Ann Lewis
| Ann Lewis | |
|---|---|
| Counselor to the President | |
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In office March 10, 1999 – January 20, 2001 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Paul Begala |
| Succeeded by | Karen Hughes |
| White House Director of Communications | |
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In office July 31, 1997 – March 10, 1999 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Don Baer |
| Succeeded by | Loretta Ucelli |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Ann Frank December 19, 1937 Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Gerald Lewis (Divorced 1968) |
| Education | Harvard University |
Ann Frank Lewis is a leading American Democratic Party strategist and communicator. Lewis served as White House Communications Director in the Clinton administration and in senior roles under Hillary Clinton.
Lewis was born in 1937 in Jersey City, New Jersey. She is the older sister of former United States Congressman Barney Frank. She attended Radcliffe College, the former women's college within Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, but did not graduate. While there, she met Gerald A. Lewis, whom she married and with whom she subsequently moved to Florida. They divorced in 1968 and Lewis moved back to Massachusetts.
From 1994 to 1995, Lewis was the Vice President for Public Policy at the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, where she was responsible for policy, legal and communications initiatives. She has served as the National Director of Americans for Democratic Action, as the Political Director for the Democratic National Committee, and as Chief of Staff to then Congresswoman Barbara Mikulski.
She served as Political Director of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) from 1981 to 1985.
Lewis was Director of Communications and Deputy Campaign Manager for the Clinton-Gore Reelection Campaign in 1995 to 1996. From 1997 to 2000, Lewis served as Director of Communications and Counselor to President Bill Clinton in the White House.
Lewis served as senior advisor to Hillary Clinton's 2000 campaign for U.S. Senate. She served as Director of Communications for HillPAC and Friends of Hillary 2005 to 2007. She also served as National Chair of the DNC Women's Vote Center, where she led the Democratic Party’s major initiative to reach, engage, and mobilize women voters from 2003 to 2004.
Lewis was Senior Advisor for Hillary Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.
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