Leads integrated communications campaigns and provides strategic counsel across issue areas for national and international clients. Specializes in message strategy, project and crisis management.

Liz Allen is a Partner in Finsbury Glover Hering’s Strategic Communications Division, leading integrated communications campaigns and providing strategic counsel across issue areas. She specializes in message strategy, project and crisis management, and executive positioning.
Prior to Finsbury Glover Hering, Liz served as White House Deputy Communications Director to President Barack Obama, culminating eight years of service in the Obama Administration where she held a number of roles including White House Director of Message Planning and Deputy Director of Communications to Vice President Joe Biden. During her seven years at the White House, Liz drove communications planning around the President’s priorities, domestic and foreign policies, and legislative and outreach strategy. She has managed complex message events, groundbreaking interviews and documentaries, and press coverage for President Obama and Vice President Biden across the United States and in more than 30 foreign countries on five continents. 
Liz’s experience in government extends to the U.S. Department of State, where she served as Director of Public Affairs for Educational and Cultural Affairs. She previously worked on human trafficking and international women’s issues at the State Department.
Liz got her start in politics working on the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, and managing statewide GOTV operations for the Obama-Biden Presidential Campaign in Pennsylvania. She graduated from the State University of New York College at Geneseo with a degree in Political Science and minor in Sociology concentrating on Criminal Justice, and was honored to give the commencement address at her alma mater in 2016.

Served as White House Deputy Communications Director to President Barack Obama. Twice worked at the U.S. State Department.

Proud Buffalo, NY, native and devoted fan to the Buffalo Bills. Lover of bookstores, ice cream, and culinary adventuring.

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