Alyssa Mende Mastromonaco was born on February 22,1976 and is an American author, podcaster, spokeswoman, and former government official.
22 Facts About Alyssa Mastromonaco
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Alyssa Mastromonaco served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for operations in the administration of President Barack Obama from 2011 to 2014.
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Alyssa Mastromonaco was the youngest woman to hold that position.
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Alyssa Mastromonaco has been a contributing editor at Marie Claire magazine.
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Since 2017, Mastromonaco has been a podcaster with Crooked Media.
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Alyssa Mastromonaco's father was a business consultant and her mother was a high school lunch aide.
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Alyssa Mastromonaco went to the University of Vermont for two years, majoring in French with a minor in Japanese.
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Alyssa Mastromonaco then transferred to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in political science in 1998.
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The summer after her sophomore year of college, after seeing then-Congressman Bernie Sanders speak on campus, Alyssa Mastromonaco was hired by Philip Fiermonte to work as an intern for Sanders in his Burlington, Vermont, district office.
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Alyssa Mastromonaco has said that the experience inspired her to work in government after seeing how it was possible to help people doing constituent work on a grassroots level.
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Alyssa Mastromonaco cites Fiermonte as a great mentor during an important time in her life.
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The next summer, Alyssa Mastromonaco was invited to work for Sanders in Washington, DC.
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In 2000, Alyssa Mastromonaco moved to Boston and got her first job in politics as a staff assistant to Senator John Kerry.
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In 2002, Alyssa Mastromonaco was hired as Press Secretary for Congressman Rick Boucher of Virginia, but in December 2002 went back to work for Kerry.
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In 2004, Alyssa Mastromonaco was hired as the director of scheduling for Kerry's presidential campaign.
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From 2007 to 2008, Alyssa Mastromonaco was Political Director for Obama's Political Action Committee, Hopefund, during the 2006 midterm elections.
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In November 2008, Alyssa Mastromonaco was appointed Director of Scheduling and Advance in the administration of President Barack Obama.
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Alyssa Mastromonaco was notable for her long institutional memory, the ability to understand logistics, and her low-key approach to the position.
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In May 2014, Alyssa Mastromonaco left her position as Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations.
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In June 2014, Alyssa Mastromonaco was hired as a contributing editor at Marie Claire.
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In January 2015, Alyssa Mastromonaco joined Vice Media as chief operating officer.
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In November 2013, Alyssa Mastromonaco married David Krone, who had worked with Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and was his Chief of Staff from 2008 to 2015.