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| Courtney Rowe |
Courtney Rowe, who held senior communications posts in both the Biden and Obama administrations, is coming on board at NBCUniversal as SVP, corporate communications.
Rowe most recently headed up strategic communications and external engagement for the White House COVID-19 Response Team. In the Obama administration, she served as the president’s director of message planning and was also communications director for the White House Domestic Policy Council.
She has also served as vice president, corporate communications at National Geographic Partners, and was deputy communications director at the USDA.
AT NBCUniversal, Rowe will oversee strategic communications, media relations, digital media, crisis communications and coordination across the company’s businesses and brands, reporting to executive vice president of communication Jen Friedman.


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