Director of communications is a position in both the private and public sectors. A director of communications is responsible for managing and directing an organization's internal and external communications. Directors of communications supervise public relations staff, create communication strategies, and may serve as the key spokesman and media contact for the organization.

A director of communications may also be called a public relations manager, communications director, or press secretary.

The director of communications usually reports directly to a CXO, including a chief communications officer (CCO) or chief executive officer (CEO) of a company or organization.

In an organization, the director of communications directs the Communications Department, sometimes called a Public Affairs Department. The director of communications may be assisted by a deputy director, clerical staff, and communications specialists and public affairs officers.

In United States politics, a director of communications is usually a senior aide to the President of the United States (White House Communications Director), a member of the House of Representatives, a senator, a judge, a candidate for political office, a Cabinet secretary, or a government department. The current White House Director of Communications is Dan Pfeiffer.

Brent Sadler (born 1950 in Manchester) is a former CNN correspondent to the Middle East, lived in Beirut, Lebanon for the past decade, where he has been CNN's bureau chief since 1997.

Sadler was educated at the Royal Masonic School for Boys and Harris College, Preston, now the school of Journalism, Media and Communication, University of Central Lancashire, where he gained a Diploma in Journalism Studies. He then worked as a reporter on the Harrow Observer and Reading Evening Post, he then became a reporter on Southern Television and Westward Television, followed by ITN in 1981.

He has reported from around the world on many conflicts and won a BAFTA award for Best Actuality Coverage of the Gulf War and an Overseas Press Club of America Award for Meritorious Reporting.

He is divorced from Tess Stimson with whom he had two sons.

Robert T. Hamilton (January 10, 1916 – December 6, 1990) was an American professional golfer. He was born and died in Evansville, Indiana.

Hamilton won the 1944 PGA Championship at Manito Golf and Country Club in Spokane, Washington defeating Byron Nelson 1 up in match play. He was a three-time winner of the Indiana Open, winning in 1938, 1942 and 1966. He won five times on the PGA Tour, including won the 1948 New Orleans Open, beating Roberto DeVicenzo by one stroke. Hamilton was also a member of the 1949 Ryder Cup team.

Hamilton also served as the golf pro at Ft. Lewis, Washington during the latter stages of World War II; he was also a member o f the Warriors, Ft. Lewis' inter-base (intramural) team. Individually, he placed 3rd in the Pacific Northwest Servicemen's Championship (Seattle) and 3rd in the Tacoma Open, a PGA Tour event.

Hamilton finished second to Sam Snead in the 1967 Senior PGA Championship at PGA National Golf Club in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Hamilton set the overall record for youngest golfer to shoot his age when he shot a 59 at Hamilton Golf Club in Evansville, Ind., in 1975.

Peter Barron is Google's head of public relations for Britain, Ireland and the Benelux countries.

Peter Barron was born in Belfast and educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution. He spent most of his career at the BBC, and immediately prior to his Google appointment in 2008 the journalist had for four years been editor of the BBC programme Newsnight.

Barron plays guitar and has posted on Youtube.

Richard Johnson (born April 11, 1974) is an American film director who founded Joystick Films in 2005. Johnson wrote and directed the independent drama film TORN in 2008 and the independent action film Razorblade City in 2009. Johnson along with producer Corey Williams won the TOMI Film Festival 2010 Filmmaker spotlight award in Dallas, Texas for the comedy Can't Complain which he directed in 2009. In 2010, Johnson directed the independent feature film King of Baltimore and the short independent films The Charl(Y)ie Factor and Gathering Souls.