Kate Bedingfield To Depart As White House Communications Director; Ben LaBolt To Succeed Her
She had planned to depart last summer, but then changed her plans and stayed on through the midterms. He currently leads a San Francisco-based communications and marketing agency, Bully Pulpit Interactive. Hell also be the first openly gay White House communications director. Kate BedingfieldAnna Moneymaker/Getty Images Ben has big shoes to fill, Biden said. Bedingfields exit follows that of White House chief of staff Ron Klain, who was succeeded by Jeffrey Zients....