# Herbie Ziskend

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American political advisor

Herbie Ziskend White House Principal Deputy Communications Director In office August 2024 – January 2025 President Joe Biden Director Ben LaBolt Preceded by Kristen Orthman Succeeded by Kaelan Dorr (Deputy) White House Deputy Communications Director In office August 2022[1] – August 2024 President Joe Biden Succeeded by Himself (Principal Deputy) Senior Advisor for Communications for the Vice President In office March 2022[2] – August 2022[3] Vice President Kamala Harris Preceded by Symone Sanders [a] Succeeded by Stephanie Young[b] Deputy Communications Director for the Vice President In office January 20, 2021 – March 2022 Vice President Kamala Harris Succeeded by Rachel Palermo Personal details Party Democratic Education Cornell University (BA), Harvard Kennedy School

**Herbie Ziskend** is an American political advisor who served as [White House Principal Deputy Communications Director](/source/White_House_Communications_Director) for President [Joe Biden](/source/Joe_Biden).[4] He previously served as a senior communications advisor for Vice President [Kamala Harris](/source/Kamala_Harris) from 2021 to 2022,[5] and as a policy and communications advisor to Vice President [Joe Biden](/source/Joe_Biden) from 2009 to 2011.

## Education

Ziskend earned a Bachelor of Arts from [Cornell University](/source/Cornell_University) and is a graduate of the [Harvard Kennedy School of Government](/source/Harvard_Kennedy_School_of_Government).[6][7]

## Career

### Obama administration

Ziskend was a campaign staffer on the [Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign](/source/Barack_Obama_2008_presidential_campaign) and later served as a policy and communications advisor to Vice President [Joe Biden](/source/Joe_Biden) from 2009 to 2011.[8]

During the 2008 presidential campaign, Ziskend, [Eric Lesser](/source/Eric_Lesser) and [Arun Chaudhary](/source/Arun_Chaudhary) organized a [seder](/source/Seder) during the campaign.[9] The tradition followed the Obama administration into the White House as the official [White House Passover Seder](/source/White_House_Passover_Seder).[10]

After leaving the White House, Ziskend worked as chief of staff to [Arianna Huffington](/source/Arianna_Huffington) at *[HuffPost](/source/HuffPost)* in New York City, and as the director of public policy and rise of rest investments at [Revolution LLC](/source/Revolution_LLC), an investment firm led by AOL co-founder [Steve Case](/source/Steve_Case). Ziskend also worked as a senior vice president at [SKDKnickerbocker](/source/SKDKnickerbocker).[11][12]

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** As Senior Advisor & Chief Spokesperson for the Vice President

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** As Senior Advisor for Messaging & Outreach for the Vice President

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Pager, Tyler (25 August 2022). ["White House moves staffers to finalize makeover of press operation"](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/25/white-house-moves-staffers-finalize-makeover-press-operation/). *Washington Post*. Retrieved 22 November 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Samuels, Brett (2022-03-23). ["Harris brings on HHS staffer Kirsten Allen as press secretary"](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/599357-harris-brings-on-hhs-staffer-kirsten-allen-as-press-secretary/). *The Hill*. Retrieved 2022-04-02.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Thompson, Alex; Tani, Max (2022-08-25). ["West Wing Playbook: Mourning in America, a year later"](https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2022/08/25/mourning-in-america-a-year-later-00053777). *Politico*. Retrieved 2022-12-27.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Monica Alba (August 16, 2024). ["White House plans staff moves as aides switch to Harris campaign"](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/white-house-plans-staff-moves-aides-switch-harris-campaign-rcna166906). *NBC News*. Retrieved 2021-01-16.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Pager, Tyler (25 August 2022). ["White House moves staffers to finalize makeover of press operation"](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/08/25/white-house-moves-staffers-finalize-makeover-press-operation/). *Washington Post*. Retrieved 22 November 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Ziskend, Herbie (2016). ["America Is Not in Decline, and Startups Are an Important Reason Why: A Case Study of Albuquerque, New Mexico (Innovations Case Narrative: Village Capital and Revolution LLC, the "Rise of the Rest")"](https://doi.org/10.1162%2Finov_a_00249). *Innovations: Technology, Governance, Globalization*. **11** (1–2): 80–87. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1162/inov_a_00249](https://doi.org/10.1162%2Finov_a_00249). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [57565914](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:57565914).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. (January 8, 2021). ["Press Release - President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris Announce Additional Members of the Office of the Vice President"](https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/press-release-president-elect-joe-biden-and-vice-president-elect-kamala-harris-announce-5). *The American Presidency Project*. Retrieved 2024-11-22.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Parker, Ashley (30 April 2010). ["All the Obama 20-Somethings"](https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/02/magazine/02obamastaff-t.html). *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)*. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Girsky, Josh (28 April 2016). ["After Nine Years, Cornell Alumni to Lead Last White House Seder"](http://cornellsun.com/2016/04/28/after-9-years-cornell-alumni-to-lead-last-white-house-seder/). *Cornell Sun*. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Eilperin, Juliet. ["Passover Seder: One last time for an Obama White House tradition"](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/passover-seder-a-white-house-tradition-one-last-time-for-the-obamas/2016/04/28/bd82dace-0cbd-11e6-a6b6-2e6de3695b0e_story.html). *Washington Post*. Retrieved 17 December 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** Palmer, Anna; Sherman, Jake (29 December 2019). ["POLITICO Playbook: Cuomo says 'hatred exploding' after stabbing at Hanukkah gathering"](https://politi.co/2QrIpBi). *POLITICO*. Retrieved 2020-11-11.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** ["Joe's age and experience gives him helpful perspective: Day 53 out of 100 days of Loving Joe Biden"](https://www.dailykos.com/story/2020/9/3/1973894/-Joe-s-age-and-experience-gives-him-helpful-perspective-Day-53-out-of-100-days-of-Loving-Joe-Biden). *Daily Kos*. Retrieved 2020-11-11.

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