Macon Phillips
| Macon Phillips | |
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Phillips in March 2009
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| Coordinator for International Information Programs | |
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In office September 23, 2013 – January 20, 2017 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Dawn McCall |
| White House Director of New Media | |
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In office January 20, 2009 – September 23, 2013 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
June 29, 1978 Huntsville, Alabama, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Duke University |
Macon Phillips (born June 29, 1978) is a U.S. public servant who served as the Coordinator of the United States Department of State Bureau of International Information Programs from 2013 to 2017. He reports to Rick Stengel, the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. Phillips is the former White House Director of New Media, in which capacity he had oversight responsibility for WhiteHouse.gov. Phillips' work on WhiteHouse.gov were closely coordinated with internet operations at the Democratic National Committee, which has responsibility for administration of the BarackObama.com domain and website. At precisely 12:00 p.m.ET during the inauguration of Barack Obama, Phillips oversaw the conversion of Whitehouse.gov, the official website of the President of the United States. At 12:01 p.m., he posted the site's first blog entry, titled: Change has come to WhiteHouse.gov.
Phillips is a 1996 graduate of the Randolph School in Huntsville, Alabama and a sociology graduate of Duke University.
Phillips is a former director of strategy and communications for Washington, D.C.-based Blue State Digital, a private web design firm that eventually became closely tied to the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign for whom he worked for as an internet strategist. Phillips had previously worked for Democratic Florida State Senator Rod Smith as a senior strategist during the 2006 Florida gubernatorial election. He had also worked for Ted Kennedy.
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