Alyssa Mastromonaco
| Alyssa Mastromonaco | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations | |
|
In office January 27, 2011 – May 22, 2014 |
|
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Jim Messina |
| Succeeded by | Anita Decker Breckenridge |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Alyssa Mende Mastromonaco February 22, 1976 Rhinebeck, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | David Krone (2013–present) |
| Education |
University of Vermont University of Wisconsin, Madison (BA) |
Alyssa Mende Mastromonaco (born February 22, 1976) is the Chief Operating Officer of Vice Media. She is also a contributing editor at Marie Claire magazine. She previously served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations in the administration of President Barack Obama from 2011 to 2014. She was the youngest woman to hold that position. Mastromonaco had worked for Obama since 2005 when he was on the United States Senate as his Director of Scheduling.
Mastromonaco grew up in Rhinebeck, New York, the daughter of business consultant father and a high school teacher mother.
In 1994, she graduated from Rhinebeck High School. During high school Mastromonaco worked in various jobs, including her first job as a checkout person at a grocery store called Kilmer's IGA.
Mastromonaco went to the University of Vermont for two years, majoring in French with a minor in Japanese. She transferred to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she graduated with a BA in political science in 1998.
The summer after her sophomore year of college, after seeing Representative Bernie Sanders speak on campus, Mastromonaco was hired by Philip Fiermonte to work as an intern for Sanders in his Burlington, Vermont, district office. At that time, Sanders was campaigning for his fourth term in the House of Representatives. Mastromonaco said that this experience inspired her to work in government after seeing how it was possible to help people doing constituent work on a grassroots level. Although she had transferred to Wisconsin to study French, the summer working for Sanders shifted her passion from studying French and Japanese to political science. She cites Fiermonte as a great mentor during an important time in her life. The next summer Mastromonaco was invited to work for Sanders in Washington, D.C.
...
Wikipedia