Karine Jean-Pierre |
Karine Jean-Pierre will succeed Jen Psaki as White House press secretary on May 13 to become the first Black and openly gay person to hold that position.
President Joe Biden also announced that Anita Dunn, partner and founding member of SKDK, is rejoining his team to plot strategy and guide messaging leading up to the midterm elections.
Jean-Pierre, who is principal deputy press secretary, is a long-term Biden advisor. She had communications and political roles during the campaign and while he was vice president.
Before joining Biden’s presidential campaign, she was chief public affairs officer for MoveOn.org and a NBC/MSNBC analyst.
Dunn was senior advisor to Biden and Kamala Harris during the presidential campaign, then joined Team Biden to work on the transition. She worked closely with Psaki and communications director Kate Bedingfield.
Dunn, who also counseled Democrats Barack Obama, Tom Daschle, Bill Bradley and Evan Bayh, returned to SKDK earlier this year.
May 6, 2022, by Joe Honick
It is time to stop with all the "first" this or that when the only qualifications that should matter are the qualifications. How will we ultimately describe the first dwarf who turned out to be a terrific journalist? The question about this new lady on the job is her possibly over the top politically, especially with respect to the Middle East. Otherwise, her gender, color and relationships are of no consequence.