Newsom Communications Director Nathan Ballard
has tendered his resignation.
Photo by Luke Thomas
From the Mayor’s Office of Communications
November 16, 2009
Today Mayor Gavin Newsom announced that Nathan Ballard, his director of communications, will be leaving the Newsom administration.
Newsom praised Ballard’s skills.
“Nathan Ballard is unflappable, smart and a fierce advocate,” said Newsom. “He is a talented communicator and a consummate professional, and we will miss him.”
Ballard praised Newsom for his leadership.
“Mayor Newsom is a gifted leader who fearlessly tackles significant issues such as health care, the environment, education, and equal rights,” said Ballard. “It has been a privilege to serve this administration.”
Ballard took the helm of Newsom’s communications operation in February, 2007. He will be leaving the administration in February, 2010. He said he plans to spend more time with his family and to relaunch the business he founded in 2004, Earned Media, LLC.
Ballard, 40, has served as a spokesman for two presidential candidates, Senator John Kerry and General Wesley Clark. He has also been a communications director for the Democratic National Committee, the California Democratic Party, and California’s largest labor organization, the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO.
The Hunger Site
November 17, 2009 at 7:49 am
Everything you’ve heard and read is true, whether you like it or not.
What we’ve got here is another Bob Shrum, typical of the Democrats, who goes from losing campaign to losing candidate to losing also wanna run.
I’m sure that some other Democrat loser will hire Ballard, because this operation rewards loyalty and failure much more so than success, apparently because they appear to view losing as success.
-marc
November 16, 2009 at 9:56 pm
Yeah, I’m all choked up about it.