Former Deputy Press Secretary, Office of Public Affairs
Chris Ford served as the Deputy Press Secretary in the Office of Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of Energy. Prior to joining DOE, he worked at the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund as a media relations strategist. He also previously served as the broadcast manager on the communications team at the Center for American Progress. Before coming to DC, he served as a field organizer for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign in Cincinnati, Ohio and worked as a production assistant on several film and television projects, including AMC’s TURN: Washington Spies and PBS’s Mercy Street. Born and raised in Williamsburg, Virginia, Ford is a graduate of Wake Forest University where he majored in Politics & International Affairs and minored in History.