Editing Joe Lockhart (section)

{{Short description|American spokesperson and consultant}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Joe Lockhart
| image               = Joe Lockhart Headshot.jpg
| caption             = Lockhart in 2009
| office              = 21st [[White House Press Secretary]]
| president           = [[Bill Clinton]]
| term_start          = August 4, 1998
| term_end            = September 29, 2000
| predecessor         = [[Mike McCurry (press secretary)|Mike McCurry]]
| deputy              = Jake Siewert
| successor           = [[Jake Siewert]]
| birth_name          = Joseph Patrick Lockhart
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1959|7|13}}
| birth_place         = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| education           = [[Georgetown University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}
}}
'''Joseph Patrick Lockhart''' (born July 13, 1959) is an American spokesman and communications consultant who served as the 21st [[White House press secretary]] during the [[Presidency of Bill Clinton|Clinton administration]]. Previously, he had worked as press secretary for several [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] politicians, including [[Walter Mondale]], [[Paul Simon (politician)|Paul Simon]], and [[Michael Dukakis]]. Following his work as press secretary in the Clinton administration, he was an advisor to [[John Kerry]] during his [[John Kerry 2004 presidential campaign|2004 presidential campaign]]. He subsequently founded and became managing director of the communications consulting firm [[The Glover Park Group]], worked for [[Facebook]] from 2011 to 2012, and was executive vice president of communications and public affairs for the [[National Football League|NFL]] from 2016 to 2018.<ref name="politico2011">{{cite web | title=The new face of Facebook: Lockhart | date=June 15, 2011 | url=http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=38254D5C-55AF-4FCA-B9D3-5CE9B751AFF7 | author=Michelle Quinn | publisher=Politico | access-date=2011-06-16 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110620204912/http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=38254D5C-55AF-4FCA-B9D3-5CE9B751AFF7 | archive-date=June 20, 2011 | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref name="GPG">{{cite web |url=http://gloverparkgroup.com/our-team/joe-lockhart/ |title=Joe Lockhart - Founding Partner and Managing Director| website=The Glover Park Group|date=2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209210534/http://gloverparkgroup.com/our-team/joe-lockhart/ |archive-date=9 February 2010|access-date=5 March 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="wapo_01182018">{{cite news|last1=Maske|first1=Mark|title=Joe Lockhart leaving NFL as chief spokesman|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/sports/wp/2018/01/18/joe-lockhart-leaving-nfl-as-chief-spokesman/|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=8 March 2018}}</ref>