Las Vegas, NV – Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto today announced she has hired Jennifer López as Public Information Officer to succeed former Public Information Officer Edie Cartwright, who will be moving to the Reno office to oversee special projects as assigned by Cortez Masto.
 
"I am very happy to welcome Jennifer to my office," said Cortez Masto. "She is a long time Nevadan, who possesses a strong earned media, new media, and political background.  I look forward to working with Jennifer."
 
"I'm delighted to continue to serve Nevadans and work for a leader, like the Attorney General, who is passionate about protecting and improving the lives of others,” said López.
 
López most recently served as the Nevada Political Director for Organizing for America (OFA), and prior to that, she worked as the Nevada State Director for OFA since its inception in June 2009.  In her role as a State Director, López was responsible for implementing OFA’s programs in Nevada, fostering relationships with elected officials, labor/community leaders, and activists, and managing strategies for content creation, interaction/engagement, and account growth of OFA websites.  After earning her master's in public communication from American University in May 2008, López joined Obama for America, in her home of Las Vegas, as the Nevada Deputy Political Director. She served for 3 ½ years as U.S. Senator Harry Reid’s Nevada Deputy Press Secretary in Washington, D.C.
 
López earned a bachelor’s degree in communication studies and political science from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2005, where she was a McNair Scholar.  She is an alumna of the National Hispana Leadership Institute’s “Latinas Leading to Lead” program and an advisor to the Latina community service based sorority, Kappa Delta Chi Sorority Inc., which she chartered at UNLV in 2004. López is married to local educator Ricky D. Gourrier.