Anita Dunn
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White House Director of Communications Acting |
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In office April 21, 2009 – November 30, 2009 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Ellen Moran |
| Succeeded by | Dan Pfeiffer |
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| Born | January 8, 1958 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Bob Bauer |
| Children | 1 son |
| Education | University of Maryland, College Park (BA) |
Anita B. Dunn (born January 8, 1958) is an American political strategist who served as White House Communications Director from April through November 2009.
A senior partner at SKDKnickerbocker, a strategic communications firm in Washington, D.C., she become a contributor for NBC News/MSNBC/CNBC.
Dunn was raised in Bethesda, Maryland, the daughter of Albert E. Babbitt and Carol Hutto Babbitt. Her father's brother was the modernist composer, Milton Babbitt. She began her career in the Carter White House, first as an intern for White House Communications Director Gerald Rafshoon and then worked for chief of staff Hamilton Jordan.
She worked on the campaign of Senator John Glenn (D-OH) in 1984, and on Capitol Hill before joining the firm founded by Bob Squier and William Knapp in 1993. She has been the adviser to Senator Bill Bradley (D-NJ), including serving as the chief strategist for his presidential campaign, Senator Evan Bayh (D-IN), former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD). In 2004, Anita produced the media for Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX). She was hired by then-Senator Barack Obama in 2006 to direct communications and strategy for his political action committee, The Hopefund. This move signaled to many that Obama was planning to run for the presidency. While advising Hopefund and Obama in 2006, she was instrumental in the preparations for the launch of Obama for America, and brought many key staffers to the Obama campaign with whom she had worked in Bayh's and Daschle's offices.
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