By Greg Hazley
Dee Dee Myers, the first female White House press secretary, serving two years at the outset of the Clinton administration, has joined the Democratic PR powerhouse Glover Park Group as a managing director.
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Myers has been a political commentator and journalist, in addition to consulting for NBC’s Oval Office drama “The West Wing.”
She started out in journalism and California politics as an aide to Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley and State Senator Art Torres before becoming press secretary for Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s gubernatorial bid in 1990. She moved on to serve as spokeswoman for Michael Dukakis' presidential bid before speaking for the Clinton campaign.
She was also Los angels bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times and has recently served as a contributing editor to Vanity Fair.
Myers, who is married to Vanity Fair editor Todd Purdum, joins Glover Park founder and former Clinton White House press secretary Joe Lockhart, a founding partner of the firm.
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