Mercedes Schlapp

Mercedes Schlapp (née Viana; born December 27, 1972) is an American communications specialist and political commentator for both English and Spanish media. She has served in two presidential administrations as director of specialty media under George W. Bush and as White House Director of Strategic Communications in the Trump administration from September 2017 to July 2019. She went on to work on the Trump 2020 re-election campaign as senior advisor for strategic communications.She is also co-founder of Cove Strategies, and advises media strategy for corporate and nonprofit organizations.