Arkansas Gov.-elect Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced that she plans to appoint Trump White House veteran Alexa Henning as her director of communications.
Henning was the White House’s director of broadcast media under Trump and was also director of media affairs for the Trump presidential campaign in 2020. More recently, she served as deputy chief of staff and spokesperson for U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and senior adviser to Johnson’s 2022 re-election campaign.
Henning, who is from Dallas, previously worked for the political and public affairs firm Jamestown Associates and for U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.
Sanders also announced that Mary Ashleigh Harper will join the administration as governor’s mansion administrator. Harper has worked the past three years as a UAMS education coordinator, representing the Arkansas Rural Health Partnership. Prior to that, she spent two years in the classroom as a first-grade teacher at Noble-Allbritton Elementary School in the Hamburg School District.
Harper previously served as the coordinator for Arkansas First Lady Susan Hutchinson.
“I am excited to add two highly qualified and exceptional women to our growing team,” Sanders said in a statement. “Alexa is a strong, talented communicator who served alongside me at the White House and Mary Ashleigh brings a servant’s heart with an eye for detail to assist my family and me in the Governor’s Mansion. Both are tremendous additions to our team who will help me effectively lead our state and serve our people.”
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