Our country faces unprecedented challenges, from the novel coronavirus pandemic to the economic crisis, the climate crisis, and a longstanding recognition of racial injustice.
To overcome these challenges, we must communicate clearly, honestly, and transparently with the American people, and this experienced, talented, and barrier-breaking team will help us do just that.
These communications professionals express our commitment to building a White House that reflects the best of our nation, ”Harris said in a statement.
Janet Yellen was appointed as Biden's Secretary of the Treasury on November 30, 2020.
These women make up the Biden Communications team
Psaki, a former CNN policy commentator, was also a spokesperson for the State Department during the Obama administration and previously served as the White House Deputy Director of Communications and White House Deputy Secretary of Press.
She has served on three presidential campaigns, including as a roving press secretary for the 2008 Obama-Biden campaign and as a roving press secretary and senior advisor for the 2012 campaign, and as a deputy press secretary for John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign .
Bedingfield served in the White House under the Obama administration as Biden's Director of Communications.
She previously worked at the Motion Picture Association of America, where she was Vice President of Corporate Communications.
Bedingfield was also the spokesperson for John Edwards' 2008 presidential campaign and the Director of Communications for the 2008 Senate campaign of Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire.
Tobar previously served as the deputy director of America's Voice, a group that works for immigrant rights.
She served as director of Hispanic Media for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Also as National Director of Hispanic Media and Western Regional Press Secretary for the Democratic National Committee, Communications Director for Arizona Democratic Representative Ruben Gallego, and Communications Director for the Latina Victoria Project.
Other members of the Biden Communications team
Jean-Pierre worked for the Obama and Martin O'Malley presidential campaigns and served as a political analyst for NBC and MSNBC.
She was the Director of Public Affairs at MoveOn.org and led the campaign for the Reproductive Freedom Initiative of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Sanders served as the National Press Secretary for Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders during his 2016 presidential campaign. He later joined CNN as a political commentator.
Sanders is the past chair of the Emerging Leaders Committee of the Juvenile Justice Coalition and is a former member of the Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice.
Etienne previously served as Director of Communications and Senior Advisor to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and was the first woman and person of color to hold the position.
Etienne was a special assistant to the president and chief communications officer for the cabinet under the Obama administration.
He also led communications on Obama's My Brother's Keeper initiative.
Alexander previously worked under the Obama administration as Biden's press secretary.
She had served as Biden's Director of Communications when he was a senator.
Alexander worked as a federal prosecutor in the US Attorney's offices in Washington and Alexandria, Virginia.
Alexander also served as Press Secretary for the United Nations Foundation, as Press Secretary to then-Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe, Communications Director for California Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, and Schumer's Deputy Press Secretary.
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