Dana Perino | |
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Member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors | |
In office June 30, 2010 – December 31, 2012 | |
26th White House Press Secretary | |
In office September 14, 2007 – January 20, 2009 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Deputy | Tony Fratto |
Preceded by | Tony Snow |
Succeeded by | Robert Gibbs |
White House Deputy Press Secretary | |
In office January 20, 2005 – September 14, 2007 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Press Secretary | Scott McClellan Tony Snow |
Preceded by | Scott McClellan |
Succeeded by | Tony Fratto |
Personal details | |
Born | Dana Marie Perino May 9, 1972 Evanston, Wyoming, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse |
Peter McMahon (m. 1998) |
Education | Colorado State University Pueblo (BA) University of Illinois Springfield (MA) |
Dana Marie Perino[1] (born May 9, 1972) is an American political commentator and author who was the 26th White House Press Secretary, under President George W. Bush from September 14, 2007, to January 20, 2009. She was the second female White House Press Secretary, after Dee Dee Myers who served during the Clinton administration.[2]
Perino is a political commentator for Fox News, while also serving as a co-host of the network's talk show The Five, and was a book publishing executive at Random House. On October 2, 2017, she began hosting The Daily Briefing with Dana Perino on Fox News.[3] In early 2021, Perino left The Daily Briefing to co-anchor America's Newsroom with Bill Hemmer.[4] In May 2023, Perino was awarded an honorary doctorate of Humane Letters from CSU Pueblo, her alma mater. [5]
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