U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday named his former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway to serve as counselor to the president, his transition team said in a statement.Conway, 49, currently a senior adviser on Trump's transition team, is widely credited with helping him bring a more disciplined approach to campaigning that helped him win the November presidential election. Conway (49), who is currently a senior adviser on Trump’s transition team, is widely credited with helping him bring the more disciplined approach to campaigning that helped him win the November presidential election. Conway “will continue her role as a close adviser to the president and will work with senior leadership” in the White House “to effectively message and execute the administration’s legislative priorities and actions,” the president-elect’s transition team said in a statement. “She is a tireless and tenacious advocate of my agenda and has amazing insights on how to effectively communicate our message.”

Conway, who is a veteran pollster and political consultant, said she was “humbled and honored to play a role in helping transform the movement he has led into a real agenda of actions and results.”

White House counselors can be very influential on a president depending on the shared rapport. He was host to one of the PGA Tour’s World Golf Championships at Doral, though he’s losing that next year, and he was once host to a highly successful LPGA event in West Palm Beach, Fla., which paid out the top winner’s check in the women’s game.
President-elect Donald Trump names his former presidential campaign manager Kellyanne Conway as his Counselor to the President.