Peter A. Selfridge

Peter Selfridge
In office May 13, 2014 – January 20, 2017
President	Barack Obama
Preceded by	Natalie Jones (Acting)
Personal details
Born	1971 (age 45–46)
Alma mater	University of Iowa Johns Hopkins University

Peter A. Selfridge (born 1971) is a U.S. public servant who served as the from 2014 to 2017. In this role he served as the link between the White House and foreign ambassadors and visiting dignitaries. In addition, his office managed Blair House, the official guesthouse of the President of the United States.

Raised in Minnesota, the 1989 Minnetonka High School grad went on to receive a B.A. from the University of Iowa and a Master of Public Policy from Johns Hopkins University. He is of German, Irish, and Scottish heritage.

From 1993 to 1995, he served as a Legislative Correspondent and Staff Assistant in the office of Senator Tom Harkin.

Selfridge first served in the White House from 1995 to 1997, as Director of Scheduling Correspondence and Deputy Director in the Office of Scheduling and Advance, in President Bill Clinton's scheduling office.

Leaving the Clinton administration in 1997, he served as a Policy Analyst for the City of New York, Department of Citywide Administrative Services before leaving to become a Media Logistics Coordinator for the Gore-Lieberman campaign in 2000. Following the 2000 Presidential Election, he became a Senior Associate and Associate at Citigate Communications/Citigate Sard Verbinnen from 2001 to 2003. He left that position to serve as Associate Director in the Office of Scheduling and Advance for John Kerry for President. Beginning in 2005 he worked as the City Director for Los Angeles at the Clinton Climate Initiative and as a Public Affairs Consultant until 2007.

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