Michael McCormick

Mike McCormick, lifelong whitewater kayaker

Stenographer White House Press Office (2002-2018)

World traveler on Air Force One and Air Force Two, including combat zones

Oval Office and West Wing duties, 24/7, sometimes so late and lonely the ghosts come out

Co-founder of Team River Runner, a kayak therapy program for wounded service members at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (2004-2007)

Lives with his wife and children in suburban Washington, D.C.