Macon Phillips

Macon Phillips
Phillips in March 2009

Coordinator for International Information Programs
Incumbent
Assumed office September 23, 2013
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Dawn McCall
White House Director of New Media
In office January 20, 2009 – September 23, 2013
President	Barack Obama
Personal details
Born	(1978-06-29) June 29, 1978 Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Duke University

Macon Phillips (born June 29, 1978)^[1] is the Coordinator of the United States Department of State Bureau of International Information Programs. He reports to Rick Stengel, the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.^[2] Phillips is the former White House Director of New Media, in which capacity he had oversight responsibility for WhiteHouse.gov.^[3] Phillips' work on WhiteHouse.gov were closely coordinated with internet operations at the Democratic National Committee,^[1] which has responsibility for administration of the BarackObama.com domain and website.^[4] At precisely 12:00 p.m.ET during the inauguration of Barack Obama, Phillips oversaw the conversion of Whitehouse.gov, the official website of the President of the United States. At 12:01 p.m., he posted the site's first blog entry, titled: Change has come to WhiteHouse.gov.^[5]^[6]

Early life and education

Phillips is a 1996 graduate of the Randolph School in Huntsville, Alabama^[7] and a sociology graduate of Duke University.^[8]

Political career

Phillips is a former director of strategy and communications for Washington, D.C.-based Blue State Digital, a private web design firm that eventually became closely tied to the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign for whom he worked for as an internet strategist.^[1] Phillips had previously worked for Democratic Florida State Senator Rod Smith as a senior strategist during the 2006 Florida gubernatorial election.^[9] He had also worked for Ted Kennedy.^[8]

Phillips was the Director of New Media for the Presidential transition of Barack Obama and had oversight responsibility for Change.gov.^[7] In fact, he turned the website on the morning after the 2008 Barack Obama election victory speech.^[8] Prior to that he was involved in BarackObama.com and directed the technological initiative to announce the selection of Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee to be Vice President of the United States.^[10] Philips' new media efforts during the 2008 United States presidential election helped raise vast sums of money for the Obama presidential campaign, while his text messaging, online videos and social networking skills led the campaign in many organizational and informational ways.^[7]^[11] Blue State Digital created and managed Obama’s campaign site, which brought in a million Facebook friends and about $500 million.^[12]

In early August 2009, Phillips was publicly criticized for asking members of the public—via a blogpost at whitehouse.gov—to forward "fishy" emails regarding healthcare reform, raising privacy concerns in the process.^[13]^[14] On August 17, 2009, the White House closed down flag@whitehouse.gov, the e-mail address created to receive those reports.^[15]^[16]^[17]

In September 2013, United States Secretary of State John Kerry hired Philips as the head of the Bureau of International Information Programs in order to spearhead the overhaul of America's "digital diplomacy" efforts.^[18] November 20, 2013, he met with the Russian participants of the U.S.-Russia Young Journalist Exchange.^[19]

Personal

Phillips is the brother of Metropolitan Opera lyric soprano Susanna Phillips. He is married to Emily Price Phillips.^[20] They had a son Max in November 2012. His parents are Dr. Macon and Barbara Phillips.^[21]

References

1 2 3 Rutenberg, Jim and Adam Nagourney (2009-01-25). "Melding Obama’s Web to a YouTube Presidency". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). Retrieved 2009-01-28.
↑ Rucker, Philip (2013-09-19). "Obama’s officials to revamp digital diplomacy at State Department". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
↑ Vargas, Jose Antonio and Sarah Cohen (2009-01-21). "Democracy Online: WhiteHouse.gov Turns the Page". The Washington Post (The Washington Post Company). Retrieved 2009-01-28.
↑ Curry, Tom (2009-02-07). "Democrats take control of Obama's ‘Web.org’: DNC aims to nourish Internet-based organization that helped elect him". MSNBC.com. Microsoft. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
↑ Schonfeld, Erick (2009-01-20). "Whitehouse.gov Has A New Face, And a Blog". The Washington Post (The Washington Post Company). Retrieved 2009-01-28.
↑ Phillips, Macon (2009-01-20). "Change has come to WhiteHouse.gov". Whitehouse.gov. White House. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
1 2 3 Campbell,Steve (2008-11-15). "Randolph grad is Obama aide". The Huntsville Times. Alabama Live LLC. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
1 2 3 Benderoff, Eric (2009-02-24). "Macon Phillips: The man behind WhiteHouse.gov: President Barack Obama's new media director addresses both transparency, technology in office". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2009-02-24.
↑ Rushing, J. Taylor (2006-08-26). "Web packs political punch The top four Florida governor hopefuls have sites they hope will click with primary voters". The Florida Times-Union (Newsbank). Retrieved 2009-01-29.
↑ Elliott, Philip (2009-01-20). "Obama texts warn of parking, train problems". The Washington Post (The Washington Post Company). Retrieved 2009-01-28.
↑ Sifry, Micah L. (2008-11-12). "Obama Transition Names New Media Staff". Tech President. Personal Democracy Forum. Archived from the original on January 24, 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-28.
↑ Darcy, Darlene (2009-01-23). "A wired White House". Washington Business Journal (American City Business Journals, Inc.). Retrieved 2009-10-28.
↑ Sen. John Cornyn (2009-08-05). (Press release) http://cornyn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ForPress.NewsReleases&ContentRecord_id=ebc2c77d-802a-23ad-4ae4-6ccf4c7a255c. Retrieved 2009-08-20. Missing or empty |title= (help)
↑ Ambinder, Marc (2009-08-04). "Flag@Whitehouse.gov". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
↑ Miller, Sunlen and Jake Tapper (2009-08-18). "Political Punch: Power, pop, and probings from ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper". ABC News. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
↑ Thrush, Glenn (2009-08-19). "W.H. can't assuage Cornyn". The Politico. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
↑ Phillips, Macon (2009-08-17). "An Update on "Reality Check"". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
↑ Rucker, Philip (2013-09-19). "Obama’s officials to revamp digital diplomacy at State Department". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
↑ "U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission Successfully Concludes Second Young Journalist Exchange". United States Department of State. 2013-11-20. Retrieved 2013-12-09.
↑ "Macon Phillips: White House Director of New Media (since January 2009)". The Washington Post. 2012-07-25. Retrieved 2013-10-05.
↑ McCarter, Mark (2013-05-31). "Huntsville's Macon Phillips playing key role in Obama White House as director for new media". AL.com. Retrieved 2013-10-05.

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Political offices
Preceded by Dawn McCall	Coordinator for the Bureau of International Information Programs 2013–present	Incumbent

Obama Administration personnel

Cabinet and cabinet-level

Office	Name	Term	Office	Name	Term
Secretary of State	John Kerry	2013–	Secretary of Treasury	Jack Lew	2013–
Secretary of Defense	Ashton Carter	2015–	Attorney General	Loretta Lynch	2015–
Secretary of the Interior	Sally Jewell	2013–	Secretary of Agriculture	Tom Vilsack	2009–
Secretary of Commerce	Penny Pritzker	2013–	Secretary of Labor	Thomas Perez	2013–
Secretary of Health and Human Services	Sylvia Mathews Burwell	2014–	Secretary of Education Secretary of Transportation	Arne Duncan Anthony Foxx	2009– 2013–
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Julian Castro	2014–	Secretary of Veterans Affairs	Robert A. McDonald	2014–
Secretary of Energy	Ernest Moniz	2013–	Secretary of Homeland Security	Jeh Johnson	2013–

Vice President	Joe Biden	2009–	White House Chief of Staff	Denis McDonough	2013–
Director of the Office of Management and Budget	Shaun Donovan	2014–	Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency	Gina McCarthy	2013–
Ambassador to the United Nations	Samantha Power	2013–	Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers	Jason Furman	2013–
Trade Representative	Michael Froman	2013–	Administrator of the Small Business Administration	Maria Contreras-Sweet	2014–

Below solid line: Granted Cabinet rank although not automatically part of the Cabinet. See also: Confirmations of Barack Obama's Cabinet

Executive Office of the President

Office	Name	Term	Office	Name	Term
White House Chief of Staff White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy	Rahm Emanuel Pete Rouse William M. Daley Jack Lew Denis McDonough Mona Sutphen Nancy-Ann DeParle Rob Nabors	2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013– 2009–11 2011–13 2013–15	National Security Advisor Deputy National Security Advisor Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan	Jim Jones Thomas E. Donilon Susan Rice Thomas E. Donilon Denis McDonough Tony Blinken Avril Haines Douglas Lute^†	2009–10 2010–13 2013– 2009–10 2010–13 2013–14 2015– 2009–13
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations	Jim Messina Alyssa Mastromonaco Anita Decker Breckenridge	2009–11 2011–14 2014–	Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security	Ben Rhodes John O. Brennan Lisa Monaco	2009– 2009–13 2013–
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning	Mark B. Childress Kristie Canegallo	2012–14 2014–	Deputy National Security Advisor and NSC Chief of Staff	Denis McDonough Brooke Anderson	2009–10 2011–12
Senior Advisor to the President	David Axelrod David Plouffe Daniel Pfeiffer Shailagh Murray	2009–11 2011–13 2013–15 2015–	White House Communications Director	Anita Dunn Daniel Pfeiffer Jennifer Palmieri Jen Psaki	2009 2009–13 2013–15 2015–
Senior Advisor to the President Counselor to the President	Pete Rouse Brian Deese Pete Rouse John Podesta	2009–10 2015– 2011–13 2014–15	Deputy White House Communications Director	Jen Psaki Jennifer Palmieri Amy Brundage	2009–11 2011–14 2014–15
Senior Advisor to the President and Assistant to the President for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs Director of Public Engagement Director of Intergovernmental Affairs Director, National Economic Council	Valerie Jarrett Christina Tchen Jon Carson Paulette Aniskoff Cecilia Muñoz David Agnew Jerry Abramson Lawrence Summers Gene Sperling Jeffrey Zients	2009– 2009–11 2011–13 2013– 2009–12 2012–14 2014– 2009–10 2011–14 2014–	White House Press Secretary Deputy Press Secretary Director of Special Projects Director of Speechwriting White House Counsel	Robert Gibbs Jay Carney Josh Earnest Bill Burton Josh Earnest Eric Schultz Stephanie Cutter Jon Favreau Cody Keenan Greg Craig Robert Bauer Kathryn Ruemmler W. Neil Eggleston	2009–11 2011–13 2013– 2009–11 2011–13 2014– 2010–11 2009–13 2013– 2009–10 2010–11 2011–14 2014–
Deputy Director, National Economic Council Deputy Director, National Economic Council Chair of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board	Diana Farrell Brian Deese Jason Furman Paul Volcker	2009–11 2011–13 2009–13 2009–11	Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs	Phil Schiliro Rob Nabors Miguel Rodriguez Katie Beirne Fallon	2009–11 2011–13 2013 2013–
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors	Christina Romer Austan Goolsbee Jason Furman	2009–10 2010–13 2013–	Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs	Lisa Konwinski Amy Rosenbaum	2009– 2014–
Member of the Council of Economic Advisors	Katharine Abraham	2011–	Executive Clerk	George T. Saunders^† David Kalbaugh	2009–12 2012–
Member of the Council of Economic Advisors	Cecilia Rouse	2009–	Director, Office of Political Affairs	Patrick Gaspard David Simas	2009–11 2013–
Director, Office of Management and Budget	Peter R. Orszag Jack Lew Jeffrey Zients Sylvia Mathews Burwell Brian Deese Shaun Donovan	2009–10 2010–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014 2014–	Chief Technology Officer Chief Information Officer	Aneesh Chopra Todd Park Megan Smith Vivek Kundra Steven VanRoekel Tony Scott	2009–12 2012–14 2014– 2009–11 2011–14 2015–
Chief Performance Officer and Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget	Jeffrey Zients	2009–13	Director, Office of Presidential Personnel	Nancy Hogan Johnathan McBride Valerie Green	2010–14 2014–15 2015–
Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget	Jeffrey Liebman Heather Higginbottom Brian Deese	2010 2011–13 2013–15	Director of Scheduling and Advance Director, White House Military Office	Alyssa Mastromonaco Danielle White Crutchfield George D. Mulligan, Jr. Emmett Beliveau	2009–11 2011– 2009–13 2013–
United States Trade Representative	Ron Kirk Michael Froman	2009–13 2013–	Cabinet Secretary	Chris Lu Broderick Johnson	2009–13 2013–
Director, Domestic Policy Council	Melody Barnes Cecilia Muñoz	2009–12 2012–	Deputy Cabinet Secretary	Liz Sears Smith Rachana Bhowmik Michael Robertson Gaurab Bansal	2009–11 2011–13 2013–15 2015–
Deputy Director, Domestic Policy Council	Heather Higginbottom Mark Zuckerman	2009–11 2011–	Staff Secretary	Lisa Brown Rajesh De Douglas Kramer Joani Walsh	2009–11 2011–12 2012–13 2014–
Director, Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships	Joshua DuBois Melissa Rogers	2009–2013 2013–	Assistant to the President for Management and Administration	Bradley Kiley Katy Kale Maju Varghese	2009–13 2013–15 2015–
Director, Office of Health Reform	Nancy-Ann DeParle	2009–11	Director, Oval Office Operations	Micaela Fernandez Brian Mosteller	2009–12 2012–
Deputy Director, Office of Health Reform	Jeanne Lambrew	2009–2011	Personal Aide to the President	Reggie Love Marvin Nicholson	2009–11 2011–
Director, Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy	Carol Browner	2009–11	Personal Secretary to the President	Katie Johnson Anita Decker Breckenridge Ferial Govashiri	2009–11 2011–14 2014–
Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change	Heather Zichal Dan Utech	2009–2013 2013–	Special Projects Coordinator and Confidential Assistant to the President	Eugene Kang	2009–11
Director, Council on Environmental Quality	Nancy Sutley Michael Boots	2009–2014 2014–	Director, Office of National AIDS Policy	Jeffrey Crowley Grant Cofax Douglas Brooks	2009–2011 2012–2014 2014–
Chief of Staff to the First Lady	Jackie Norris Susan Sher Christina Tchen	2009 2009–10 2011–	Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy	Gil Kerlikowske Michael Botticelli	2009–14 2014–
White House Social Secretary	Desirée Rogers Julianna Smoot Jeremy Bernard Deesha Dyer	2009–10 2010–11 2011–15 2015–	Director, Office of Urban Affairs	Adolfo Carrión, Jr. Racquel Russell	2009–2010 2010–
Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy	John Holdren	2009–

^*Senate-confirmation pending. †Remained from previous administration (s).

Office of the Vice President

Position	Appointee
Chief of Staff to the Vice President	Steve Ricchetti
Counsel to the Vice President	Cynthia Hogan
Counselor to the Vice President	Mike Donilon
Assistant to the Vice President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison	Evan Ryan
Assistant to the Vice President and Director of Communications	Shailagh Murray
Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President	Shailagh Murray
Deputy National Security Adviser to the Vice President	Brian McKeon
Residence Manager and Social Secretary for the Vice President and Second Lady	Carlos Elizondo
National Security Adviser to the Vice President	Tony Blinken

Position	Appointee
Chief of Staff to the Second Lady	Catherine M. Russell
Director of Administration for the Office of the Vice President	Moises Vela
Domestic Policy Adviser to the Vice President	Terrell McSweeny
Chief Economist and Economic Policy Adviser to the Vice President	Jared Bernstein
Press Secretary to the Vice President	Elizabeth Alexander
Deputy Press Secretary to the Vice President	Annie Tomasini
Director of Legislative Affairs	Sudafi Henry
Director of Communications for the Second Lady	Courtney O’Donnell

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