Apple is reportedly firing the current White House deputy press secretary. Olivia Allaire Dalton currently serves as Deputy Assistant to the President and Chief White House Press Secretary.
Reuters, which first reported the news, said the longtime aide to President Joe Biden will take a senior position in Apple’s communications department.
Dalton is scheduled to leave the White House in mid-March, officials said. She has been the White House deputy press secretary since August 2022, and she reports directly to Karine Jean-Pierre.
Last week, Mr. Dalton informed Mr. Biden’s senior staff of his plans to leave for a job on Apple’s communications team, the people said on condition of anonymity.
Olivia Allaire Dalton has worked with Biden for nearly 20 years, according to LinkedIn. Outside of government, Olivia Allaire Dalton previously served as vice president of communications for the Human Rights Campaign.
Apple is no stranger to hiring former government employees into its company. Apple’s environmental guru, Lisa Jackson, joined the company after leading the Environmental Protection Agency. Former Vice President Al Gore also served on Apple’s board for a long time until recently. And a decade ago, Apple was rumored to be eyeing former President Obama press secretary Jay Carney, who ended up taking a public relations role at Amazon.
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