Linda Douglass

Linda Douglass was director of communications for the White House Office of Health Reform in the Obama Administration (May 2009[1]–April 2010).[2] In June 2010, she was named Vice President, Head of Corporate and Strategic communications at Atlantic Media.[3] She was later named Senior Vice President of Global Communications. She left that position in June, 2013 to do independent consulting.[4] Later that year, she moved to Italy when her husband, John Phillips, was named ambassador to Italy.[5]

Douglass was first associated with Barack Obama as a senior strategist and spokeswoman of his presidential campaign. She joined his campaign on May 21, 2008.[6] Following Obama's victory in the November 2008 presidential elections, Douglass was appointed spokeswoman of the presidential inauguration committee.[7]

Douglass had a long career as journalist with ABC News and CBS News, and began her journalism career in 1973 with KCBS-TV, the Los Angeles affiliate of CBS.

Education

Douglass holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the University of Southern California.

Family

Douglass is married to the United States ambassador to Italy, John R. Phillips, and they have a daughter.

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