Gordon Johndroe (born October 25, 1974) is the Managing Director of Communications at

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, a role he assumed in July 2022. Gordon served as Vice President of Global Media Relations and Public Affairs at

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until 2021. He joined Boeing in November 2014 to lead communications strategies associated with advocacy for the company's products and businesses, as well as issues management and outreach to the Washington, D.C. news media and related constituencies. Johndroe was promoted several times at Boeing and eventually took over global communications leadership in 2020. Johndroe previously worked at Lockheed Martin from 2013-2014 as Vice President for Worldwide Media Relations. He served as chief spokesperson for the corporation, counseled senior leaders on media engagements and oversaw Lockheed Martin’s media relations campaigns and strategies. Prior to joining Lockheed Martin, he served as Deputy Assistant to President

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, Deputy Press Secretary and a spokesman for the

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. Johndroe previously served as Director of Strategic Communications and Planning at the State Department,

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to the First Lady and as the Press Secretary for the

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. Johndroe also served as an Assistant Press Secretary and as a spokesman at The

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beginning from January 2001 until the creation of the Department of Homeland Security two years later in January 2003. Gordon was traveling with President Bush on September 11, 2001. He worked on then-Governor Bush's Presidential campaign of 2000 as well as Bush's 1998 Texas gubernatorial re-election.

Background

Gordon Johndroe is a native of

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and attended the

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. Gordon Johndroe worked on the Bush campaign in 2000 and served in the Bush administration for all eight years, ending his tenure as spokesman for the

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