Oral history interview with Paulette Aniskoff, 2020
Abstract
Paulette Aniskoff discusses her public service during the presidency of Barack Obama, including her work as a field director for the Obama 2008 campaign, in the Office of Presidential Personnel, at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and as director of the White House Office of Public Engagement (OPE). Aniskoff describes her management of the White House's relationships with advocacy an d interest groups during her Directorship of OPE, providing details about OPE's Affordable Care Act enrollment campaign, presidential meetings with advocates, and OPE's work in support of gun control executive action. Also discussed are the hiring of campaign staff into federal positions, FEMA's "Whole Community" approach to disaster relief, and the cultural differences between the first and second presidential terms, with particular emphasis on the changed role of women in the White House
Presidents--Staff--United States; Women--United States; Gun control--United States; Fire arms--Law and legislation--United States; Disaster relief--United States; Emergency management--United States; Presidential campaigns--United States; Aniskoff, Paulette; Obama, Barack; United States Federal Emergency Management Agency; United States Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
2020
Physical Description
49 pages
Note (Biographical)
Paulette Aniskoff was deputy assistant to the president and director of the Office of Public Engagement in the Obama administration. Before that, she served in the White House Office of Presidential Personnel and as director of the Individual and Comm unity Preparedness Division at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). She also worked on the 2008 campaign and, after the administration, served as President Obama's political director through the 2018 midterms. She launched Citizen 44 LLC in early 2017, which oversees President Obama's engagement with political and progressive organizations and major supporters around the country to support his legacy
Note
Interviewed by Nicole R. Hemmer on August 26, 2020. This interview is part of the Columbia University: Obama Presidency Oral History
Note (Provenance)
Paulette Aniskoff, Gift, transferred from Columbia Center for Oral History Research 2022