Dee Dee Myers

Dee Dee Myers
Myers in 1996
19th White House Press Secretary
In office January 20, 1993 – December 22, 1994
President	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Marlin Fitzwater
Succeeded by	Mike McCurry
Personal details
Born	Margaret Jane Myers (1961-09-01) September 1, 1961 (age 62) North Kingstown, Rhode Island, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Todd S. Purdum ​ (m. 1997)​
Children	2
Education	Santa Clara University (BA)

Margaret Jane "Dee Dee" Myers (born September 1, 1961) is an American political analyst who served as the 19th White House Press Secretary during the first two years of the Clinton administration. She was the first woman and the second-youngest person to hold that position. Myers later co-hosted the news program Equal Time on CNBC, and was a consultant on The West Wing. She was the inspiration for fictional White House Press Secretary C. J. Cregg. She is also the author of the 2008 New York Times best-selling book,^[1] Why Women Should Rule the World. In 2020, she joined the Gavin Newsom administration as Senior Advisor to the Governor and Director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development.^[2]