Colleen Curtis

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Colleen Curtis

Former Director of Digital Content for the Office of Digital Strategy

Colleen Curtis joined the White House as Director of Digital Content in July 2011. Prior to this role, she was most recently Editorial Director of Womens & Lifestyle Programming at AOL, where she launched 15 websites that reached more than 20 million Americans each month. In addition, Curtis has held numerous leadership roles in media in the United States and overseas, including senior editorial positions at ABC’s Good Morning America, the New York Daily News, and the National Post.

A native of Sparta, New Jersey, Curtis studied journalism at Boston University’s College of Communications and Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.

Colleen Curtis's Posts

Economy

By the Numbers: $431,000

June 4, 2012 at 1:16 PM EDT

The gender wage gap puts women at a career-long disadvantage. In 2011, a typical 25-year-old woman working full-time all year earned $5,000 less than a typical 25-year-old man. If that earnings gap is not corrected, by the age of 65 years, she will have lost $431,000 over her working lifetime.

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Economy

Equal Pay for Equal Work?

June 1, 2012 at 12:53 PM EDT

When women, who make up nearly half the workforce, bring home less money each day, it means they have less for the everyday needs of their families, and over a lifetime of work, far less savings for retirement.

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What the Medal of Freedom Means to Me: John Glenn

May 30, 2012 at 2:30 PM EDT

John Glenn is a national hero, the first American to orbit the earth in 1962. Hesays that receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom was truly a humbling experience

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Inside the White House

What the Medal of Freedom Means to Me: Madeleine Albright

May 30, 2012 at 2:12 PM EDT

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright says receiving the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, left her "almost" speechless.

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Economy

My First Job: Nancy-Ann DeParle

May 23, 2012 at 2:03 PM EDT

The White House Deputy Chief of Staff got her first taste of work and responsibility behind the counter at a drugstore in Rockwood, TN, where she worked as a soda jerk

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Inside the White House

Behind the Scenes: Burt Bacharach and Hal David Receive the Gershwin Prize

May 22, 2012 at 3:56 PM EDT

One of America's most successful songwriting teams was honored with a concert in the East Room

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Foreign Policy

President Obama Welcomes French President Francoise Hollande to the White House

May 18, 2012 at 3:31 PM EDT

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Economy

My First Job: Cris Comerford

May 18, 2012 at 2:32 PM EDT

The Executive Chef at the White House talks about her first job as a salad bar girl in Chicago, where she learned many basics she uses today in the White House Kitchen.

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West Wing Week: "Reach High and Hope Deeply"

May 18, 2012 at 12:01 AM EDT

Your guide to everything that's happening at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

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Economy

My First Job: Jon Carson

May 17, 2012 at 1:40 PM EDT

The Director of the Office of Public Engagement at the White House looks back on his first summer job, which was hot, dusty and offered his first chance to earn some money

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