Anita Dunn

Anita Dunn
Dunn in 2023
Senior Advisor to the President
for Communications
In office
May 5, 2022 – August 2024
In office
January 20, 2021 – August 12, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byJared Kushner
Stephen Miller
Ivanka Trump
Succeeded byBen LaBolt
Karine Jean-Pierre
White House Communications Director
Acting
April 21, 2009 – November 30, 2009
PresidentBarack Obama
Preceded byEllen Moran
Succeeded byDaniel Pfeiffer
Personal details
BornAnita Babbitt
(1958-01-08) January 8, 1958
PartyDemocratic
SpouseRobert Bauer
Children2
EducationUniversity of Maryland, College Park (BA)
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Anita Dunn (née Babbitt; born January 8, 1958) is an American political strategist who served as a senior advisor to U.S. President Joe Biden, holding the post from January 20, 2021, to August 12, 2021, and again from May 5, 2022, to August 2024. She is currently serving as a senior adviser to the Future Forward PAC.

Previously, she served as acting White House Communications Director in the Obama White House. Additionally, she served as managing director at SKDK, a strategic communications firm in Washington, D.C., and an advisor to the Biden presidential transition. Dunn has worked on six Democratic presidential campaigns over a period of 40 years.