Sarah Matthews (deputy press secretary)

Sarah Anne Matthews (born February 20, 1995) is an American political aide who served as the deputy press secretary for the Donald Trump administration from June 2020 to January 2021. She resigned from her position as deputy press secretary following the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. Since then, Matthews has been an outspoken critic of Trump and his 2024 presidential campaign.

Education
Matthews graduated in 2013 from Hoover High School in North Canton, Ohio. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in public relations from Kent State University in 2017.

Career
Matthews worked as an intern for Senator Rob Portman and the former House Speaker John Boehner. She worked as press secretary of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and joined Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign in 2019 as a spokesperson. Matthews became White House deputy press secretary in 2020. She resigned in the wake of the 2021 United States Capitol attack and provided critical testimony during a primetime hearing before the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack in July 2022.

Following the Trump administration, Matthews served as the communications director for the Republican members of the United States House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis.

After working in government, Matthews became a senior advisor for the Strategic Management Services company Merrimack Potomac + Charles.

Personal life
Matthews was born as one of two children to Jeffrey and Heidi Matthews. She has a sister named Emily C. Hyde. Her grandfather was George Thomas Matthews (1935–2022), originally from Muskegon, Michigan, who later moved and lived in North Canton, Ohio, was a career metallurgist and engineer.