Kate Bedingfield Age, Boyfriend, Husband, Family, Biography & More

Kate Bedingfield

Kate Bedingfield is an American political consultant who has been appointed as the White House communications director for the Biden administration. Previously, she served as deputy campaign manager for Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign. She is also Biden’s former communications director when he was vice president in the Obama administration.

Wiki/Biography

Kate Bedingfield was born in 1982 (current age: 39; as of 2021) as Katherine Joan Bedingfield from Sandy Springs, Georgia. She attended Sandy Springs Charter Middle School and later attended Riverwood International Charter School in Atlanta, Georgia. Bedingfield lived near the Chattahoochee River in Atlanta and grew up playing softball and doing gymnastics. In an interview, she shared a childhood memory,

We lived along the Chattahoochee River…We used to go to the state park, the National Recreation Area, along the river and walk the dogs and play in the river. I remember playing softball at Morgan Falls (Park) and doing gymnastics at Hammond Park.”

Later, she pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Virginia.

appearance

Height (approximate): 5′ 4″

Hair Color: Medium Ash Blonde

Eye color: Black

family

Parents and siblings

Kate Bedingfield’s father, Sid E. Bedingfield, is an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Her mother, Dana H. Bedingfield, is a freelance social media consultant in Columbia. Her brother is named Walter Bedingfield.

Kate Bedingfield and her father

Kate Bedingfield and her father

Kate Bedingfield's mother

Kate Bedingfield’s mother

Kate Bedingfield and her brother

Kate Bedingfield and her brother

Relationships, husbands and children

Kate Bedingfield and David Kelly Keefe were married at St. John’s Episcopal Church on Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, January 12, 2013. David is a partner and founding member of Hilltop Public Solutions, a political consulting and public affairs firm based in Washington, D.C.

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Kate Bedingfield and her husband

Kate Bedingfield and her husband

They had two children: a son, Hugh Kieve, and a daughter, Margot Ruth.

Kate Bedingfield and her son

Kate Bedingfield and her son

Kate Bedingfield's husband and daughter

Kate Bedingfield’s husband and daughter

Profession

In 2006, Bedingfield served as the regional press secretary for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in Washington, D.C., after which she served as a spokesperson during John Edwards’ 2008 presidential campaign. She also served as the communications director for Jeanne Shaheen’s Senate campaign in 2008. In May 2013, Bedingfield served as a spokesperson and vice president of corporate communications for the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). In 2015, Bedingfield became the communications director for then-Vice President Joe Biden. During President Barack Obama’s term, Bedingfield was named director of response and deputy director of media affairs. She then served as deputy campaign manager for Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign. On January 20, 2021, she was named White House communications director for the Joe Biden administration.

Facts/Trivia

  • In 2020, Kate Bedingfield was included in Fortune magazine’s list of “40 Under 40 in Government and Politics” for her work on Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign.
  • Like her father, Kate is also a big fan of the Atlanta Braves, an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. In an interview, she said:

    My dad was a huge Warriors fan growing up, so I was a huge Warriors fan growing up. I grew up in Atlanta and have some very fond, and sometimes painful, memories of the Warriors.”

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