Robert Gibbs
Senior Advisor
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. Formerly a Partner at Bully Pulpit International (BPI), Robert continues to advise our team, offering his expertise and outside perspective on matters including corporate reputation, executive communications, and crisis response.
With decades of communications experience at the highest levels, Robert brings a unique and distinct strategic outlook to any challenge. As the White House Press Secretary for President Obama during the financial crisis and then Global Chief Communications Officer for McDonald’s, Robert is uniquely positioned to lead brands, campaigns, and causes through times of immense change and strengthen reputations in a world which is constantly demanding more.
Robert spent four and a half years at McDonald’s as Executive Vice President for Corporate Relations 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, Robert 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 BPI.