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Lauren Maddox

Lauren Maddox, a principal at the Podesta Group, is the former Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach under Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, a former spokesperson for House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former communications director for the House Republican Conference.

Lauren Maddox, a principal at Podesta Group, served as an assistant secretary at the Department of Education from September 2006 to November 2008. She was also a senior advisor to the House Majority Leadership, including former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and former Republican Conference Chairman J.C. Watts, Jr. She also served as a senior strategist for two national health care trade associations. Maddox is a Trustee of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation and serves on the board of the American Action Forum, a public policy institute, and on the DC Advisory Board of Education Pioneers, a nonprofit dedicated to transforming our education system by fostering new leaders.

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