In the private sector, Goldstein directed communications at several large financial services companies, including as Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer at AllianceBernstein and Executive Vice President and Chief Communications Officer at TIAA-CREF. He was also Vice President, Corporate Communications at Dow Jones & Company.[5]
Goldstein worked at TIAA for seven years, serving as its Executive Vice president and Chief Communications Officer.[7][11] He stepped down from the position as of September 30, 2010.[12]
He is currently Chief Communications Officer at the Long-Term Stock Exchange (LTSE), an SEC-registered national securities exchange built to serve companies and investors who share a long-term vision.
PresidentDonald Trump nominated Goldstein to Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, the State Department's public relations and public affairs chief. Moira Whelan, who served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Digital Strategy at the State Department during the Obama administration, said Goldstein would be a "key player in the effort to push back against Russian disinformation efforts around the world and in the United States."[15] Goldstein was unanimously confirmed by the Senate,[16] and he was sworn into the position on December 4, 2017.[7][17]
Shortly after President Trump dismissed Secretary of StateRex Tillerson on March 13, 2018, Goldstein released a statement that Tillerson did not know why he had been fired and that Tillerson had only learned of his firing that morning from Trump's tweet.[18][19] Goldstein's statement was seen as contradicting the official account of Tillerson's dismissal, and Goldstein was fired from his position.[18][19] According to Axios, Goldstein was disliked in the White House "and seen as openly anti-Trump."[20]
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