Daniel Pfeiffer

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Howard Daniel "Dan" Pfeiffer (born December 24, 1975 in Wilmington , Delaware , United States ) is a former US senior advisor on strategy and communications to President Barack Obama . He served Obama for many years, including in various press and communications roles during the 2008 presidential campaign, in Obama's re-election, and during the Obama presidency.

Education, job and life

Pfeiffer was born in Wilmington, Delaware, to Vivian Lear (nee Strange), a school teacher, and Gary Malick Pfeiffer, a DuPont CFO . He graduated from Georgetown University with a Masters degree magna cum laude . He began his career as a spokesperson for the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), an initiative launched by Bill Clinton's presidency . In 2000 he moved to the press office of Al Gore 's presidential candidacy.

After the 2000 election, he moved to the Democratic Governors Association and later worked for Senators Tim Johnson , Tom Daschle , and Evan Bayh . Pfeiffer also worked for Evan Bayh's 2008 presidential campaign until he announced his resignation in 2006.

On July 16, 2006, Pfeiffer married Sarah Elizabeth Feinberg, a senior advisor and spokeswoman for Obama's former chief of staff and future mayor of Chicago , Rahm Emanuel . They met in 2000 when they were both working on Al Gore's presidential campaign. In 2011 they separated.

In 2007, Pfeiffer was hired by Pete Rouse for the presidential campaign for Obama's re-election. Pete Rouse had hired him earlier when Rouse was Tom Daschle's chief of staff. Pfeiffer's first role was that of the press secretary for the presidential campaign. He was later appointed communications director.

After Pfeiffer was repeatedly treated in the hospital for stroke-like symptoms and diagnosed with high blood pressure in September 2013, he changed his eating habits - from diet coke and sweets to iced tea and brown rice with chicken.

politics

Daniel Pfeiffer (2010).

After the 2008 presidential election, Pfeiffer was responsible for the Obama-Biden transition team's press office and was later appointed Deputy Communications Director of the White House . After Anita Dunn left the White House a year later, he was appointed White House Communications Director appointed. He held this position for the remainder of Obama's first presidency.

In January 2013, at the start of Obama's second term, Pfeiffer was appointed senior strategy and communications advisor. He took over most of the duties from David Axelrod and David Plouffe . Jennifer Palmieri took over his role as communications director .

On March 20, 2014, Russia imposed entry bans on Pfeiffer and 8 other Americans as a countermeasure to the US sanctions in the context of the Ukraine crisis .

Pfeiffer left the White House on March 6, 2015. He left the last of the closest confidante to counsel Obama since the start of his first presidential campaign in 2007. Shailagh Murray assumed his role as senior advisor to the President.

Dan Pfeiffer was the driving force behind the change in the White House's communication strategy towards new, primarily digital channels such as Funny or Die , Buzzfeed , Facebook , Twitter and Medium .

In June 2015, it was announced that he had switched to CNN television .

See also

Web links

Commons : Daniel Pfeiffer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ LegiStorm: Vita of Howard Daniel (Dan) Pfeiffer ( English ) In: LegiStorm . Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  2. ↑ NY Times: Daniel H. Pfeiffer - Article ( English ) In: topics.nytimes.com . The New York Times. June 13, 2015. Accessed June 13, 2015.
  3. ^ A b NY Times: Marriage of Sarah Feinberg and H. Daniel Pfeiffer ( English ) In: The New York Times . July 16, 2006. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  4. ↑ Editor: On-line Obituary For Elaine Matthews Strange ( English ) In: memorialobituaries.com . June 13, 2015. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 13, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.memorialobituaries.com
  5. ↑ a b c d e f Randy James: Dan Pfeiffer: The Next White House Communications Boss ( English ) In: content.time.com . Time magazine. November 13, 2009. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  6. ^ Jim Rutenberg: The New Team - Daniel H. Pfeiffer ( English ) In: The New York Times . November 16, 2008. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  7. ^ The Reliable Source: Love, etc .: Dan Pfeiffer and Sarah Feinberg separate; Debra Brass; Chaz Bono ( English ) In: The Washington Post . December 20, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
  8. ↑ Jackie Calmes: Obama Aide Hospitalized Twice Last Week ( English ) In: The Caucus . The New York Times. September 13, 2013. Accessed June 14, 2015.
  9. ↑ a b Julie Hirschfeld Davis: Senior Obama Aides to Depart in Coming Weeks ( English ) In: The New York Times . February 4, 2015. Accessed June 14, 2015.
  10. ↑ Jackie Calmes: David Plouffe, Senior Adviser, Leaves White House ( English ) In: The New York Times . January 26, 2013. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
  11. ↑ Michael D. Shear: Jen Psaki to Succeed Jennifer Palmieri as White House Communications Director ( English ) In: The New York Times . February 19, 2015. Accessed June 14, 2015.
  12. ^ Sabine Kricke, Uwe Felten: Crimean crisis Ukraine: Russia imposes entry ban on US politicians . In: RP Online . March 20, 2014. Accessed June 12, 2015.
  13. ^ Dan Pfeiffer: Five Reflections on my last day at the White House ( English ) In: Medium . March 6, 2015. Accessed June 14, 2015.
  14. ↑ Dave Boyer: Dan Pfeiffer resigning as senior Obama adviser ( English ) In: The Washington Times . June 14, 2015. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
  15. ↑ Michael D. Shear: White House Names Biden Adviser as Message Strategist ( English ) In: The New York Times . March 24, 2015. Accessed June 14, 2015.
  16. ↑ Steven Levy: The Man Who Made Obama Viral ( English ) In: backchannel . Medium. March 9, 2015. Accessed June 14, 2015.
  17. ↑ Dave Boyer: Dan Pfeiffer, former Obama adviser, joins CNN ( English ) In: The Washington Times . June 1, 2015. Accessed June 14, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Pfeiffer, Daniel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pfeiffer, Howard Daniel (full name); Pfeiffer, Dan (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Senior American Strategy and Communications Advisor to President Barack Obama
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Wilmington , Delaware , United States