PERSON: Ben Labolt
Employer
The White House
Position
Communications Director
Biography
Ben LaBolt (born August 20, 1981) is an American political advisor who served as the White House Communications Director for President Joe Biden. He succeeded Kate Bedingfield in the role when she stepped down at the end of February 2023. In August 2024, LaBolt was promoted to Senior Advisor to the President succeeding Anita Dunn after her departure. Previously, LaBolt has worked on presidential campaigns for Barack Obama and Howard Dean, as well as for Jan Schakowsky, Sherrod Brown, and Rahm Emanuel.
LaBolt’s first job out of college was for Dean’s 2004 presidential campaign. He worked as the press secretary for U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky, for Sherrod Brown’s 2006 Senate campaign, for Barack Obama’s Senate office, and for his 2008 presidential campaign. He then served as a deputy White House Press Secretary during the presidency of Barack Obama. In the White House, he worked on communications during the Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan Supreme Court nominations.
In October 2010, LaBolt became communications director for Rahm Emanuel during the 2011 Chicago mayoral election. After the campaign, he served as the national press secretary for Obama’s 2012 presidential campaign.
In June 2013, LaBolt and Robert Gibbs co-founded a strategic communications practice called The Incite Agency, which later merged with Bully Pulpit Interactive (BPI). LaBolt became a partner at BPI.
LaBolt worked on the presidential transition of Joe Biden following the 2020 United States presidential election and as head of communications for the Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court nomination in 2022. He succeeded Kate Bedingfield as White House Communications Director on March 1, 2023. In August 2024, LaBolt was promoted to Senior Advisor to the President, taking on broad strategy and advising the president.
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LaBolt’s first job out of college was for Dean’s 2004 presidential campaign. He worked as the press secretary for U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky, for Sherrod Brown’s 2006 Senate campaign, for Barack Obama’s Senate office, and for his 2008 presidential campaign. He then served as a deputy White House Press Secretary during the presidency of Barack Obama. In the White House, he worked on communications during the Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan Supreme Court nominations.
In October 2010, LaBolt became communications director for Rahm Emanuel during the 2011 Chicago mayoral election. After the campaign, he served as the national press secretary for Obama’s 2012 presidential campaign.
In June 2013, LaBolt and Robert Gibbs co-founded a strategic communications practice called The Incite Agency, which later merged with Bully Pulpit Interactive (BPI). LaBolt became a partner at BPI.
LaBolt worked on the presidential transition of Joe Biden following the 2020 United States presidential election and as head of communications for the Ketanji Brown Jackson Supreme Court nomination in 2022. He succeeded Kate Bedingfield as White House Communications Director on March 1, 2023. In August 2024, LaBolt was promoted to Senior Advisor to the President, taking on broad strategy and advising the president.
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