{"id":1499,"date":"2009-11-16T14:30:24","date_gmt":"2009-11-16T22:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/2009\/11\/16\/nathan-ballard-to-leave-newsom-administration\/"},"modified":"2009-11-18T15:57:17","modified_gmt":"2009-11-18T23:57:17","slug":"nathan-ballard-to-leave-newsom-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/1499\/nathan-ballard-to-leave-newsom-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"Nathan Ballard to Leave Newsom Administration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/images\/photos\/mayoral_debate_070914\/mw2w5782_std.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><br \/>\nNewsom Communications Director Nathan Ballard<br \/>\nhas tendered his resignation.<br \/>\n<strong>Photo by Luke Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>From the Mayor&#8217;s Office of Communications<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>November 16, 2009<\/p>\n<p>Today Mayor Gavin Newsom announced that Nathan Ballard, his director of communications, will be leaving the Newsom administration.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom praised Ballard&rsquo;s skills.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nathan Ballard is unflappable, smart and a fierce advocate,&rdquo; said Newsom. &ldquo;He is a talented communicator and a consummate professional, and we will miss him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ballard praised Newsom for his leadership.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mayor Newsom is a gifted leader who fearlessly tackles significant issues such as health care, the environment, education, and equal rights,&rdquo; said Ballard. &ldquo;It has been a privilege to serve this administration.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--> Ballard took the helm of Newsom&rsquo;s communications operation in February, 2007. He will be leaving the administration in February, 2010. He said he plans to spend more time with his family and to relaunch the business he founded in 2004, Earned Media, LLC.<\/p>\n<p>Ballard, 40, has served as a spokesman for two presidential candidates, Senator John Kerry and General Wesley Clark. He has also been a communications director for the Democratic National Committee, the California Democratic Party, and California&rsquo;s largest labor organization, the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newsom Communications Director Nathan Ballard has tendered his resignation. 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