Meghan Hays
{{Short description|American communications executive}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Meghan Hays, White House Director of Message Planning (cropped).jpg
| caption = Hays in 2022
| office = Special Assistant to the President
| termstart = January 2021
| termend = August 2022
| birth_place = Auburn, California, U.S.
| party = Democrat
| alma_mater = University of California, Davis
| president = Joe Biden
}}
Meghan Hays is an American communications executive who was a special assistant to the president and director of message planning in the White House from 2021 to 2022. As of 2023, she is the chief of staff to Lucy Fato of the American International Group and a board member of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.
Life
Hays was born in Auburn, California and raised in Carmichael.{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Hope |date=2021-09-13 |title=Meet the Sacramento native joining President Biden on his California trip |url=https://www.kcra.com/article/sacramento-native-joining-biden-california-trip/37575976 |access-date=2023-08-20 |website=KCRA |language=en}} She spent time at her family's seasonal home in Homewood near Lake Tahoe.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-07 |title=TRPA Board welcomes new Presidential Appointee |url=https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/trpa-board-welcomes-new-presidential-appointee/ |access-date=2023-08-20 |website=Tahoe Daily Tribune |language=en-US}} Hayes attended St. Francis High School. She graduated from the University of California, Davis.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-16 |title=President Biden Announces Key Appointments to Boards and Commissions |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/06/16/president-biden-announces-key-appointments-to-boards-and-commissions-28/ |access-date=2023-08-20 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}{{PD-notice}}
Hays is a communications executive. Hays worked in senior communications positions at MGM Resorts International. In 2012, she joined the communications team of the office of the vice president of the United States as an advance staffer.{{Cite web |last=Saenz |first=Arlette |date=2022-08-11 |title=Senior Biden communications adviser departing White House |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/11/politics/meghan-hays-leaving-white-house/index.html |access-date=2023-08-20 |website=CNN |language=en}} She progressed to the roles of deputy communications director and director of message planning in the office of the vice president. Hays served as a deputy communications director on the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign. Hays joined U.S. president Joe Biden's administration in 2021 and served as a special assistant to the president and director of message planning in the White House where she played a role in the president's strategic messaging for domestic and international engagements.
After leaving the administration in August 2022, she served as an advisory board member to SustainabiliD, a climate technology and sustainability firm. {{As of|2023|}}, Hays is the chief of staff to Lucy Fato, the general counsel and global head of communications and government affairs at American International Group (AIG).{{Cite web |title=Meghan Hays Joins AIG as Chief of Staff to Lucy Fato, EVP & GC |url=https://ccbjournal.com/news/meghan-hays-joins-aig-as-chief-of-staff-to-lucy-fato-evp-gc |access-date=2023-08-20 |website=CCBJ |language=en}} In June 2023, Hays was appointed by Biden as a non-voting board member of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. She succeeds A.J. "Bud" Hicks.
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