Career
On April 4, 2014 White was named "National Democratic Strategist of the Year" by the American Association of Political Consultants. The New York Times described White as current Vice President Joe Biden"s "long-time strategist."
At the age of 21, White was hired by the 1972 presidential campaign of United States. Senator George McGovern, joining the campaign"s traveling staff and finding a place on President Richard Nixon"s "White House Enemies List." White worked briefly as a press secretary to McGovern. When he was 23, White launched his own political consulting firm and was mentored by famed-admaker Tony Schwartz.
White worked to elect the first Native American to the United States Senate, the first woman Attorney General and Governor of Michigan, and worked on the first campaign in the nation to defeat a ban on bilingual education for Hispanic children.
He has also served as an advisor and created television advertisements for Vice President Joe Biden, T. Boone Pickens, Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, General Wesley Clark, United States. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Speaker of the House Tip O"Neill, American Telephone & Telegraph Company and others The American Association of Political Consultants has recognized White"s television work with more "Pollie Awards" than they have bestowed on any of his Democratic peers.
The 1989 book titled 30-Second Politics details White as producing the "first truly wordless ad" for a successful gubernatorial campaign in Oregon. In 2010, White served as media strategist for Illinois Governor Pat Quinn’s campaign, that was named by RealClearPolitics.com as the #5 upset in the country.
I In 2012, White helped elect the only Democratic woman governor in the country, New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan.
White was born and raised in Carroll, Iowa. He now resides in East Aurora, New New York He has five children.
He is a graduate of Georgetown University in Washington District of Columbia