MORGAN ORTAGUS, DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON VIDEO
PRESS ROOM WASHINGTON D.C.
https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-august-8-2019/#post-93163-SECRETARYPOMPEOTRAVEL
Morgan Ortagus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Ortagus
Morgan Deann Ortagus (born July 10, 1982) is an American government official serving as spokesperson for the United States Department of State since 2019. She previously held several government positions including Deputy Treasury Attaché and Intelligence Analyst at the United States Department of the Treasury and Public Affairs Officer at USAID. Ortagus worked as national security contributor at Fox News prior to her appointment as State Department spokesperson. She is also an officer in the United States Navy Reserve.
Ortagus was born in Waterbury, Ct, along with her fraternal twin Megan to Ronald E. and Denise C. Ortagus. Her father owned a cleanup and restoration company and her mother was an office manager. She grew up for the first 12 years in Connecticut then moved to after her father left the family. Morgan has 3 sisters altogether.
In 2005, Ortagus graduated from Florida Southern College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science. In 2013, Ortagus graduated from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) with a dual Master degree; Master of Business Administration from Johns Hopkins Carey Business School and Master of Arts in Government from JHU. Ortagus's research at JHU included work on counterinsurgency.
Morgan speaks in Germany in 2019
In 2006, Ortagus worked as press secretary on former Deputy National Security Advisor K. T. McFarland's Senate campaign, prior to that she had been a campaign staffer for Florida Republican congressman Adam Putnam.
After returning to the United States, Ortagus left the government and joined the private sector, first as global relationship manager at Standard Chartered Bank working with clients from Asia, the Middle East and Africa and then in 2016 as executive director at Ernst & Young (EY), where she helped found EY's Geostrategic Business Group working on geopolitical risk analysis for investors.
Ortagus worked as national security contributor and Republican strategist at the Fox News Channel, appearing on Fox & Friends, Outnumbered, The Five and Mornings with Maria on the Fox Business Network.
Ortagus and Samantha Vinograd are the co-founders of GO Advisors, a geopolitical risk and policy advisory firm
In 2016, Ortagus was a volunteer on Jeb Bush's presidential campaign.
Ortagus returned to government in 2019 after being appointed Spokesperson for the U.S. State Department succeeding Heather Nauert.
Ortagus has been married to Jonathan Weinberger since 2013. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg presided over their wedding.
Weinberger served as White House associate general counsel and executive secretary on Trade from 2008 to 2012 and as executive secretary at the U.S. Treasury Department from 2003 to 2008.
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