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{{Short description|American businesswoman and government official}}

| caption = Mastromonaco at the White House in 2009

| birth_place = [[Rhinebeck (village), New York|Rhinebeck, New York]], U.S.

'''Alyssa Mende Mastromonaco''' (born February 22, 1976)<ref name=FamilySearch-USPR-2008>{{cite web|title=A Mastromonaco – United States Public Records|url=https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:29H2-7SX|website=[[FamilySearch]]}}</ref> is an American author, podcaster, spokeswoman, and former government official. She served as [[White House Deputy Chief of Staff]] for operations in the administration of President [[Barack Obama]] from 2011 to 2014.<ref name=NYTimes-ObamasPeople-2009>{{cite news|title='Obama's People': A Who's Who|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A05E4D7143EF93BA25752C0A96F9C8B63&pagewanted=all|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 18, 2009}}</ref><ref name=NYTimes-ObamasPeople-Gallery-2009>{{cite news|last1=Kander|first1=Nadav|title=Obama's People: Alyssa Mastromonaco, 32. White House Scheduling and Advance Director|url=https://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/magazine/2009-inauguration-gallery/index.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 18, 2009|format=Photo gallery with audio}}</ref><ref name=WaPo-SchedulingAdvance-2008>{{cite news|last1=Murray|first1=Shailagh|title=The Busy Life of Obama Scheduler Alyssa Mastromonaco|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/21/AR2008122102491.html|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=December 22, 2008}}</ref> She was the youngest woman to hold that position.<ref name=OSU-FergusLecture-2014>{{cite news|title=Barbara K. Fergus Women in Leadership Lecture Featuring Alyssa Mastromonaco – 2014 Fergus Leadership Lecture|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Clk6nobk5mw|work=[[John Glenn College of Public Affairs]]|publisher=[[Ohio State University]]|date=November 13, 2014}}</ref> She was later President of Global Communications Strategy & Talent at [[A&E Networks]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profiles/people/16341543-alyssa-mastromonaco|title=Alyssa Mastromonaco, A&E Television Networks LLC: Profile & Biography|website=Bloomberg|access-date=2017-04-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2016/12/vice-media-coo-alyssa-mastromanco-ae-networks-president-of-global-communications-strategy-talent-1201874544/|title=Vice Media COO Alyssa Mastromonaco Joins A+E Networks As President Of Global Communications Strategy & Talent|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=2016-12-21|work=Deadline|access-date=2017-04-27|language=en-US}}</ref> and the chief operating officer of [[Vice Media]].<ref name=NYTimes-Vice-COO-2014>{{cite news|last1=Steel|first1=Emily|title=Vice Hires Alyssa Mastromonaco, Former Official in Obama White House, as a Top Executive|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/17/business/media/vice-hires-alyssa-mastromonaco-former-official-in-obama-white-house-as-top-executive.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 16, 2014}}</ref> She has also been a contributing editor at ''[[Marie Claire]]'' magazine.<ref name=MarieClaire-ChiefStaffOps-2013>{{cite news|last1=Cherlin|first1=Reid|title=Alyssa Mastromonaco: The White House Gatekeeper|url=http://www.marieclaire.com/politics/news/a7632/alyssa-mastromonaco-white-house/|work=[[Marie Claire]]|date=April 29, 2013}}</ref> Since 2017, Mastromonaco has been a podcaster with [[Crooked Media]].

Mastromonaco grew up in [[Rhinebeck (town), New York|Rhinebeck]], New York. Her father was a business consultant and her mother was a high school lunch aide.<ref name=WaPo-SchedulingAdvance-2008 />

Mastromonaco went to the [[University of Vermont]] for two years, majoring in French with a minor in Japanese. She then transferred to the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]], where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science in 1998.<ref name=WaPo-SchedulingAdvance-2008 /><ref name=OnWisconsin-Feature-2010>{{cite news|last1=Price|first1=Jenny|title=Right On Schedule|url=http://onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/features/right-on-schedule/|work=On Wisconsin|date=Summer 2010}}</ref><ref name=UWisc-BoardOfVisitors>{{cite web|title=Board of Visitors: Political Science|url=https://alumni.polisci.wisc.edu/bov/|website=Department of Political Science|publisher=[[University of Wisconsin–Madison]]|access-date=October 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919060833/https://alumni.polisci.wisc.edu/bov/|archive-date=September 19, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

The summer after her sophomore year of college, after seeing then-Congressman [[Bernie Sanders]] speak on campus, Mastromonaco was hired by Philip Fiermonte to work as an intern for Sanders in his [[Burlington, Vermont|Burlington]], Vermont, district office. At that time, Sanders was campaigning for his fourth term in the [[United States House of Representatives]]. Mastromonaco has said that the experience inspired her to work in government after seeing how it was possible to help people doing constituent work on a grassroots level. Although she had transferred to Wisconsin to study French, the summer working for Sanders shifted her passion from studying French and Japanese to studying political science.<ref name=Chelsea-Vice-2016>{{cite news|last1=Handler|first1=Chelsea|title=That's When Madea Was Born|url=https://www.netflix.com/title/80049872|work=[[Chelsea (TV series)|Chelsea]]|publisher=[[Netflix]]|date=October 20, 2016|format=Video interview}}</ref> She cites Fiermonte as a great mentor during an important time in her life.<ref name=OSU-FergusLecture-2014 /> The next summer, Mastromonaco was invited to work for Sanders in Washington, D.C.<ref name=NastyGalaxy-Girlboss-2016 />

In 2000, Mastromonaco moved to Boston and got her first job in politics as a staff assistant to Senator [[John Kerry]]. For a short time, after [[September 11 attacks|9/11]], she worked at a Republican lobbyist group, [[Richard Berman (lawyer)|Richard Berman]]'s [[American Beverage Institute]], as director of membership.<ref name=NastyGalaxy-Girlboss-2016 /><ref name=CQ-ABI-2002>{{cite news|last1=Retter|first1=Daphne|title=People on the move|work=Congressional Quarterly Daily Monitor|date=July 18, 2002}}</ref><ref name=WhoRunsGov-Profile-2009>{{cite news|url=http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Alyssa_Mastromonaco|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925072530/http://www.whorunsgov.com/Profiles/Alyssa_Mastromonaco|title=Alyssa Mastromonaco|archive-date=September 25, 2009|work=WhoRunsGov.com|publisher=[[The Washington Post]]|date=June 23, 2009}}</ref> In 2002, Mastromonaco was hired as Press Secretary for Congressman [[Rick Boucher]] of Virginia, but in December 2002 went back to work for Kerry. In 2004, Mastromonaco was hired as the directorofscheduling for Kerry's [[John Kerry 2004 presidential campaign|presidential campaign]].<ref name=MarieClaire-ChiefStaffOps-2013 /><ref name=WaPo-MarieClaire-2014>{{cite news|last1=Mastromonaco|first1=Alyssa|title=Being informed and fashionable is natural for women|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/being-informed-and-fashionable-is-natural-for-women/2014/07/17/7db091f6-0d2e-11e4-8341-b8072b1e7348_story.html|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=July 17, 2014}}</ref>

=== Obama administration ===

In January 2011, she was appointed Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations.<ref name=ABCNews-ObamaStaffing-2011 /> In November 2011, ''[[The New Republic]]'' magazine listed Mastromonaco on its "2011 List Issue" as being one of Washington's most powerful, least famous people.<ref name=NewRepublic-ChiefStaffOperations-2011>{{cite magazine|last1=The Editors|title=Washington's Most Powerful, Least Famous People. Alyssa Mastromonaco: White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/96131/washingtons-most-powerful-least-famous-people|magazine=[[The New Republic]]|date=October 12, 2011}}</ref> Along with [[Nancy-Ann DeParle]], who was [[White House Deputy Chief of Staff]] for Policy, it was the first time a presidential administration had two women deputies in power.<ref name=Time-Smurfettes-ChiefsOfStaff-2016>{{cite magazine|last1=Newton-Small|first1=Jay|title=Meet the Obama White House's 'Smurfettes'|url=http://time.com/4166609/barack-obama-nancy-ann-deparle-alyssa-mastromonaco-smurfettes/|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=January 5, 2016}}</ref> She was notable for her long institutional memory, the ability to understand logistics, and her low-key approach to the position.<ref name=NYTimes-End-DeputyChief-2014 /><ref name=GoldenHour-MarieClairePhotoShoot-2013>{{cite news|last1=Golden|first1=Melissa|title=Alyssa Mastromonaco for Marie Claire|url=http://goldenhourblog.com/2013/07/31/mastromonaco/|work=The Golden Hour|date=July 31, 2013|access-date=October 22, 2016|archive-date=October 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022165525/http://goldenhourblog.com/2013/07/31/mastromonaco/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In June 2014, Mastromonaco was hired as a contributing editor at ''[[Marie Claire]].''<ref name=Adweek-MarieClaire-2014>{{cite news|last1=O'Shea|first1=Chris|title=Alyssa Mastromonaco Joins Marie Claire|url=http://www.adweek.com/fishbowlny/alyssa-mastromonaco-joins-marie-claire/218139|work=[[Adweek]]|date=June 18, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Hearst-MarieClaire-2014>{{cite news|title=Alyssa Mastromonaco Named Contributing Editor to Marie Claire|url=http://www.hearst.com/newsroom/alyssa-mastromonaco-named-contributing-editor-to-marie-claire|work=[[Hearst (media)|Hearst]]|date=June 18, 2014}}</ref> In January 2015, Mastromonaco joined [[Vice Media]] as chief operating officer.<ref name="NYTimes-Vice-COO-2014" /> She left Vice after two years for its parent company, [[A&E Networks]]. She left this role in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-07-10|title=Mastromonaco exits A+E communications post|url=https://nypost.com/2018/07/10/mastromonaco-exits-ae-communications-post/|access-date=2021-10-15|website=New York Post|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2017, Mastromonaco becameacontributor to [[Crooked Media]]. There, she co-hosts the podcast ''Hysteria'' and appearson other Crooked Media podcasts.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://crooked.com/article/crooked-media-announces-new-site-pod-store-and-network-of-very-fine-people-on-both-sides/|title=Crooked Media Announces New Site, Pod, Store, and Network of Very Fine People on Both Sides {{!}} Crooked Media|work=Crooked Media|access-date=2018-04-09|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url = https://crooked.com/podcast-series/hysteria/|title = Hysteria|accessdate = May 10, 2022|website = [[Crooked Media]]}}</ref>

== Personal life ==

In November 2013, Mastromonaco married David Krone, who had worked with Senate Minority Leader [[Harry Reid]] and was his Chief of Staff from 2008 to 2015.<ref name=NYTimes-PowerCouple-2014>{{cite news|last1=Horowitz|first1=Jason|title=The Making of a Washington Power Couple|url=https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2014/11/21/the-making-of-a-washington-power-couple/|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 21, 2014}}</ref><ref name=NYTimes-Krone-EndReid-2015>{{cite news|last1=Horowitz|first1=Jason|title=David Krone Leaves Latest Washington Stint, Quietly|url=https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/04/10/david-krone-leaves-latest-washington-stint-quietly/|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 10, 2015}}</ref> They were married by Justice [[Elena Kagan]] at the Supreme Court.<ref name=NYTimes-End-DeputyChief-2014 /> {{As of|2015}}, the couple lives in the [[Tribeca]] neighborhood of New York City.<ref name=Observer-Tribeca-2015>{{cite news|last1=Halberg|first1=Morgan|title=Political Power Couple Alyssa Mastromonaco and David Krone Make Moves to Tribeca|url=http://observer.com/2015/12/political-power-couple-alyssa-mastromonaco-and-david-krone-make-moves-to-tribeca/|work=[[The New York Observer]]|date=December 10, 2015}}</ref><ref name=NYTimes-Krone-Administration-2014>{{cite news|last1=Horowitz|first1=Jason|title=Reid Is Unapologetic as Aide Steps on Toes, Even the President's|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/22/us/politics/as-democrats-work-to-unify-a-top-reid-aide-causes-a-rift.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 21, 2014}}</ref>

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