Name Erin McPike
Age / How old / Birthday / Date of Birth / DOB June 28, 1983. As of 2025, she is around 42 years old.
Wedding & Marriage / Husband / Married / Spouse Check the full bio for relationship details.
Wiki Biography / Profile Background
Introduction :
Erin Kathleen McPike was a veteran political reporter, who has worked in the past for the Independent Journal Review (IJR) as a White House Correspondent. Currently, McPike is the Managing Director and Americas Head of Tech Media Telecom (TMT) for Strategic Communications at FTI Consulting, a position she started in November 2024.
Personal Life : Parents, Family and Education
- Erin is from Cincinnati, Ohio, and was born on June 28, 1983.
- She is the daughter of parents – Richard McPike (father) and Amy Burrill (mother).
- She attended the Sycamore High School and graduated in 2001.
- Education : She was awarded her Bachelor’s with honors from the American University in Washington, D.C. in 2005, with majors in political science and journalism.
- While studying in university, she did an exchange to London for a semester.
- Erin completed her MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management in 2024, graduating as part of the Executive MBA program. She actively participated in MIT alumni activities and took advanced courses in generative AI and conversational technology topics.
Journalism Career : Salary, Net worth & Professional Life
- Erin started her career with National Journal in 2006 as a Campaign Staff Writer.
- After a year and half, she moved to NBC News as a reporter.
- She returned to National Journal after seven months in 2008, working as a Political Reporter. She served as the lead reporter for National Journal’s Convention Nightly.
- McPike then joined RealClearPolitics, a political news and polling data aggregator. As a National Political Reporter, she covered the 2012 US Presidential election and broke news on presidential politics with previously unreported details.
- CNN then employed her in 2013 as a Correspondent, where she covered White House news and served as the special correspondent for the show “The Lead with Jake Tapper.” Erin was with CNN for two years.
- In 2016, she shifted to the start-up incubator 1776, before joining Independent Journal Review (IJR). She later became national spokesperson for Mike Bloomberg’s 2020 campaign and communications director for Diana Taylor. During this role, she managed high-profile crisis communications around Bloomberg’s NDA controversies.
- From 2022–2024, McPike led public affairs at Meta, handling global crisis communications and high-profile investigations.
- She also presented Election Night Live with Brian Williams on Prime Video in 2024, and in November 2024 was named Managing Director at FTI Consulting, heading TMT strategic communications across the Americas.
Tillerson Controversy :
- In 2017, Erin was also the only journalist to travel with Rex Tillerson, former ExxonMobil CEO and Secretary of State, on his first trip to Asia. This resulted in exclusive interviews with him, which other reporters have no access to & she kept some details of the interview to herself.
- It sparked outrage among other reporters of the White House Correspondents Association, where they thought was unfair to them.
- She claimed that she had no idea that she was going to be maligned…as an enemy of the press corps.
- The controversy at IJR extended beyond the Tillerson trip, with the publication facing an “identity crisis” and suspending multiple staff members over a conspiratorial article about Barack Obama in March 2017. McPike’s decision not to file pool reports during the Tillerson trip was also criticized by the press corps.
Interesting Facts and Trivia :
- Erin is popular in the way that she resembles renowned Friends actress, Jennifer Aniston.
- Loves dining at Chef Geoff’s because she has worked there for three years and met her good friend Nora O’Donnell. Her favorite dish there was the cashew curry hummus.
- When she was in high school, she baked as a hobby as she finds it relaxing. However, Erin claims that she is not good at cooking.
- Erin enjoys listening to Led Zeppelin.
- Owner of a black American Labrador that she named Benjamin Franklin.
- She is reportedly dating Whitney Conrad McDonald.
Body Figure / Physical Info
Erin McPike Measurements :
- Eye Color : Blue
- Haircut / Hair Color : Blonde
- Erin McPike Height : No confirmed information is available.
- Feet / Legs / Boots / Shoe Size : No confirmed information is available.
- Pregnant? : Currently, she is not expecting a baby.
Personal / Home / Contact Details
- Married? : No
- Children / No of Kids : –
- Ethnicity / Origin / Heritage / Race : White
- Nationality : American
She is very pulchritudinous….nice red hair and blue eyes…