Shailagh Murray

Shailagh Jane Murray (born October 9, 1965) is an American university administrator, former political aide and journalist who served as a senior advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama. She previously served as deputy chief of staff and communications director for Vice President Joe Biden.

Career

Murray worked for The Wall Street Journal from 1999 to 2005. She then became Capitol Hill correspondent for The Washington Post, covering the elections of 2006, 2008 and 2010.

She joined the Office of the Vice President in 2011 as communications director and was later promoted to deputy chief of staff.

In March 2015, she was named as the successor to Dan Pfeiffer as senior advisor to the President with a communications portfolio.

In September 2018, she was appointed executive vice president for public affairs of Columbia University.

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1965 births

Living people

20th-century American journalists

20th-century African-American women

20th-century African-American people

21st-century American journalists

21st-century American women

American newspaper reporters and correspondents

American women in politics

Columbia University faculty

New York (state) Democrats

Northwestern University alumni

Obama administration personnel

Senior Advisors to the President of the United States

University of Missouri alumni

The Wall Street Journal people

The Washington Post journalists

Writers from Buffalo, New York