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Eric Schultz
White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary
Assumed office
June 20, 2014
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byJosh Earnest
Communications Director for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
In office
February, 2009 – March, 2011
Personal details
Born1980 (age 43–44)
Syracuse, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Alma materWashington University

Eric Schultz (born 1980) is the incumbent White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary and is a special assistant to President Obama. He was Press Secretary for Senator Charles Schumer from January 2005 to April 2006 and Communications Director from May 2006 to April 2007. He was Deputy Campaign Manager for Al Franken during his successful run for the Minnesota Senate in 2008. He went on to be The Communications Director at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee from February 2009 to March 2011 and the Associate Communications Director at the White House from April 2011 to July 2014. After White House Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest replaced Jay Carney to became White House Press Secretary, Schultz was appointed White House Deputy Press Secretary.,[1][2]

Early life

  • 1998 graduate of Jamesville-DeWitt High School, DeWitt, New York
  • graduated Washington University in St. Louis with a degree in Political Communications

References

  1. ^ "Profile background".
  2. ^ How DeWitt's Eric Schultz found his way to the White House