Nathan Ballard

Nathan Ballard
Born
Nathan F. Ballard
Occupation(s)Democratic strategist
Spokesperson
Attorney
Known forFormer spokesman for Governor of California Gavin Newsom
Websitewww.nathanballard.com

Nathan Ballard is a U.S. Democratic strategist and attorney.[1][2][3] He was the communications director for the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, when Newsom was the 42nd mayor of San Francisco.[4][5] He is a longtime friend and advisor to Newsom.[6][7][8][9] He sat on the board of directors of The Representation Project, Jennifer Siebel Newsom's nonprofit organization.[10] Ballard had close ties with the 43rd mayor of San Francisco, Ed Lee.[11][12] He was an advisor to Mark Farrell, the 44th mayor of San Francisco.[13][14][15]

Ballard has worked as a spokesman for the Democratic National Committee, the California Labor Federation, AFL–CIO,[16] former Secretary of State John Kerry, and Wesley Clark.[17][18] Ballard was a spokesman for the Golden State Warriors and was a spokesman for the Super Bowl 50 host committee.[19][20] He has represented prominent families and individuals including the Getty family[21] and Dede Wilsey.[22]

  1. ^ Stevens, Elizabeth Lesly (7 May 2011). "Running for Mayor, but With Her Money Not in Play". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "'Shrimp Boy' tried to hang with San Francisco politicians".
  3. ^ California, The State Bar of. "Attorney Search : The State Bar of California". members.calbar.ca.gov. Retrieved 2018-01-12.
  4. ^ "Newsom's spokesman resigns".
  5. ^ "A Spokesman Leaves: What Does It Mean for Gavin Newsom?". 17 November 2009.
  6. ^ "Inside the Rivalry Between Ron DeSantis and Gavin Newsom". Time. 2023-06-20. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  7. ^ "California's New Governor Has a Problem: His Own Party". POLITICO Magazine. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  8. ^ Daniels, Jeff (2018-11-07). "California Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom inherits surplus, booming economy, risks". www.cnbc.com. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
  9. ^ Persons, Sally (2019-03-19). "California's early primary poised to pull 2020 Democrats further left". Fox News. Retrieved 2019-03-19.
  10. ^ "Miss Bigelow: Choices fundraiser shadowed by loss of Merla Zellerbach". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-06-05.
  11. ^ "Ed Lee Remembered By Those Who Knew Him Best". Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  12. ^ "Once-reluctant S.F. Mayor Ed Lee says he'll run for 2nd term". SFGate. Retrieved 2018-01-10.
  13. ^ "Unusual pairing of supervisors helped unite majority of board against Breed". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  14. ^ "Mark Farrell sues SF over $191,000 election-law fine". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-01-26.
  15. ^ "SF police union happy to have Farrell in mayor's office". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
  16. ^ Murphy, Dean E. (30 September 2003). "With End Near, Recall Race Starts to Look Conventional". The New York Times.
  17. ^ "Missouri Democrats to host presidential debate in St. Louis".
  18. ^ "S.F. mayor's spokesman stepping down".
  19. ^ Matier, Phillip; Ross, Andrew (19 May 2015). "Warriors brass trying to tie arena push to playoff fever". San Francisco Chronicle.
  20. ^ Aleaziz, Hamed (27 February 2015). "Super Bowl 50 hosts give $2.5 million for youth outreach". San Francisco Chronicle.
  21. ^ "John Gilbert Getty's Family Will Spend Thanksgiving 'Grieving,' Says Family Spokesman". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  22. ^ Ross, Phillip Matier and Andrew (2016-09-28). "After power struggle, Dede Wilsey prevails at Fine Arts Museums". SFGATE. Retrieved 2021-08-23.