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* {{marriage|Howli Ledbetter|2016}}

'''Howard Daniel Pfeiffer'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legistorm.com/person/bio/2065/Howard_Daniel_Pfeiffer.html|title=Biography: Howard Daniel Pfeiffer|publisher=LegiStorm|access-date=January 27, 2014}} {{subscription required}}</ref> (born December 24, 1975) is an American political advisor, author, and podcast host. He was the [[Senior Advisor to the President of the United States|senior advisor to President]], [[Barack Obama]], for strategy and communications from 2013 to 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/1209/changing_the_guard_4a6bdf86-36a9-427a-8442-e5451c453a75.html|title=Pfeiffer takes over for Dunn|website=[[Politico]] |access-date=December 3, 2009}}</ref>

Pfeiffer was a long-time aide to Obama, serving in various press and communications roles on the [[Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign]], on the [[presidential transition of Barack Obama]], and in the [[White House Office]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/22/transition.wrap/index.html|title=Obama picks his communications team - CNN.com|website=www.cnn.com|access-date=December 18, 2018}}</ref> He co-hosts ''[[Pod Save America]]'', a political podcast, with [[Jon Favreau (speechwriter)|Jon Favreau]], [[Jon Lovett]], and [[Tommy Vietor]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Rutenberg|first=Jim |title=Opposition and a Shave: Former Obama Aides Counter Trump|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/business/media/rutenberg-trump-opposition-pod-save-america.html?_r=0|access-date=March 29, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=March 21, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Pod Save America|url=https://getcrookedmedia.com/here-have-a-podcast-78ee56b5a323|website=Crooked Media|access-date=March 29, 2017|date=January 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627160055/https://getcrookedmedia.com/here-have-a-podcast-78ee56b5a323|archive-date=June 27, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2015, Pfeiffer joined [[CNN]] as a political contributor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/01/politics/dan-pfeiffer-cnn-obama-administration|title=Dan Pfeiffer joins CNN as contributor|work=CNN Politics|author=Eric Bradner|date=June 1, 2015|access-date=May 10, 2017}}</ref> Pfeiffer has also authored three books.

Pfeiffer was born in [[Wilmington, Delaware]],<ref name="usnews">{{cite news| url=http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/p/daniel_h_pfeiffer/index.html|title=Times Topics, People|access-date=October 24, 2009|work=[[The New York Times]]|first=Jim|last=Rutenberg}}</ref> the son of Vivian Lear (née Strange), a learning specialist, and Gary Malick Pfeiffer, a financial officer for [[DuPont (1802–2017)|DuPont]].<ref name=marref1>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/16/fashion/weddings/16feinberg.html?_r=3|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Sarah Feinberg, H. Daniel Pfeiffer|date=July 16, 2006|access-date=April 30, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zecLAQAAMAAJ&q=%22PFEIFFER.+GARY+%D0%9C%D1%87+textiles+executive;%22|title=Who's who in Finance and Industry|work=Marquis Who's Who, LLC|isbn=9780837903347|access-date=September 19, 2015|last1=Who|first1=Marquis Who's|date=May 1999|publisher=Marquis Who's Who. }}</ref> He graduated from [[Wilmington Friends School]] and earned a Bachelorbachelor of Arts degree from [[Georgetown University]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://content.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1938375,00.html|title=Dan Pfeiffer: The Next White House Communications Boss|last=James|first=Randy|date=November 13, 2009|magazine=Time|access-date=December 18, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0040-781X}}</ref>

After the [[2008 United States presidential election]], Pfeiffer ran the communications office for the Obama–Biden Transition team and was then appointed deputy White House communications director after the [[first inauguration of Barack Obama]]. Less than a year later, after the departure of [[Anita Dunn]], Pfeiffer was named [[White House Communications Director|White House communications director]]. He remained in the role for the entire first term of the [[Obama presidency]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://content.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1938375,00.html|title=Dan Pfeiffer: The Next White House Communications Boss|date=November 13, 2009|access-date=April 1, 2015|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref> At the start of President Obama's second term, Pfeiffer was promoted to senior advisor for strategy and communications, taking over most of the portfolio previously managed in the [[White House Office]] by [[David Axelrod (political consultant)|David Axelrod]] and [[David Plouffe]]. He left the White House on March 6, 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.delawareonline.com/story/entertainment/2016/08/18/delawares-dan-pfeiffer-white-house-podcaster/88753410/|title=Delaware's Dan Pfeiffer: From White House to podcaster|date=August 16, 2016|access-date=June 7, 2017|newspaper=[[The News Journal]]}}</ref>

In 2016, Pfeiffer married Howli Ledbetter, former director of message planning in the White House Office during the Obama administration.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2016/05/18/former-white-house-aide-dan-pfeiffer-engaged-to-another-obama-alum-howli-ledbetter|title=Former White House aide Dan Pfeiffer engaged to another Obama alum, Howli Ledbetter|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=May 18, 2016|access-date=July 20, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Howli Pfeiffer profile|url=http://wearerally.com/our-team/howli-pfeiffer|website=Wearerally.com|access-date=November 18, 2016|archive-date=October 19, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019142859/http://wearerally.com/our-team/howli-pfeiffer/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In May 2018, Ledbetter gave birth to a daughter, Kyla.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Lindsay |last=Schneider |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/pod-save-america-dan-pfeiffer-interview |title= "Democrats Get so Mad": Pod Save America's Dan Pfeiffer on Maggie Haberman, Robert Mueller, and Who Can Beat Trump in 2020 |date=June 21, 2018 |magazine=Vanity Fair}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Ryan |last=Cormier |url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/life/2018/06/14/pod-save-america-host-talks-delaware-roots-obama-white-house/694448002/ |title=Former Obama advisor Dan Pfeiffer, Wilmington native, talks White House adventures in book |date=June 14, 2018 |work=Delaware News Journal}}</ref> In March 2021, their second child, Jack, was born.<ref>{{cite web |author=Crooked Media |date=March 25, 2021 |title=Joe Biden Vs The Filibuster {{!}} Pod Save America |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppQPmhHFhfQ |website=YouTube |access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Crooked Media |date=April 1, 2021 |title=Planes, Trains and Gaetz {{!}} Pod Save America |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdFqZj3Alv8 |website=YouTube |access-date=April 2, 2021}}</ref>