Dr. Mandy Hampton is a White House media consultant and former flame of Deputy White House Chief of Staff Josh Lyman -- a history that causes some tension between the two. She is recognized as an unusually keen strategist who is both highly motivated and decisive. Like others within President Bartlet's administration, she is a valuable ally in a tense negotiation and lauded for her verbal jousting skills. That fearlessness combined with her outspoken nature also puts Mandy in uncomfortable positions with her colleagues, especially when past -- but at the time honest -- transgressions become public.