Helen Aguirre Ferré

Helen Aguirre Ferré
Executive Director of the Republican Party of Florida
In office
July 2020  March 8 2024
Preceded byGeorge Riley
Succeeded byGeorge Riley
Communications Director to the Governor of Florida
In office
January 2019  July 2020
GovernorRon DeSantis
Succeeded byFred Piccolo
NEA Director for Strategic Communications and Public Affairs
In office
August 2018  December 2018
PresidentDonald Trump
White House Director of Media Affairs
In office
January 23, 2017  August 2018
PresidentDonald Trump
Preceded byPosition established
Personal details
Born1957 (age 6768)
Miami, Florida
Political partyRepublican
Alma materBarry University (BA)
University of Miami (MA)

Helen Aguirre Ferré (born 1957) is a Nicaraguan American journalist and the former executive director for the Republican Party of Florida. She previously served as Communications Director for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Aguirre Ferré was the Director for Strategic Communications and Public Affairs at the National Endowment for the Arts from August to December 2018 and the White House's Director of Media Affairs from January 2017 to August 2018. Prior to that, she hosted the public affairs program Issues on WPBT 2.