DNC announces key staff hires as Biden takes hold of party
Source: ABC News
President Biden's stewardship brings a focus on bolstering the party structure.
By Kendall Karson
February 16, 2021, 6:02 AM
The Democratic National Committee is announcing key members of its senior staff on Tuesday as the party's political operation, in close alignment with the White House, turns its attention to the 2022 midterm elections.
Jaime Harrison, the newly elected chair who was President Joe Biden's choice to take the reins of the DNC, tapped longtime Democratic operative Adrienne Watson to be communications director. Watson most recently steered the DNC's war room, a clearinghouse for opposition research, and has held other prominent roles within the party, including serving as national press secretary with the DNC and as a spokesperson on Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.
Joining Watson is Ofirah Yheskel as deputy communications director, after stints with the war room, the team behind the 2020 Democratic National Convention and Beto O'Rourke's presidential campaign. Harrison also named Danai Pointer, who brings experience from both inside and outside the party apparatus, as communications outreach director.
Brad Woodhouse, a veteran Democratic strategist who is currently the executive director of Protect Our Care, a health care advocacy group, is also being brought on to consult with the DNC as a senior adviser for strategy and communications.
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