Full Name
Tucker Eskew
Job Title
Partner
Company
Vianovo
Speaker Bio
Tucker Eskew has helped lead opinion during some of the most intense public debates of the century. He played leadership roles in both Bush-Cheney campaigns and in 2008 was counselor to the GOP vice-presidential nominee. He co-founded the bipartisan strategic advisory firm Vianovo and leads issues management, crisis communications and strategic positioning for clients across defense, education, tech, and manufacturing sectors.
At the White House, Tucker served as Deputy Assistant to the President from 2001-2003, heading Media Affairs and then Global Communications. After 9/11, Tucker served in London as the President's wartime communications representative to No. 10 Downing Street, working directly with Alastair Campbell. He served eight years as Press Secretary to South Carolina Governor Carroll Campbell. Tucker began his career on President Ronald Reagan’s re-election campaign. Tucker co-founded an e-commerce startup in the 1990s.
Tucker serves on the boards of the News Literacy Project and Goodwin House Inc., he volunteers at St. Paul's Episcopal in Alexandria, and he supports cross-partisanship and civility as an advisory council member for With Honor, which elects military veterans to Congress. He graduated with a B.A. in Political Science (departmental honors) from the University of the South (Sewanee).
Tucker and his wife Lisa have two sons and a daughter. And a Corgi named Cheddar.
At the White House, Tucker served as Deputy Assistant to the President from 2001-2003, heading Media Affairs and then Global Communications. After 9/11, Tucker served in London as the President's wartime communications representative to No. 10 Downing Street, working directly with Alastair Campbell. He served eight years as Press Secretary to South Carolina Governor Carroll Campbell. Tucker began his career on President Ronald Reagan’s re-election campaign. Tucker co-founded an e-commerce startup in the 1990s.
Tucker serves on the boards of the News Literacy Project and Goodwin House Inc., he volunteers at St. Paul's Episcopal in Alexandria, and he supports cross-partisanship and civility as an advisory council member for With Honor, which elects military veterans to Congress. He graduated with a B.A. in Political Science (departmental honors) from the University of the South (Sewanee).
Tucker and his wife Lisa have two sons and a daughter. And a Corgi named Cheddar.