Dana Perino
Dana Perino | |
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White House Deputy Press Secretary | |
In office 2005 – September 14, 2007 | |
President | George W. Bush |
Leader | 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. |
Spouse |
Peter McMahon (m. 1998) |
Education | Colorado State University Pueblo (BA) University of Illinois Springfield (MA) |
Dana Marie Perino
Perino is a
Early life and career
Born in
Perino next worked in
After Schaefer announced his retirement in 1998, Perino and husband Peter McMahon moved to Great Britain.[6]
In November 2001, Perino returned to Washington, D.C., and secured a position as a spokesperson for the Department of Justice,[15] at which she served for two years.[16]
Perino then joined the White House staff as the associate director of communications for the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), where she provided strategic advice on message development, media relations and public outreach.[17][18]
Press secretary
Perino was hired by White House chief of staff Andy Card two months after the September 11 attacks. Initially, she was associate director of communications for the White House CEQ in 2002.[19]
Perino served as
On August 31, 2007, President George W. Bush announced that Snow would be resigning his post for health reasons and that Perino would become his replacement.[21] Perino served as Assistant to the President and as White House Press Secretary from September 14, 2007, until the end of the Bush administration in January 2009.[22][23]
On December 14, 2008, a TV journalist, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, threw two shoes at Bush during a Baghdad press conference. Bush successfully dodged both, but Perino's eye was injured by a microphone stand during the commotion surrounding al-Zaidi's arrest.[24][25][26][22]
Post-Bush administration career
Since leaving the White House, Perino became a political
Beginning September 18, 2016, Perino's podcast Perino & Stirewalt: I'll Tell You What, co-hosted with
In 2022, she served as a guest host of Fox News' late night talk show Gutfeld!, as of 2023 she continues to serve as a regular fill in for host for Greg Gutfeld. [31]
In August 2023, it was announced that Perino would host a new podcast entitled Perino on Politics on Fox News Radio ahead of the 2024 presidential election.[32]
On August 30, 2023,
Other media appearances
In May 2012, Perino appeared on
Personal life
Perino met her future husband, English-born Peter McMahon, in August 1997. They were married in 1998.[38]
Perino has been a resident of Bay Head, New Jersey.[39] Perino had a Vizsla dog named Jasper who died on September 4, 2021.[40] A few months later, she announced on the Fox News Channel that she and her husband adopted another Vizsla named Percy.[41]
See also
Bibliography
- And the Good News Is...: Lessons and Advice from the Bright Side. Twelve Books. 2015. p. 256. ISBN 978-1455584901.
- Let Me Tell You about Jasper . . .: How My Best Friend Became America's Dog. Twelve Books. 2016. p. 272. ISBN 978-1455567102.
- Everything Will Be Okay: Life Lessons for Young Women (from a Former Young Woman). Twelve Books. 2021. p. 240. ISBN 978-1538737088.
References
- ^ The Five : FOXNEWSW : March 10, 2014 2:00pm-3:01pm PDT, FOXNEWSW, March 10, 2014, retrieved January 28, 2021
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- ^ "DETAILS: Fox News Channel to Launch New Daytime Lineup". Fox News Insider. September 26, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- ^ "Dana Perino co-hosts America's Newsroom with Bill Hemmer". Retrieved March 22, 2021.
- ^ "Colorado State University Pueblo Announces Dana Perino as 2023 Commencement Speaker". CSU Pueblo. January 30, 2023. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ a b c Barge, Chris (March 31, 2007). "Coloradan steps right into the media spotlight". Rocky Mountain News. Archived from the original on March 27, 2008. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- ^ Ruffino, Elissa (2008). "White house press secretary dana perino to address public policy lecture series". National Italian American Foundation. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved March 25, 2010.
- ^ "Dana Perino – Voce Italiana Online – Washington DC". Voceitaliana.com. January 1, 2004. Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
- ^ Dana Perino Interview: "Minute Mentoring Interview with Janice Perino (a.k.a. My Mom)" March 28, 2013
- ^ a b Zaletel, Cora (January 18, 2009). "White House Press Secretary to present Spring commencement address at CSU Pueblo". Colorado State University Pueblo. Retrieved March 24, 2010. [dead link]
- ^ "Perino's Faux Pas: Brian's Boner Recalled". wordpress.com. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
- University of Illinois Alumni Association. Fall 2007. Archived from the originalon February 27, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- University of Illinois Alumni Association. Fall 2007. Archived from the originalon February 27, 2013. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- ^ Baxter, Sarah (December 14, 2007). "Bush's cool blonde is a northern gran". The Times. London. Archived from the original on September 18, 2008. Retrieved December 14, 2007.
- ^ Roberts, Michael (September 19, 2007). "New Forecast". Denver Westwood News. Archived from the original on September 6, 2009. Retrieved December 18, 2008.
- ^ Brass, Kevin (September 21, 2007). "Media Watch: The Improbable Rise of Dana Perino". Retrieved December 17, 2008.
- ^ Marshall, Christa (August 31, 2007). "Coloradan takes over for Tony Snow". PoliticsWest, The Denver Post. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011.
- ^ "Dana Perino – Assistant to the President and Press Secretary". U.S. Government. Retrieved December 17, 2008.
- ^ Goldsmith, Jan (September 21, 2021). "Someone San Diego Should Know: Dana Perino". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
- ^ "White House Daily Briefing". C-SPAN. August 31, 2007. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
- ^ a b "Dana M. Perino". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
- ^ Carswell, Sue (December 2008). "Dana Perino's Ready for a Glass of Red Wine". Vanity Fair. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
- ^ "Sole Survivor". Checkpoint Baghdad. December 14, 2008. Retrieved December 14, 2008.
- ^ "Bush ducks flying shoes during Iraq visit". CTV Television Network. December 14, 2008. Archived from the original on December 15, 2008. Retrieved December 14, 2008.
- ^ "Iraqi Journalist Hurls Shoes at Bush". The New York Times. December 15, 2008. Archived from the original on June 25, 2017. Retrieved December 15, 2008.
- ^ "Obama taps former Bush aide to key government post", AFP, November 19, 2009. Footnote augmented March 14, 2010.
- ^ Kane, Paul (June 30, 2010). "Former Bush, Reid aides approved for broadcasting board". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 13, 2010.
- ^ "Former White House Press Secretary Dana Perino to Teach at GW's Graduate School of Political Management". George Washington University. July 14, 2010. Archived from the original on July 22, 2010. Retrieved July 14, 2010.
- ^ Yin, Maryann (March 30, 2011). "Dana Perino Appointed Editorial Director of Crown Forum". GalleyCat. Archived from the original on January 14, 2012. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
- ^ "'Gutfeld!' highlights the best in animal videos". Fox News Video. August 30, 2023. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
- ^ Steinberg, Brian (August 14, 2023). "Fox News' Dana Perino to Launch 'Perino on Politics' Podcast for 2024 Election Cycle". Variety. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
- ^ Mastrangelo, Dominick (August 30, 2023). "Stuart Varney, Dana Perino to moderate second GOP debate on Fox Business". The Hill. Retrieved August 30, 2023.
- ^ Vazquez, Maegan (September 28, 2023). "Asked whom they'd vote off the island, Republican candidates stage a mutiny". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on October 2, 2023. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
- ^ Robertson, Nick (September 28, 2023). "GOP candidates at debate refuse to pick a challenger to 'vote off the island'". The Hill. Archived from the original on November 17, 2023.
- ^ McHardy, Martha (September 28, 2023). "Republican candidates refuse to answer 'Survivor' question at debate". The Independent. Archived from the original on November 9, 2023.
- ^ "Dana Perino's 'Jeopardy!' performance". Fox News Video. May 16, 2012. Archived from the original on July 2, 2012. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
- ^ Justich, Kerry (November 14, 2018). "How Fox News' Dana Perino met her husband by chance on an airplane: 'He's cute, and he's not wearing a wedding ring, and he has a British accent'". Yahoo! News. Archived from the original on December 8, 2021. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
- ^ Cotter, Kelly-Jane. "Coronavirus NJ: Fox News with Dana Perino, and her dog, broadcasts from Bay Head", Asbury Park Press, April 10, 2020. Accessed April 11, 2020. "Like many broadcast journalists, Fox News anchor Dana Perino now does this every day. Since March, when the COVID-19 pandemic prompted social isolation measures in New York City, Perino has been broadcasting remotely from her home in Bay Head."
- ^ "Dana Perino: Goodbye, Jasper". Fox News. September 6, 2021.
- ^ "Dana Perino: America, meet Percy Vizsla". Fox News. November 8, 2021.
External links
- Fox News profile
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Dana Perino at IMDb