Amy specializes in helping clients inside and outside of Washington develop and execute successful communications and message strategies.

She brings years of experience in politics and communications to SKDK, with extensive experience in political campaigns, on Capitol Hill and at the White House.

Amy was most recently deputy assistant to President Obama and deputy communications director at the White House, also serving as acting White House communications director during the summer and fall of 2015. Amy held top communications roles for nearly seven years at the White House, including as the White House spokesperson for the economy and deputy press secretary. She was a key member of then-Sen. John Kerry’s staff in the Senate, serving as his national press secretary. Amy also has a background in presidential campaigns, working in the national headquarters of the presidential campaigns of Obama and Kerry.

A native of Rockport, Mass., Amy graduated from the College of the Holy Cross and resides on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.