Karen Finney (born August 15, 1967) is an American political
consultant and spokesperson for the Clinton 2016 presidential
campaign. She was a political commentator for MSNBC and hosted the
show Disrupt with Karen Finney.Finney was born in New York to an
African-American father who worked as a civil rights lawyer and a
white mother who worked as a labor negotiator. Through her mother, she
is related to the Confederate Civil War general, Robert E. Lee. As a
child, she moved to California with her mother, and attended the
University of California, Los Angeles.Finney served four years as the
spokesperson and Director of Communications at the Democratic National
Committee. She has also written for The Hill, is a commentator for
Politico, MSNBC, and The Huffington Post.Finney served as Press
Secretary for Hillary Clinton in the early 1990s. She then moved into
the private sector, working in marketing for the Scholastic
Corporation.
consultant and spokesperson for the Clinton 2016 presidential
campaign. She was a political commentator for MSNBC and hosted the
show Disrupt with Karen Finney.Finney was born in New York to an
African-American father who worked as a civil rights lawyer and a
white mother who worked as a labor negotiator. Through her mother, she
is related to the Confederate Civil War general, Robert E. Lee. As a
child, she moved to California with her mother, and attended the
University of California, Los Angeles.Finney served four years as the
spokesperson and Director of Communications at the Democratic National
Committee. She has also written for The Hill, is a commentator for
Politico, MSNBC, and The Huffington Post.Finney served as Press
Secretary for Hillary Clinton in the early 1990s. She then moved into
the private sector, working in marketing for the Scholastic
Corporation.
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