Valeisha M. Butterfield is the Deputy Director of Public Affairs for the International Trade Administration, Co-Founder and Chair of the Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network (WEEN), national talk radio host, television personality and recognized expert on global programs designed for minorities and women worldwide. For more than a decade, Butterfield has been recognized as a professional and personal conduit for change.

Butterfield was appointed to the Administration of U.S. President Barack Obama in October 2009 as the Deputy Director of Public Affairs for the International Trade Administration (ITA) in the U.S. Department of Commerce. Butterfield drives global communications strategies, digital media and public affairs for ITA's offices in 109 U.S. cities and 77 countries worldwide. In this capacity, Butterfield also advances President Obama's National Export Initiative (NEI) goal to double exports over the next five years to support two million jobs.

Butterfield is also the Co-founder and Chair of the Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network (WEEN). WEEN is a worldwide coalition of women and men, all ages and races, committed to supporting, promoting and defending the balanced, positive portrayal of women in entertainment and society. The organization was established in 2007 and has over 43,000 members worldwide. WEEN provides entertainment-based educational programs on health, financial literacy, career development and personal advancement for young women worldwide.

Prior to joing the Obama administration, Butterfield served as the Executive Director of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network for nearly six years under the leadership of its Founder and Co-chair, Russell Simmons. Butterfield was recognized for her leadership as one of the youngest executive directors in the United States, developing critically acclaimed financial literacy and voter education programs for young adeults 18 - 35 years old throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Butterfield previously served as the Director of Diversity for the national office of the Alzheimer's Association. The first to serve in this role, Butterfield developed recognized programs targeting underserved communities for the organization's 77 chapters nationwide, expanding her marketing expertise to senior populations.

In 2000, upon graduating from college with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, from Clark Atlanta University, Butterfield worked as the Field Coordinator for the Campaign to Re-Elect Chief Justice Henry Frye to the North Carolina Supreme Court. During this experience, Butterfield supported the field operations and get-out-the-vote programs of a statewide campaign for a key state in electoral politics.

Butterfield was recognized by ESSENCE Magaazine as a Top 40 Executive under 40 (October 2010), has been featured on Black Entertainment Television as a recognized expert on teen issues and honored by Who's Who in Black Washington, D.C. (second edition), the Boss Network and others. Butterfield is the daughter of United States Congressman G.K. Butterfield and North Carolina State Legislator Jean Farmer Butterfield.