Mercedes Schlapp

Mercedes Schlapp
2nd White House Director of Strategic Communications
In office
September 12, 2017 – July 1, 2019
PresidentDonald Trump
LeaderHope Hicks
Bill Shine
Preceded byHope Hicks
Succeeded byAlyssa Farah
Personal details
Born
Mercedes Viana

(1972-12-27) December 27, 1972 (age 51)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
(m. 2002)
EducationFlorida International University (BA)
George Washington University (MPA)

Mercedes Schlapp (née Viana; born December 27, 1972)[1][2] is an American communications specialist and political commentator for both English and Spanish media. She has served in two presidential administrations as director of specialty media under George W. Bush and as White House Director of Strategic Communications in the Trump administration from September 2017 to July 2019. She went on to work on the Trump 2020 re-election campaign as senior advisor for strategic communications.[3][4][5]

She is also co-founder of Cove Strategies, and advises media strategy for corporate and nonprofit organizations.[6]

  1. ^ @mschlapp (December 27, 2016). "Happy birthday @mercedesschlapp !!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "FamilySearch.org". FamilySearch. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
  3. ^ Haberman, Maggie; Karni, Annie (July 1, 2019). "Mercedes Schlapp Leaving White House Press Office to Join Trump Campaign". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 2, 2019.
  4. ^ "Mercedes Schlapp, Contributor". U.S. News. March 18, 2016. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
  5. ^ "Women for Trump bus rolls into county for rally". October 9, 2020.
  6. ^ Mercedes Schlapp Full Biowwsg.com June 2017 Archived February 3, 2021, at the Wayback Machine