24 Facts About Lis Smith

Lis Smith was born on October 15,1982 and is an American political strategist affiliated with the Democratic Party.

Lis Smith is most well known for being the senior advisor for Pete Buttigieg's 2020 presidential campaign, deputy manager of Martin O'Malley's 2016 presidential campaign and the director of rapid response for Barack Obama's 2012 campaign.

Smith was born to lawyers Thomas, cousin of Senator Sam Ervin, and Adrienne Smith and was raised in Bronxville, New York, along with her twin brother Angus, and older siblings Ashley and Toby.

Lis Smith double majored in government and anthropology at Dartmouth College, graduating in 2005.

Lis Smith worked on Tom Daschle's 2004 Senate campaign as a field organizer.

Lis Smith was communications director for Dan Seals' 2008 Illinois House race.

Lis Smith became communications director for the Democratic Governors Association in 2011.

Lis Smith later worked as the spokeswoman for Bill de Blasio's mayoral run in 2013.

In 2018, Lis Smith became spokeswoman for Andrew Cuomo's successful re-election campaign, who had endorsed the political entity.

Lis Smith was the deputy campaign manager for the Martin O'Malley 2016 presidential campaign.

Lis Smith met Pete Buttigieg on the recommendations of Axelrod and O'Malley when he was considering running for Democratic National Committee chair in 2017 and became a consultant for the campaign.

Lis Smith ran his campaign publicly by courting the national political press, a technique she further honed during Buttigieg's 2020 presidential campaign.

Lis Smith's strategy emphasized saturation in unconventional settings, such as "West Wing" fan podcasts.

Lis Smith later modeled a New Hampshire bus trip off of John McCain's Straight Talk Express during his 2000 presidential campaign in which reporters were invited on board to travel and question the candidate.

Lis Smith has been included in Fortune's 40 Under 40 in Government and Politics, and Crain's list of the 50 Most Powerful Women in New York.

In 2020, Lis Smith was one of six political experts named as fellows by the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service.

Lis Smith was a senior advisor on Corey Johnson's 2021 campaign for New York City Comptroller, and raised $3.5 million in funds for a PAC supporting Andrew Yang's 2021 mayoral campaign.

In 2022, Lis Smith became a communications adviser for Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow.

Lis Smith authored the 2022 book Any Given Tuesday: A Political Love Story.

Lis Smith is known for her commentary and analysis of United States politics.

Lis Smith has written for publications such as The New York Times, Vanity Fair and The Washington Post.

Lis Smith has an active social media presence, through which she addresses political topics and factchecks statements by Republican politicians such as Mitt Romney.

Lis Smith dated Missouri politician Jeff Lis Smith, who served as her professor at Dartmouth.

Lis Smith handled some of his publicity during his political campaign.