Daniel Pfeiffer: Difference between revisions

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* {{marriage|[[Sarah Feinberg]]|2006|2011|reason=divorced}}<br>
* {{marriage|Howli Ledbetter|2016}}

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'''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|accessdateaccess-date=January 27, 2014}} {{subscription required}}</ref> (born December 24, 1975) is an American activistpolitical advisor, podcasterauthor, and formerpodcast host. He was [[Senior Advisor to the President of the United States|Seniorsenior Advisor]]advisor to [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Barack Obama]] for Strategystrategy and Communicationscommunications 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|accessdatewebsite=[[Politico]] |access-date=December 3, 2009}}</ref>

Pfeiffer was a long-time aide to Obama, serving in various press and communications roles throughouton histhe [[Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign|2008 campaign for the Presidency]], on histhe [[Presidentialpresidential transition of Barack Obama|presidential transition team]], and in the [[presidency of Barack Obama|Obama 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|last1last=Rutenberg|first1first=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|accessdateaccess-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|accessdateaccess-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|accessdateaccess-date=May 10, 2017}}</ref> Pfeiffer has also authored three books.

==Early lifeCareer and career==

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|accessdate=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.<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|accessdate=April 30, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zecLAQAAMAAJ&q=%22PFEIFFER.+GARY+%D0%9C%D1%87+textiles+executive;%22&dq=%22PFEIFFER.+GARY+%D0%9C%D1%87+textiles+executive;%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=f-1KVamLOIKzyASB-IHYBg&ved=0CBMQ6AEwAA|title=Who's who in Finance and Industry|work=google.ca|accessdate=September 19, 2015}}</ref> He graduated ''[[magna cum laude]]'' from [[Georgetown University]].<ref>{{Cite news|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|work=Time|access-date=December 18, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0040-781X}}</ref> He began his career in politics working as a spokesman for the [[Community Oriented Policing Services|Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)]] initiative ofduring the [[presidency of Bill Clinton|Clinton Administrationadministration]]. In 2000, he joined the communications departmentteam of [[Al Gore]]'sthe [[Al Gore 2000 presidential campaign|2000 campaign for the Presidency]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/06/01/politics/dan-pfeiffer-cnn-obama-administration/index.html|title=Dan Pfeiffer joins CNN as contributor|last=Bradner|first=Eric|date=June 1, 2015|website=CNN politics|access-date=December 18, 2018}}</ref>

Following the [[2000 United States presidential election|2000 presidential election]], he went to work for the [[Democratic Governors Association]], and later worked for [[U.S. Senators|Senators]] [[Tim Johnson (U.S. Senator)|Tim Johnson]], [[Tom Daschle]], and [[Evan Bayh]].<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/31/washington/31immig.html?th&emc=th|title=A Build-a-Protest Approach to Immigration|accessdateaccess-date=November 7, 2008|work=The New York Times|first=Carl|last=Hulse|date=May 31, 2006}}</ref> He served briefly as communications director for the [[Evan Bayh 2008 presidential campaign|Evan Bayh's presidential exploratory committee]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehoya.com/former-white-house-advisor-pfeiffer-talks-politics/|title=Former White House Advisor Pfeiffer Talks Politics|date=September 14, 2015|language=en-US|access-date=December 18, 2018}}</ref>

=== Obama Whiteadministration House===

After the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 presidential election]], Pfeiffer ran the communications office for the Obama-BidenObama–Biden Transition team and was then appointed Deputydeputy White House Communicationscommunications Directordirector after the [[Firstfirst inauguration of Barack Obama|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|accessdateaccess-date=April 1, 2015|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref> At the start of President Obama's second term, Pfeiffer was promoted to Seniorsenior Advisoradvisor for Strategystrategy and Communicationscommunications, taking over most of the portfolio previously managed in the [[White House Office|White House]] 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|accessdateaccess-date=June 7, 2017|newspaper=[[The News Journal]]}}</ref>

==Other= workWriting ===

In February 2020, Pfeiffer's published his secondthird book, ''[https://www.twelvebooks.com/titles/dan-pfeiffer/untrumping-america/9781538733554/Battling Un-Trumpingthe AmericaBig Lie: AHow PlanFox, toFacebook, Makeand Americathe aMAGA DemocracyMedia Again.]Are Destroying America'' Inwas it,published Pfeifferin outlinesJune how2022. DonaldIt Trumpexplores becamethe President becauserole of thedisinformation current state ofin American politics, notand inthe spiteimpact ofit them.had Heon alsoelections offersin a2016 planand for2020, Democratsas towell winas thepresents 2020strategies electionfor andfighting howback toagainst preventdisinformation.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Battling the likesBig ofLie: TrumpHow fromFox, everFacebook, happeningand againthe byMAGA fixingMedia ourAre democracy.<ref>{{CiteDestroying webAmerica|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5120372760640053-unbattling-trumpingthe-america|title=Unbig-Trumping Americalie|website=www.goodreads.comGoodreads|access-date=2020-02-17January 2, 2023}}</ref>

On July 16, 2006, Pfeiffer married [[Sarah Elizabeth Feinberg, a senior advisor and spokeswoman for Obama's former [[White House Chief of Staff|Chief of Staff]], and currenta senior advisoradviser and spokeswoman for [[Mayor of Chicago]], [[Rahm Emanuel]].<ref name=marref1/> In 2011, Pfeiffer and Feinberg separated, and later divorced.<ref>[{{cite web |author=The Reliable Source |date=December 20, 2011 |title=Love, etc.: Dan Pfeiffer and Sarah Feinberg separate; Debra Messing; Chaz Bono |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/post/love-etc-dan-pfeiffer-and-sarah-feinberg-separate-debra-messing-chaz-bono/2011/12/20/gIQAGb9f7O_blog.html Dan Pfeiffer and|newspaper=The Sarah Feinberg separate"], ''Washington Post''; accessed |access-date=November 18, 2016.}}</ref>

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