Andrew Bates
Andrew Bates on the Confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson
Andrew Bates
Keynote Speaker
White House Senior Deputy Press Secretary (2024-2025); White House Deputy Press Secretary and Senior Communications Adviser (2022-2024); White House Deputy Press Secretary (2021-2022)
Called “a prominent voice for President Biden” by Axios, Andrew Bates has spent 15 years on the frontlines of U.S. politics, most recently as a top spokesperson for the White House and the 2020 Biden campaign. He has briefed reporters in the White House Briefing Room and on Air Force One, worked on the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, helped pass historic legislation, and navigated high stakes challenges and crises. Bates is an engaging, humorous storyteller who shares experiences and insights about politics and government, media, crisis management, public relations, and policy-making.
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Andrew Bates has been at the center of defining moments in modern American politics: shaping communications and media strategy, briefing reporters in the White House Briefing Room and on Air Force One, responding to crises, and helping teams be at their best in high stakes moments.
A top press aide in the Biden White House and on the 2020 Biden campaign, The Washington Post wrote that “Bates earned a reputation as a forceful and competent spokesman who handled questions about some of the most sensitive issues.”
Fox News described him as “a quick-witted fighter and a key campaign official who helped to send Joe Biden to the White House.”
Bates’ work on Supreme Court confirmations, landmark legislation, and political strategy gives him a unique perspective about how politics, policy, media, and public relations intersect.
Bates’ expertise ranges from government decision-making, crisis communication, political campaigns, media relations, and public affairs. With his sharp wit and clear, accessible communication style, he breaks down complex political dynamics, offering audiences an insider’s point of view on how messages are delivered, policies are shaped, and crises are overcome.
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Andrew Bates
Andrew Bates on the Confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson
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This Moment in American Politics
Some of the most pressing questions for any organization today deal with how they navigate this dynamic and unpredictable moment in American politics.
Using firsthand experience from the White House Briefing Room to presidential campaign war rooms, helping to pass historic legislation, confirming Supreme Court Justices, and managing crises, Andrew Bates pulls back the curtain on what it’s like to serve in high-level politics and sheds light on the different perspectives that administrations, members of Congress, the press, and the public have on American politics.
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How to Prepare Like the White House Press Secretary
The White House Briefing Room is one of the most famous spaces in the world. The high-level officials who present and take questions there must be prepared for an impossible range of subjects and potential questions with precision, since the words of an administration can instantly affect anything from the stock market to the United States’ relationships with foreign countries.
Andrew Bates can share personal experiences from the intensely detailed and dynamic process White House spokespeople go through in order to be ready for that testing environment, and apply lessons that are relevant to any leader or organization.
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