Robert Gibbs

Mr. Gibbs is a senior campaign advisor to President Barack Obama. From January 2009 to February 2011, he served as the 28th White House Press Secretary. Mr. Gibbs was the communications director for then- U.S. Senator Obama and for Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. Previously, Mr. Gibbs was 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 graduated cum laude with a B.A. in political science from North Carolina State University