Jess McIntosh Bio, Wikipedia, Husband, Baby, Age, Education, Tattoos

Name Jess McIntosh

Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB September 10, 1981. As of 2024, she is around 43 years old.

Wiki Biography / Profile Background

Introduction :

Jess McIntosh is an American Democratic strategist and independent consultant, who worked as the deputy communications director for EMILY’s List, a political action committee aiming to help elect Democratic female candidates.
She was also the executive editor of ShareBlue Media, an American liberal news outlet.

Moreover, Jess also co-hosted the acclaimed Signal Boost on SiriusXM Progress alongside Zerlina Maxwell. She is a regular contributor to other media outlets like MSNBC, CNN, CBS News, and Shondaland.

Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education

Her mother is Nana M. McIntosh, who worked with the New York City Department of Education.
Jess attended New York University (NYU) from 2000 to 2004, graduating magna-cum-laude with a Master of Arts in English Language and Literature.

Dating & Relationships :

Jess married Jon-David Schlough, a strategy consultant, on November 5, 2011, at the Briar Patch Bed and Breakfast in Middleburg, Virginia, after first meeting in June 2006. The couple divorced in June 2013.
Currently, she resides in Brooklyn, NYC, along with Christopher, the man she is currently dating.
Jess had first met Christopher in 1996 and gotten together in March 1998, at Malachy’s Pub in New York. The two went their separate ways later on, but then reencountered years later and fell back in love.

Career, Job, Salary and Net Worth :

After she graduated from NYU, Jess worked for nine months as a Creative Manager for MSHC Partners in Washington, D.C., in 2004.
She then transitioned into working for electoral campaigns, starting with Scott Stringer’s campaign to become Borough President in 2005. Jess was the research and policy director.

In 2005, she worked on the rapid response communications team on Bloomberg’s campaign for Mayor of NYC.
From 2007 to 2009, Jess then worked on Al Franken’s Senate campaign as a press secretary. She then became the newly elected senator’s senior press officer in 2009 and stayed in that role until 2010.
Later, she spent six years as Vice President of Communications at EMILY’s List in Washington, D.C., a committee that supports the election of pro-choice female Democratic candidates to office.

From April to November 2016, Jess worked as Director of Communications Outreach for Hilary Clinton’s Presidential campaign.
She then became the executive editor for ShareBlue Media, and the co-host of Signal Boost the same year.
Since 2017, McIntosh has also been an independent consultant and strategic PR for political candidates under the company name Jess McIntosh LLC.

Interesting Facts and Trivia :

Jess was working at a federal courthouse in Brooklyn when the September 11 attacks occurred.
She loves lasagna and has an impressive collection of tattoos.

One of her favorite books is ‘Just Kids’ by Patti Smith.
Jess’s dad lives in Michigan and is a believer in the Pizzagate conspiracy. This is quite the opposite of her mom, who is well-informed.
Her fashion style leans towards androgyny and punk.

A passionate feminist, Jess wore the rings of her mother and grandmother when she went to cast her vote for Hilary Clinton in the Presidential Elections of 2016.
Jess was raised by a single mother and got to live in most of New York’s boroughs growing up.
In November 2018, Jess published an article on ELLE, where she recounted the story of how former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman kissed her when they went out together many years ago. Back then, Jess was 23, and Schneiderman was a state senator in his 50s. Schneiderman resigned after The New Yorker released other accounts of sexual misconduct from four other women.