Subject: Fwd: Thank you and one small request
From: "Rauscher, Rachel" <[email-masked]>
To: "Kaplan, Jordan" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 10:16:07 -0700

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Rachel Rauscher
954.895.3362

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From: Courtney Messenbaugh <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Date: May 14, 2016 at 12:59:06 PM EDT
To: "Rauscher, Rachel" <[email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>>
Subject: Thank you and one small request

HI Rachel,

Doug had a lovely time at the State Dinner last night and we are so grateful to you for securing the invitation for him.

Now, the request. Let me preface this by writing that when you and I do meet in person, I hope you do not find me to be the enormous pain in the neck that I seem to be. I am merely trying to a job that sometimes has tiny points of detail that get seemingly idiosyncratically sticky.

In the WH Press Release that went about with the list of attendees Doug is listed as Consultant. I had made the request - and I know you said no guarantees, so I fully appreciate that - that he be listed as CEO & President, The Public Interest Network.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/05/13/expected-attendees-tonights-nordic-state-dinner

The fact hat he was listed as Consultant (which is the title he prefers for many of his personal political contributions, so is not entirely wrong), was not well-received. His hope was that his title as CEO & President of The Public Interest Network would signify to the many thousands of organizers and supporters of President Obama who work for TPIN would see this and feel a bit of their own significance in it. Symbolic, if you will.

So…do you think there is any chance of changing it on the WH PR? Even as a retroactive thing - assuming it requires only a few key strokes and definitely doesn’t need to be re-released to the papers, etc. - it would make a difference.

I have sent this request to the general Social Office email related to the event and you have been so incredibly generous already that I do not want to take advantage of that, but any help or insight you might provide is appreciated.

Thanks, sorry to bother you on a Saturday, etc.

Hope you’re having a good weekend,
Courtney