Potomac Flacks: Elleithee Named DNC Communications Director

August 13, 2013

Elleithee Named DNC Communications Director

First reported by Politico’s Mike Allen, the Democratic National Committee has named Mo Elleithee as the successor to Brad Woodhouse as Communications Director, starting Friday.

Elleithee is a 17-year veteran of Democratic politics specializing in communications. He's worked on four different presidential campaigns, including as traveling press secretary for Hillary Clinton's 2008 bid; worked in senior communications roles for candidates across the country including Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), and Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM); and has advised various Democratic party committees including the DSCC, DCCC and Democratic Party of Virginia.

For the past three years, he's been on the faculty of the Georgetown Public Policy Institute.

Elleithee will be taking a leave of absence from his firm, Hilltop Public Solutions, to join the DNC full-time.

He received his undergraduate degree from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, and his Master of Arts from The Graduate School of Political Management at The George Washington University. (Politico’s Mike Allen)

Posted by Matt Mackowiak on August 13, 2013 in Party Committees , People | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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