Erin Kathleen McPike (born June 28, 1983) is a public relations executive for Facebook. She started her career as a political consultant and journalist. She has worked for
CNN
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,
NBC News
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, ''
National Journal'', and
RealClearPolitics.
Early life and education
She was born on June 28, 1983, in
Cincinnati
Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wit ...
, Ohio, the daughter of Richard and Amy McPike (''
née'', Burrill), where she graduated from
Sycamore High School in 2001. McPike obtained her
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* ''Baccalauréat'', a French national academic qualification
* Bachelor's degree, or baccalaureate, an undergraduate academic degree
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with honors from
American University in
Washington, D.C.
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in 2005, majoring in political science and journalism.
Career
She started her journalism career at ''
National Journal'', where she was a writer, and moved on to
NBC News
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, being a reporter for the network. McPike went back to ''National Journal'', where she served as their political reporter. Her next position was national political reporter for
RealClearPolitics, before going on to
CNN
CNN (Cable News Network) is a multinational cable news channel headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news channel, and presently owned by ...
as a correspondent for the channel.
She later worked on the press team for former
Starbucks CEO
Howard Schultz
Howard D. Schultz (born July 19, 1953) is an American businessman and author who served as both chairman and CEO of Starbucks from 1986 to 2000, from 2008 to 2017, and as interim CEO since 2022. Schultz also owned the Seattle SuperSonics baske ...
as he explored an independent presidential campaign.
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1983 births
Writers from Cincinnati
Writers from Washington, D.C.
NBC News people
CNN people
American University alumni
Living people