World News – CA – Joe Biden appoints Jen Psaki as White House press secretary and Kate Bedingfield as communications director

President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris have selected an all-female White House communications team led by Jen Psaki as press secretary and Kate Bedingfield as communications director

Psaki is currently overseeing communications for the change of president She was previously the White House communications director under President Barack Obama and State Department spokesperson under then Secretary of State John Kerry

Bedingfield was the deputy campaign manager and communications director for the Biden-Harris campaign and was previously communications director for Biden when he was vice president. Previously, she was the main spokesperson and vice president of corporate communications at MPAA and vice president of communications at Monumental Sports & Entertainment

Elizabeth E was also one of the top communication roles Alexander, who will serve as communications director for First Lady Jill Biden. Alexander was senior advisor to the Biden-Harris campaign and press secretary for Biden when he was vice president

Ashley Etienne will serve as communications director for Harris after serving as senior advisor to the campaign and communications director and senior advisor to House Spokeswoman Nancy Pelosi, Karine Jean-Pierre will serve as deputy spokesperson after serving as senior spokesperson during the campaign Adviser and chief of staff to Harris, served as chief public affairs officer for MoveOn, and a political analyst for NBC and MSNBC

Symone Sanders, a senior advisor to the campaign, will serve as lead advisor and main spokesperson for Harris. She was also a political commentator for CNN

Pili Tobar becomes Deputy White House Communications Director after serving as Communications Director for the Campaign coalitions

Jen Psaki