Biography

Robert Gibbs was born on March 29, 1963 in Auburn, Alabama, USA. He is an executive.

Served as the White House Press Secretary from January 20, 2009 to January 2011.

Graduated from North Carolina State University, in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1993 with a Bachelor's of Arts degree in Political Science.

Played goalkeeper on the NC State soccer team from 1990-1992.

Senior advisor, Barack Obama 2012 re-election campaign.

[on reporter Helen Thomas] I was the last White House press secretary Helen interrogated. Reporters I talked to say her friends were like family to her, that she acted as both a mentor and a mother to others who covered the President. Throughout her pioneering career she never lost a sense of who she was, remaining the same humble, down-to-earth working reporter every day she went to the White House.