Ellen Moran
{{Short description|Former White House Communications DirectorEdit}}
{{EngvarB|date=May 2018}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Ellen Moran
|office = White House Communications Director
|president = Barack Obama
|term_start = January 20, 2009
|term_end = April 21, 2009
|predecessor = Kevin Sullivan
|successor = Anita Dunn (acting)
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|5|1}}
|birth_place = Troy, New York, U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = Democratic
|education = Wheaton College, Massachusetts (BA)
}}
Ellen Moran (born May 1, 1966) is the Vice-Chancellor for Strategic Communications and Marketing at the University of Pittsburgh.{{cite news|url=https://pittnews.com/article/131694/top-stories/ellen-moran-named-as-new-vice-chancellor-2/ |title=Ellen Moran named as new vice chancellor|first=Grant|last=Burgman|newspaper=The Pitt News|date=May 11, 2018|access-date=May 11, 2018}} She previously served as Chief of Staff at the US Department of Commerce under Secretary Gary Locke from April 2009 to August 2011. She previously held the position of White House Communications Director.{{cite news |url=http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/white_house_communications_and_press_secretary_positions_announced/|title=White House Communications and Press Secretary positions announced|date=November 22, 2008|work=Newsroom: Press Releases|publisher=Change.gov |access-date=November 22, 2008|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081124180752/http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/white_house_communications_and_press_secretary_positions_announced/|archive-date=November 24, 2008}} Her predecessor was Kevin Sullivan, who held the position under the Bush administration. Prior to her post at the White House, she was executive director of EMILY's List.
Biography
=Early life and education=
A native of Amherst, Massachusetts, Moran holds a degree in political science and English literature from Wheaton College.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ellen-moran/gIQAo8rX9O_email.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215173718/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ellen-moran/gIQAo8rX9O_email.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 15, 2018 |title=Politics {{!}} Ellen Moran|newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=December 11, 2018}}
=Professional career=
Before joining White House staff, Moran was executive director of EMILY's List, where she oversaw the national staff and charted the overall strategic direction of the organisation to provide financial assistance to female candidates in the Democratic Party who take liberal, pro-choice political stances. This was Moran's second tenure at EMILY's List, rejoining the organisation from the AFL-CIO, where she coordinated Wal-Mart corporate accountability activities and served in the Political Department. In 2004, she took a leave of absence from the AFL-CIO to direct independent expenditures for the Democratic National Committee, managing placement of presidential advertising and directed television, radio, mail, and phoning efforts in 20 states. In 2000, Moran directed the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's $50 million issue advocacy campaign.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/28/us/politics/28web-moran.html|title=Ellen Moran|last=Pear|first=Robert|date=November 28, 2008|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 11, 2018|issn=0362-4331}}
Moran's political experience includes managing campaigns for governor, US Senate, and US House of Representatives; working on the national campaign staff of Tom Harkin's 1992 presidential campaign; helping plan both Clinton inaugurals; and conducting international democracy work in Indonesia for the US Agency for International Development.{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2008/11/labor-ally-to-head-obama-communications-015886|title=Labor ally to head Obama communications|last=Allen|first=Mike|website=Politico|date=November 22, 2008|access-date=December 11, 2018}} In 1993, Moran designed EMILY's List's campaign staff training program and served as its first director.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q2YpCgAAQBAJ&q=In+1993%2C+Moran+designed+EMILY%E2%80%99s+List%E2%80%99s+campaign+staff+training+program&pg=PA184|title=When Women Win: Emily's List and the Rise of Women in American Politics|last1=Malcolm|first1=Ellen R.|last2=Unger|first2=Craig|date=March 8, 2016|publisher=HMH|isbn=9780544443389}} Moran also oversaw EMILY's List's first foray into voter mobilisation in 1994.
==Obama administration==
She was announced as the new White House Communications Director on November 22, 2008.
On April 21, she announced she would resign her post to accept the position of Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Commerce.{{Cite news|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/22/wh-communications-director-leaving/|title=WH communications director leaving|first= Christina|last= Bellantoni|date= April 22, 2009|newspaper=The Washington Times|access-date=November 13, 2018}}
University of Pittsburgh
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