Robert Gibbs is the chief communications and public affairs officer at Warner Bros. Discovery, where he oversees the media giant’s corporate and business communications as well as public affairs.

Gibbs was previously a partner at Bully Pulpit Interactive, where he continues to advise its team. 

Gibbs spent four and a half years at McDonald’s as executive vice president and global chief communications officer, where he oversaw all corporate communications, public relations, internal and executive communications, global government relations and public affairs work. Before joining McDonald’s, Gibbs was a top advisor to President Obama for nearly a decade. Starting as the communications director for then-Senator Obama, Gibbs served in the same role for the 2008 campaign, as the first White House press secretary for the Obama administration and as a senior advisor on the 2012 re-election campaign. In 2013, he co-founded the Incite Agency, now a part of Bully Pulpit Interactive.

Gibbs lives in Chicago with his wife and son.