Lindsay Walters
Lindsay Walters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| White House Deputy Press Secretary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office January 22, 2017 – April 13, 2019 Serving with Hogan Gidley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| President | Donald Trump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leader | Sarah Sanders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Judd Deere | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Political party | Republican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Drexel University (BS) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lindsay Walters is an American spokesperson and former White House Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Press Secretary.
Education
Walters attended Archmere Academy and graduated from Drexel University, where she received a Bachelor of Science in marketing, advertising, and public relations from the Bennett S. LeBow College of Business in 2012. While at Drexel, she played on the women's soccer team.[1]
Career
In 2012, Walters worked for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign.[citation needed] She left the private sector, where she had worked for the strategic firm The Glover Park Group.[citation needed], to come to Illinois to work in Illinois Republican Bruce Rauner's gubernatorial campaign. Rauner defeated incumbent Democratic governor Pat Quinn in 2014. Walters went on to serve in Rauner's administration as Deputy Press Secretary.
Walters served as the National Spokeswoman at the Republican National Committee.[2][3][4][5][6] During her tenure at the RNC, she frequently appeared on television, and managed the press engagements for the chairman.[7]
Beginning in January 2017, Walters worked in the first Trump Administration as Special Assistant and White House Deputy Press Secretary.[8][9][10][11] where she had a focus on the national economic portfolio. She also traveled extensively on behalf of the White House, managing press corps logistics and briefing reporters aboard Air Force One.
Walters joined Edelman in April 2019.[12] She is currently Vice President, U.S. Public Affairs, at Edelman.[13]
References
- ^ "Lyndsey Walters – 2008 Women's Soccer". Retrieved 2017-10-12.
- ^ Lindsay Walters (24 April 2016). "RNC Spokeswoman Lindsay Walters On MSNBC Live". Retrieved 30 October 2017 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Lindsay Walters (@LWalters45) – Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ "Lindsay Walters (@LWalters) – Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ "LinkedIn account for Lindsay Walters". Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ "Lindsay Walters - C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ "Press Gaggle by Deputy Press Secretary Lindsay Walters and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue en route Cedar Rapids, IA – June 21, 2017". 21 June 2017. Archived from the original on 22 June 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ "Press Gaggle by Deputy Press Secretary Lindsay Walters". whitehouse.gov. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017 – via National Archives.
- ^ "Topic – Lindsay Walters". Archived from the original on 8 November 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ "Lindsay Walters: Latest News & Videos, Photos about Lindsay Walters – The Economic Times". The Economic Times. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ "Trump team announces additional White House hires". Politico. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ "White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters leaving for Edelman". adage.com. 2019-02-20. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
- ^ "Lindsay Walters". Edelman Public Affairs. Retrieved 2020-04-10.[dead link]
