


“Bringing in these trusted and known leaders that have a strong and proven record of helping win presidential campaigns sends a clear signal to the American people that we continue to build out a powerhouse campaign leadership team that knows what it will take to win in November 2024,” said a statement from Biden’s campaign manager, Julie Chavez Rodriguez. Two months into an unpaid internship on John Kerrys Presidential Campaign, Ambassador Gifford was hired as the Deputy Finance Director for the Western States. US Chief of Protocol Rufus Gifford walks through the. Gross Globe Staff,Updated July 17, 2023, 4:00 p.m. Im running for Congress because I believe theres a massive deficit of trust that exists between people and their government, and we need to fix it. Two other appointments were announced at the same time - former Congressman Cedric Richmond as campaign cochair and Democratic National Committee Finance Chair Chris Korge as finance chair for the Biden Victory Fund, a joint fund-raising vehicle for the campaign. native Rufus Gifford to serve as finance chair for Biden reelection By Samantha J. Gifford, a gay man, announced his departure from State via Twitter Monday, and shortly afterward, the Biden campaign announced his new position in a press release. DeVincent, a veterinarian, was in town on a fellowship with the State Department in the Office of Ocean and Polar. Gifford had been working on the Obama campaign and was shifting over to become the finance director for the Democratic National Committee. Rufus Gifford, the highest-ranking out official at the State Department, is leaving his post as chief of protocol to become finance chair for President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign. Ambassador Rufus Gifford, right, with his husband, Stephen DeVincent, after receiving the Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog from Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark on Jan. Stephen DeVincent met in February of 2009 in Washington, D.C.
