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Jennifer Palmieri

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Jennifer Palmieri
Jennifer Palmieri, Aug. 2013 (cropped).jpg
White House Director of Communications
In office
January 25, 2013 – April 1, 2015
President Barack Obama
Preceded by Dan Pfeiffer
Succeeded by Jen Psaki
Personal details
Born (1966-11-15) November 15, 1966 (age 49)
Pascagoula, Mississippi, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Alma mater American University

Jennifer Palmieri /ˈdʒɛnᵻfər pɔːlˈmɛəri/[1] is Director of Communications for the 2016 Hillary Clinton presidential campaign.

She previously served as White House Communications Director for U.S. President Barack Obama. Prior to her service at the White House, she served as the President of the Center for American Progress Action Fund.

Earlier, Palmieri was the National Press Secretary for the 2004 John Edwards presidential campaign and the National Press Secretary for the Democratic National Committee in 2002. Palmieri also served as a White House Deputy Press Secretary, Special Assistant to White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta and Deputy Director of Scheduling and Advance in the Clinton White House.

Palmieri was born in Pascagoula, Mississippi.[2] After graduating from American University, Palmieri began her career working for then Congressman Leon Panetta (D-CA).[2][3]

Palmieri attracted controversy during the hack of emails from Clinton campaign chair John Podesta released by Wikileaks.[4][5][6][7][8] In one of these alleged emails, Palmieri was responding back to John Halpin; "I imagine they think [Catholicism] is the most socially acceptable politically conservative religion. Palmieri was seen as criticizing Rupert Murdoch when writing that; "Their rich friends wouldn't understand if they became evangelicals.[4][5][6][7][8][9] Podesta did not respond in the email thread.[7] Palmieri who is herself a Catholic, said aboard Clinton's campaign plane that she has no recollection of the email.[10]

References

  1. ^ The White House (February 11, 2013). Jennifer Palmieri on the State of the Union (web video). Retrieved July 16, 2016.  (Her pronunciation of her own name)
  2. ^ a b Easton, Nina (June 8, 2015). "The loyal — and discreet — political operative behind Hillary Clinton". Fortune. www.fortune.com. Retrieved 2016-10-13.
  3. ^ "Jennifer Palmieri - The White House". WhiteHouse.gov. Retrieved September 30, 2014. 
  4. ^ a b Asher, Julie. "WikiLeaks hack exposes Clinton staff's past Catholic conversations". national catholic reporter. Retrieved 19 October 2016. 
  5. ^ a b Wolfgang, Ben. "Clinton campaign mocks Catholics, Southerners, 'needy Latinos' in emails". Washington Times. Retrieved 19 October 2016. 
  6. ^ a b Merica, Dan. "Clinton campaign chief helped start Catholic organisations to create 'revolution' in the Church". Catholic Herald. Retrieved 19 October 2016. 
  7. ^ a b c Pulliam Bailey, Sarah. "WikiLeaks emails appear to show Clinton spokeswoman joking about Catholics and evangelicals". Washington Post. Retrieved 19 October 2016. 
  8. ^ a b Bash, Dana; Diaz, Daniella. "First on CNN: Religious leaders slam Clinton campaign over emails". CNN. Retrieved 19 October 2016. 
  9. ^ Merica, Dan. "Palmieri doesn't recognize controversial email about Catholics". CNN. Retrieved 14 October 2016. 
  10. ^ Staff. "13 revelations from Wikileaks' hacked Clinton emails". BBC. Retrieved 19 October 2016. 
Political offices
Preceded by
Dan Pfeiffer
White House Director of Communications
2013–2015
Succeeded by
Jen Psaki