Robert Gibbs
Longtime Advisor to President Barack Obama, White House Press Secretary, 2009-2011, Communications Director for Obama's Presidential Campaign
Presidential Campaign and 2004 Senate Campaign Robert Gibbs has been an advisor and strategist to President Obama from the early days of Obama's 2004 Senate race to his
sweep to the White House. Most recently, Gibbs has served as President Obama's Press Secretary, presiding over daily press briefings at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Robert Gibbs has traveled a long road with President Barack Obama, and his rapport and access to President Obama provides intimate and insightful commentaries. Robert Gibbs is one of
President Obama's masterminds and he can speak with great authority and accuracy from a White House insider's perspective on any of the issues that have crossed the President's desk. His leadership of President Obama's campaigns makes him a valuable commentator on the upcoming 2012 elections.
Mr. Gibbs joined Barack Obama's 2004 U.S. Senate campaign as Communications Director in mid-April 2004 and held the same title at the onset of the 2008 presidential campaign until becoming Senior Strategist for Communications and Message during the general election. During the four years of intense campaigning and close contact, Mr. Gibbs became an integral part of President Obama's team. According to The New York Times, Mr. Gibbs advised President Obama on politics, strategy and messaging, and spent more time with him than any other advisor. On November 22, 2008, Mr. Gibbs was announced as the press secretary of the Obama administration, and assumed the role on January 20, 2009.
Mr. Gibbs also served as press secretary of John Kerry's 2004 presidential campaign and has previously specialized in Senate campaigns, having served as communications director for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and for four individual Senate campaigns, including those of Obama in 2004 and Fritz Hollings in 1998. Gibbs was also the press secretary of Representative Bob Etheridge.
