Chair Harrison announced today new communications leadership at the DNC. Adrienne Watson has been named communications director. Ofirah Yheskel will serve as deputy communications director, and Danai Pointer will be communications outreach director.

“Adrienne is one of the most talented and seasoned communicators in our party, and we are thrilled that she’s agreed to take on this new and important assignment,” said DNC Chair Jaime Harrison. “With Adrienne, Ofirah and Danai at the helm, we are ready to communicate our president and our party’s priorities, policies and principles to the American people.”

In addition to running the War Room, Watson has held a long list of prominent communications roles within the party, including DNC national press secretary, spokesperson for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, communications director for Correct the Record, and a variety of communications roles in the House and Senate.

Yheskel has previously served as a spokesperson in the 2020 DNC War Room, director of media relations for the successful 2020 Democratic National Convention and deputy communications director for Beto O’Rourke’s presidential campaign.

Pointer served as a communications strategist and external affairs lead in the 2020 DNC War Room. Previously, she led project management and communications consultancy at the Bergen Consulting Group. She has served as senior program manager of the Aspen Institute Arts Program, as a consultant at Bloomberg Associates, and as director of external affairs at the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.