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Gabe Amo
Personal details
Born
Gabriel Felix Kofi Amo

1987 or 1988 (age 35–36)
Pawtucket, Rhode Island, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationWheaton College (BA)
Merton College, Oxford (MS)

Gabriel Felix Kofi Amo (born 1987/1988)[1] was the Deputy Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and Special Assistant to the President, where he served as President Biden’s principal liaison to mayors and local elected officials from January 20, 2021 – April 16, 2023.

Education

Amo graduated from Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode Island, where he was President of the Student Senate and received the Rhode Island Secretary of State’s Civic Leadership Award.[2] Amo also was selected to participate in the United States Senate Youth Program in Washington, D.C.

Amo received a B.A. from Wheaton College in Massachusetts, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude. He was also President of the Student Government Association.[3] Amo received a Truman Scholarship, Public Policy and International Affairs Fellowship, and a Marshall Scholarship to study comparative social policy at Merton College, Oxford.[4][5]

Career

Amo served as the Deputy Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and Special Assistant to the President, where he worked as President Biden’s principal liaison to mayors and local elected officials.[3] Amo previously worked in the White House Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs in the Obama Administration, where he served as a liaison to governors and other state officials. He also worked on the 2013 Presidential Inaugural Committee.[6][7]

Before joining the Biden administration, Amo worked as National States Strategy and Program Advisor on the Biden-Harris Campaign and served on the Biden-Harris transition team.[5]

Amo was previously appointed by former Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo as Director of Public Engagement and Community Affairs, where he served as Governor Raimondo’s principal advisor on outreach to Rhode Island’s business, faith, local government, and other communities.[2]

Amo has also worked as senior advisor on Governor Gina Raimondo’s 2018 re-election campaign [need cite, should be a Providence Journal article] and as National Political Coordinator for the Obama-Biden 2012 re-election campaign.[8][7] In college, Amo worked for Sheldon Whitehouse’s 2006 Senate election campaign and volunteered for Obama for America.[9]

2023 congressional campaign

Amo is currently a candidate for Rhode Island's 1st congressional district's 2023 special election. He left his White House job to run for the seat, following incumbent Representative David Ciciline announcing his resignation from Congress to run the Rhode Island Foundation.[10]

Personal life

Amo is a native of Pawtucket, Rhode Island.[2] Amo’s father and mother immigrated to Rhode Island from Ghana and Liberia, respectively.[11]

In 2022, Amo was the Ghana Diaspora Public Affairs Collective’s distinguished honoree at the Golden Gala and Awards Symposium, honoring senior government Ghanaian-American officials.[12] In 2019, he received the distinguished Young Alumnus/a Award from Moses Brown School. 2017, he received Higher Ground International’s “Clan Chief Award”.

References

  1. ^ "630 Under 30: Aberger, Amo go from White House to State House". WPRO. July 27, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c McGowan, Dan (February 22, 2021). "Another Rhode Islander has joined the Biden Administration - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  3. ^ a b "Gabe Amo | IGA". The White House. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ a b "Gabe Amo '10 appointed to White House role". Wheaton College Massachusetts. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  6. ^ "Gabe Amo - National Nonpartisan Conversation on Voter Rights". 2022-09-20. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  7. ^ a b "Democracy in Action Websites on Presidential Campaigns- Campaign Literature Archive". democracyinaction.us.
  8. ^ "Gabe Amo". whitehouse.gov. 2013-03-07. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  9. ^ Lund, Jenni (2011-05-19). "Gabe Amo '10". Blog. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  10. ^ Gregg, Katherine (2023-04-18). "Former White House aide Gabe Amo announces CD1 run".
  11. ^ "Biden taps Ghanaian Liberian millennial for key White House role". DNT. 2021-02-23. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  12. ^ Ofori, Oral (2022-09-26). "GH-PAC Inaugural Golden Gala & Awards Symposium celebrated Ghanaian excellence". Embassy of Ghana, Washington DC. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
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