Shailagh Jane Murray (born October 9, 1965) is an American university administrator, former political aide and

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who served as a senior advisor to

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. She previously served as deputy chief of staff and communications director for

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Career

Murray worked for ''

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'' from 1999 to 2005. She then became

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correspondent for ''

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'', covering the elections of 2006, 2008 and 2010. She joined the Office of the Vice President in 2011 as communications director and was later promoted to deputy chief of staff. In March 2015, she was named as the successor to Dan Pfeiffer as

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with a communications portfolio. In September 2018, she was appointed Executive Vice President for Public Affairs of

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