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Amaryllis Fox Kennedy
Campaign manager 2024 Kennedy presidential campaign 2024 presidential campaign staff |
Affiliation: Independent |
Amaryllis Fox Kennedy was the campaign manager for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s (I) 2024 presidential campaign. Fox Kennedy was elevated from co-campaign manager to the main Kennedy campaign manager on October 13, 2023, following the resignation of former campaign manager Dennis Kucinich (D). Fox Kennedy previously worked as the chief executive officer of Mulu, a product recommendation website, as head of Twitter's consumer products e-commerce division, as an author and television host, and as a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer.[1][2][3] She is Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s (I) daughter-in-law.[4]
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Career
Fox Kennedy began her career working as a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer from 2002 to 2010. She said her work was focused on preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.[5] Fox Kennedy authored a memoir in 2019 about her experience in the CIA titled Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA.[6]
Following her time in the CIA, Fox Kennedy founded a social media company called Mulu in 2012, which allowed users to provide product reviews and donate affiliate program earnings to charity.[7] She then worked as the head of Twitter's consumer products e-commerce division until 2015.[4] Fox Kennedy hosted a documentary series on the History Channel titled American Ripper in 2017, and a documentary series on Netflix titled The Business of Drugs for Netflix in 2020.[8]
Fox Kennedy began working on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s (I) presidential campaign in February 2023, and was promoted to campaign manager in October 2023.[9][1]
Fox Kennedy received a bachelor's degree from Oxford University, and a master's degree in international security from Georgetown University.[1]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2024 presidential campaign
Key staff members
The table below shows a partial list of national campaign staff members, including the campaign manager, senior advisors, political directors, communications directors, field directors, and the national press secretary. They are presented alongside their positions in the campaign, their most recent positions prior to the campaign, and their Twitter handles. To recommend additions, please email us at editor@ballotpedia.org.
- See also: Presidential election campaign managers and key staffers, 2024
| Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presidential campaign national staff, 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | Position | Prior experience | Twitter handle |
| Amaryllis Fox Kennedy[10] | Campaign manager | Co-campaign manager, 2024 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presidential campaign | @amaryllisfox |
| Charles Eisenstein[11] | Senior advisor | Author | @ceisenstein |
| Link Lauren[11] | Senior advisor | TikTok influencer | @itslinklauren |
| John E. Sullivan[12] | Campaign treasurer | Attorney | N/A |
| Del Bigtree[13] | Communications director | Executive director, Informed Consent Action Network | @delbigtree |
| Stefanie Spear[14] | Press secretary | Founder and CEO, Stellar Consulting | @StefanieSpear |
Media
Interviews and profiles
- The New York Times, "This C.I.A. Officer Wants to Give Peace a Chance" (October 10, 2019)
- YouTube, "Robert F. Kennedy's Race For U.S President 2024 - Amaryllis Fox Kennedy, Campaign Manager" (January 9, 2024)
See also
- Sample Ballot Lookup
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presidential campaign, 2024
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. presidential campaign staff, 2024
- Presidential candidates, 2024
- Presidential election campaign managers, 2024
- Central Intelligence Agency
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kennedy's campaign website, "Kennedy Campaign Announces New Campaign Manager," October 13, 2023
- ↑ The Wall Street Journal, "Meet Mulu, a Pinterest-Like Site for E-Commerce — With a Cause," January 24, 2012
- ↑ Men's Health, "The Business of Drugs Host Amaryllis Fox Has a History in the CIA," July 16, 2020
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Town & Country, "Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says He Couldn't Be Happier for His Son to Marry Former CIA Officer Amaryllis Fox," June 26, 2018
- ↑ KQED, "Amaryllis Fox on Her 'Life Undercover' in the CIA," October 18, 2019
- ↑ Kirkus Reviews, "LIFE UNDERCOVER: COMING OF AGE IN THE CIA," July 27, 2019
- ↑ The Wall Street Journal, "Meet Mulu, a Pinterest-Like Site for E-Commerce — With a Cause," January 24, 2012
- ↑ IMDB, "Amaryllis Fox, accessed April 9, 2024
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Disbursements," accessed April 8, 2024
- ↑ Kennedy's campaign website, "Kennedy Campaign Announces New Campaign Manager," October 13, 2023
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Daily Beast, "Meet the Misfits Working to Elect RFK Jr.," August 26, 2023 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "db" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ CNN, "Robert F. Kennedy Jr. files paperwork to run for president as a Democrat," April 5, 2023
- ↑ The Hill, "Leading anti-vaccine activist joins RFK Jr. campaign as communications director," January 1, 2024
- ↑ ABC News, "RFK Jr. says he’s not anti-vaccine. His record shows the opposite. It’s one of many inconsistencies," July 31, 2023
