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Daniella Gibbs Léger is the executive vice president for Communications and Strategy at American Progress. Previously, she was the organization’s senior vice president for American Values and New Communities, where her work focused on the intersection of politics, race, demographic change, religion, and values.
Prior to joining American Progress, Léger served as a special assistant to the president and director of message events in the Obama administration. In this role she was responsible for helping to plan and execute the president’s official domestic events. Prior to joining the White House in January 2009, Léger was the vice president for Communications at American Progress, where she specialized in domestic and economic policy, as well as American Progress’s overall communications strategy.
Léger has also been the deputy director of communications at the Democratic National Committee, where she began working in June 2002 as communications director for the Women’s Vote Center in the political department. During her tenure at the Democratic National Committee, Léger also handled African American and specialty media and was a regional media director during the 2004 presidential cycle. Prior to that, Léger spent two years at the National Newspaper Publishers Association as their marketing associate and political liaison. Léger also worked at Sony Music in New York City for three years before moving to Washington, D.C.
Léger is a frequent guest on numerous TV and radio shows and has been quoted in various print publications. She has been published in The Washington Post, HuffPost, Essence.com, TheGrio.com, and Democracy Journal. Named one of “DC’s Top 9 Blacks Behind the Scenes” and of the top 15 African American women in politics under 40, Léger holds a degree in government and a minor in sociology from the University of Virginia.
This week, Daniella sits down with gun safety activist Fred Guttenberg to discuss gun violence prevention in the United States.
Jocelyn Frye, president of the National Partnership for Women & Families, joins the podcast to discuss Equal Pay Day, how Biden’s economic agenda is uplifting women and families, and why abortion is an economic issue.
White House economist Gene Sperling joins "The Tent" to discuss the impact of the American Rescue Plan, President Biden’s legislative accomplishments and forthcoming budget, and MAGA Republican attacks on the LGBTQI+ community.
Jesse O'Connell joins "The Tent" to discuss affirmative action, the Supreme Court arguments on student debt relief, and MAGA extremist attacks on school curricula.
Johan Hassel of the Center for American Progress Action Fund joins the podcast to discuss how the United States should continue to respond to the Russian invasion in Ukraine.
Daniella and Colin sit down with Jamal Simmons to discuss the work of Black progressive leaders in Congress and the White House, President Joe Biden's economic agenda, and MAGA Republican attacks on racial equity and rights.
This week on “The Tent,” Daniella sits down with Cody Keenan, former chief speechwriter for President Barack Obama, to discuss key takeaways from the State of the Union.
This week on “The Tent,” Daniella sits down with award-winning filmmaker Margaret Brown to discuss her 2022 documentary, “Descendant.”
This week, a new co-host is announced and Daniella sits down with Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson to discuss how the fast-growing LGBTQI+ voting bloc might shape future elections.
Ravi Gupta, host of the “Majority 54” podcast, joins Daniella to discuss priorities for the upcoming Congress; Daniella discusses classified documents found in President Biden’s home and private office.
This week's episode of "The Tent" features audio from a CAP Action event on young voters and the role they play in elections.
Daniella sits down with Laetitia Avia, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and former French member of Parliament, to discuss the danger to democracy posed by Elon Musk's Twitter.
