Valeisha Butterfield

 

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Seasoned global marketing and communications strategist Valeisha M. Butterfield is the Deputy Director of Public Affairs for the International Trade Administration, Chair of the Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network, television commentator, talk radio host and recognized expert on programs designed for minorities and women worldwide.

 

For more than a decade, Butterfield has distinguished herself as a personal and professional conduit for change.

 

Butterfield was appointed to the Administration of President Barack Obama in October 2009 as the Deputy Director of Public Affairs for the International Trade Administration (ITA) in the United States Department of Commerce. ITA strengthens the competitiveness of U.S. industry, promotes trade and investment, and ensures fair trade and compliance. In this capacity, Butterfield supports President Obama's national economic agenda to revive the global economy, create jobs and renew growth that benefits all people.

 

Butterfield is also the Co???Founder and Chair of the Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network (WEEN). WEEN is a worldwide coalition of women, all ages and races, committed to supporting, promoting and defending the balanced, positive portrayal of women in entertainment and society.

 

The organization was established in 2007 and has over 40,000 members worldwide. WEEN provides entertainment???based educational programs on health, financial literacy, career development and personal advancement for young women nationwide.

 

Prior to joining the Obama Administration, Butterfield served as the Director of Diversity for the national headquarters of the Alzheimer's Association. The first to serve in this role, Butterfield developed nationally recognized marketing and program strategies to reach underserved communities for the organization's 77 chapters nationwide, expanding her marketing expertise to senior populations.

 

For over five years, Butterfield served as the Executive Director of the Hip???Hop Summit Action Network under the leadership of its Founder and Co???Chair, Russell Simmons. Butterfield was recognized for her leadership as one of the youngest executive directors in the United States, developing critically acclaimed financial literacy and voter education programs for 18 - 35 year olds nationwide.

 

In 2000, upon graduating from college with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, from Clark Atlanta University, Butterfield worked as the Field Coordinator for the Campaign to Re???Elect Chief Justice Henry Frye to the North Carolina Supreme Court. During this experience, Butterfield supported the field operations and get???out???the???vote programs of a statewide campaign for a key state in electoral politics.

 

Butterfield's career began the old fashioned way, with extensive unpaid internships and employment opportunities with non???profit organizations, communications firms and major corporations.

 

Butterfield is the daughter of United States Congressman G.K. Butterfield and North Carolina State Legislator Jean Farmer Butterfield.