He left that position to serve as Associate Director in the Office of Scheduling and Advance for John Kerry for President.

Beginning in 2005 he worked as the City Director for Los Angeles at the Clinton Climate Initiative and as a Public Affairs Consultant until 2007.

[4] Selfridge served as Deputy Director of Advance for both the Presidential Transition Office and Obama for America from 2008 to early 2009.

Following the Obama team into the White House, he served as Director of Advance for the Vice President until 2011, when he became a Deputy Assistant to the President and Director of Advance and operations at the White House, a position he held until 2011 when he became Director—a position he held until his nomination to the Office of Chief of Protocol in the State Department.

He succeeded Natalie Jones who was acting Chief of Protocol after Capricia Marshall left the post on August 1, 2013.