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Kate Berner

White House Principal Deputy Communications Director
In office January 20, 2021 – May 31, 2023
President	Joe Biden
Director	Kate Bedingfield (2021-2023) Ben LaBolt (2023-present)
Preceded by	Brian Morgenstern
Succeeded by	Kristen Orthman

Personal details
Political party	Democratic
Education	University of Chicago (BA)

Kate Berner is an American political advisor who served as a White House principal deputy communications director in the Biden administration.

Early life and education

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A native of Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, Berner graduated from Hastings High School. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Chicago.^[1]

Career

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Berner was previously a vice president at SKDK. During the Obama administration, Berner was the director of outreach and in the Office of the Vice President of the United States and special advisor in the United States Department of Commerce. She also worked as a spokeswoman for the Obama Foundation. Berner was deputy director of communications for the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign, where she managed campaign messaging.^[2]

References

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^ "Kate Berner, Deputy Director of Communications". President-Elect Joe Biden. Retrieved 2021-01-16.^{[dead link‍]}
^ Forgey, Quint (18 December 2020). "Biden fills out incoming communications team with campaign veterans". POLITICO. Retrieved 2021-01-16.

Joe Biden's Executive Office of the President

Office	Name	Term	Office	Name	Term
White House Chief of Staff	Jeff Zients	2023–pres.	National Security Advisor	Jake Sullivan	2021–pres.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff	Jen O'Malley Dillon	2021–pres.	Deputy National Security Advisor	Jonathan Finer	2021–pres.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff	Bruce Reed	2021–pres.	Homeland Security Advisor	Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall	2021–pres.
Counselor to the President	Steve Ricchetti	2021–pres.	White House Communications Director	Ben LaBolt	2023–pres.
Deputy White House Communications Director	Pili Tobar	2021–pres.	Senior Advisor to the President	Mike Donilon	2021–pres.
	Kate Berner	2021–pres.		Anita Dunn	2021, 2022-pres.
White House Press Secretary	Karine Jean-Pierre	2022–pres.
Director, Public Engagement	Stephen K. Benjamin	2022–pres.	Deputy Press Secretary	Vacant	2022–pres.
			Director, Intergovernmental Affairs	Tom Perez	2023–pres.
Director, Speechwriting	Vinay Reddy	2021–pres.	Chair, Council of Economic Advisers	Jared Bernstein	2023–pres.
Director, Digital Strategy	Rob Flaherty	2021–pres.	Director, Domestic Policy Council	Neera Tanden	2023–pres.
Director, Legislative Affairs	Shuwanza Goff	2023–pres.	White House Cabinet Secretary	Evan Ryan	2021–pres.
Director, Presidential Personnel	Gautam Raghavan	2022–pres.	Director, Oval Office Operations	Annie Tomasini	2021–pres.
White House Staff Secretary	Stefanie Feldman	2023-pres.	Personal Aide to the President	Stephen Goepfert	2021–pres.
Director, Management and Administration	Dave Noble	2022–pres.	Chief of Staff to the First Lady	Vacant	2022–pres.
Director, Scheduling and Advance	Ryan Montoya	2021–pres.	Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy	Arati Prabhakar	2022–pres.
White House Social Secretary	Carlos Elizondo	2021–pres.	Director, Office of Management and Budget	Shalanda Young	2021–pres.
Chief of Staff to the Vice President	Lorraine Voles	2022–pres.	United States Trade Representative	Katherine Tai	2021–pres.
White House Chief Usher	Robert B. Downing	2021–pres.	Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy	Rahul Gupta	2021–pres.
Director, White House Military Office	Vacant	2022–pres.	Chair, Council on Environmental Quality	Brenda Mallory	2021–pres.

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