Kate Bedingfield
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2021-01-22 Kate Bedingfield: What to know about the White House communications director Bedingfield then moved to Washington, D.C., where she served as the regional press secretary for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in 2006 when Democrats won the U.S. House of Representatives.
In 2008, she worked as the deputy national press secretary for John Edwards’ presidential campaign and as communications director on Democratic New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen’s Senate campaign.
In the Obama administration, Bedingfield wore many hats — serving as communications director and associate communications director for then-Vice President Joe Biden and as the deputy director of media affairs and the director of response.
More recently, Bedingfield worked for Biden as his deputy campaign manager and communications director during the 2020 presidential election.
Outside of politics, Bedingfield was the chief spokeswoman and vice president of corporate communications at the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the vice president of communications at Monumental Sports & Entertainment.
2021-01-21 White House communications director: ‘Biden is not going to be breaking news at 1am on Twitter’ White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield emphasized that President Biden will not seek to “out-do” former President Trump in either the tone or the frequency of his social media use.
Bedingfield said in an interview with 19th News published Thursday. “Trump gathered so many followers and generated so many clicks by putting forth this really divisive, often hate-filled shock content. So, we were never going to try to out-do him in that, that’s not true to who President Biden is.”
2021-01-20 Kate Bedingfield, Biden’s Communications Director: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know Kate Bedingfield Represented John Edwards During the 2008 Primary Before Joining the Obama Administration. Bedingfield Left Politics to Represent the Film Industry in 2011. Biden Hired Bedingfield as His Communications Director in 2015 But She Returned to the Private Sector After the 2016 Election. Bedingfield Managed Biden’s Messaging Strategy Primarily From Home & Says Her Two Children Often Interrupted Zoom Calls With Biden. Bedingfield Has Been Married to Husband David Kieve Since 2013 & She Grew Up in an Atlanta Suburb
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