Errol Cockfield, Jr.
Errol A. Cockfield Jr. is the former Press Secretary to former Governor of New York Eliot Spitzer and his successor David Paterson. Cockfield also served as the Chief of Staff to the New York State Senate Democratic Conference. Before moving into politics, he was a newspaper journalist and served as the Albany bureau chief for Newsday. Cockfield is now a public relations consultant, advising corporations on crisis management issues.
Cockfield was born in Georgetown, Guyana. He graduated from Stony Brook University with a bachelors degree in English. After graduating, he was chosen for Tribune Companys prestigious Minority Editorial Training Program and joined the Los Angeles Times as a staff reporter. While in Los Angeles, Cockfield notably interviewed prominent hip hop artists, and wrote about white power skinhead attacks on blacks, prompting the countys Commission on Human Relations to study and address the disturbing trend.
Source: Wikipedia