12 Facts About Mark Pfeifle

Mark Pfeifle was born on March 30,1972 and was a top national security advisor and communicator for President George W Bush.

Mark Pfeifle is the founder and president of Off the Record Strategies, a public relations and strategy company, and he is a blogger for the Huffington Post.

Mark Pfeifle worked on international communication initiatives to de-legitimize al Qaeda, to stop Iran from enriching uranium, to denuclearize North Korea, to achieve fair and free trade agreements and to advocate the causes of freedom, liberty and human rights to those suffering under brutal dictatorships.

In July 2009, Mark Pfeifle created a stir in the online and tech community when he called for Twitter to be considered for the Nobel Peace Prize for its assistance in helping the people of Iran.

From 1997 to 2001, Mark Pfeifle helped lay the groundwork to elect Bush, by serving as deputy communications director at the Republican National Committee.

From 2001 to 2004, as communication director and press secretary for Interior Secretary Gale Norton, Mark Pfeifle created messages to pass energy and conservation legislation and the administration's Healthy Forest Initiative.

In 2005, Mark Pfeifle directed the Social Security Information Center at the US Department of Treasury, leading the communication effort for the president's arduous attempt to fix the Social Security system.

Later that year, Mark Pfeifle was assigned to the White House to focus on communication strategy for the Global War on Terror.

Mark Pfeifle was called shortly after for a short tour as a senior communications advisor for Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

In May 2012, Mark Pfeifle debated at the Oxford Union on social media and social activism.

In December 2023, Mark Pfeifle delivered the commencement address at his alma mater, the University of North Dakota.

Mark Pfeifle graduated from the University of North Dakota with a degree in communications and was sports editor of the school's newspaper.