Gabe Gutierrez is working on his White House credentials…

NBC News has named the Latino news correspondent to its White Housesenior White House correspondent.team as Its senior White House correspondent.

Gutierrez, who joined the network in 2012, had been working as an NBC News correspondent based in New York.

“Gabe’s arrival following his accomplishments as one of the most collaborative and hardest working journalists will enable us to build upon our leadership position at the White House,” says Ken Strickland, Washington bureau chief and senior vice president for NBC News. “He joins an All-Star Team led by Chief White House Correspondent Peter Alexander and Kelly O’Donnell, Senior White House Correspondent and the new President of the White House Correspondents’ Association.”

Strickland’s memo reads: As an NBC News National Correspondent based in New York, Gabe has been at the forefront of the biggest stories in recent memory, including the coronavirus pandemic, immigration issues at the southern border, the death of George Floyd, and the 2022 midterm elections. Internationally, Gabe has reported from Ukraine and this year’s deadly earthquakes in Turkey. Most recently, he has been traveling the country covering the Republican presidential field as it continues to take shape.

Gutierrez is expected to start next month as Kristen Welker, who has been a White House correspondent, becomes the moderator of Meet the Press.