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{{Short description|American political advisor and commentator (born 1975)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Dan Pfeiffer
|image = Daniel Pfeiffer.jpg
|caption = Pfeiffer in 2010
|office = [[Senior Advisor to the President of the United States|Senior Advisor to the President]]
|president = [[Barack Obama]]
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|education = [[Georgetown University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
|party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Sarah Feinberg]]|2006|2011|reason=divorced}} * {{marriage|Howli Ledbetter|2016}} }}
|children =
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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|
Pfeiffer was a long-time aide to Obama, serving in various press and communications roles
==Early life and education==
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|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 bachelor 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>
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Pfeiffer is the author of a
Pfeiffer was Vice President for Communications and Policy at [[GoFundMe]] from December 2015 to September 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-pfeiffer-14b972111|title=Dan Pfeiffer {{!}} LinkedIn}}</ref> Pfeiffer currently serves on the Board of Advisors of [[Let America Vote]], a voting rights organization founded by fellow [[Crooked Media]] host [[Jason Kander]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.letamericavote.org/boardofadvisors/|title=Advisors|publisher=Let America Vote|accessdate=May 1, 2018}}</ref>▼
In February 2020, Pfeiffer published his second book, ''Un-Trumping America: A Plan to Make America a Democracy Again''. In it, Pfeiffer outlines how [[Donald Trump]] became president because of the current state of [[American politics]], not in spite of it. He also offers a plan for Democrats to win the [[2020 United States presidential election]] and how to prevent the likes of Trump from ever happening again by fixing American democracy.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Un-Trumping America|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51203727-un-trumping-america|website=Goodreads|access-date=February 17, 2020}}</ref>
▲Pfeiffer is the author of a #1 [[The New York Times Best Seller list|The New York Times Best Seller]], ''[https://www.twelvebooks.com/titles/dan-pfeiffer/yes-we-still-can/9781538711705/ Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump]'' (2018). In his first book, Pfeiffer tells the story of "how Barack Obama navigated the insane political forces that created [President] Trump, explaining why everyone got 2016 wrong, and offering a path for where Democrats go from here."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36342140-yes-we-still-can|title=Yes We (Still) Can|website=www.goodreads.com|access-date=2020-02-17}}</ref>
=== Other work ===
▲After leaving the White House, Pfeiffer was
==Personal life==
On July 16, 2006, Pfeiffer married [[
In 2016, Pfeiffer married Howli Ledbetter, former director of message planning in the
==Bibliography==
▲In 2016, Pfeiffer married Howli Ledbetter, former director of message planning in the Obama White House.<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|accessdate=July 20, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wearerally.com/our-team/howli-pfeiffer|title=Howli Pfeiffer profile|website=Wearerally.com|accessdate=November 18, 2016}}</ref> In May 2018, Ledbetter gave birth to a daughter, Kyla.<ref>{{cite web |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 |work=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>
* {{cite book |last=Pfeiffer |first=Dan |date=June 19, 2018 |title=Yes We (Still) Can: Politics in the Age of Obama, Twitter, and Trump |location=New York |publisher=[[Twelve (publisher)|Twelve]] |isbn=978-1538711712 |page=304}}
* {{cite book |last=Pfeiffer |first=Dan |date=February 18, 2020 |title=Un-Trumping America: A Plan to Make America a Democracy Again |location=New York |publisher=[[Twelve (publisher)|Twelve]] |isbn=978-1538733554 |page=304}}
* {{cite book |last=Pfeiffer |first=Dan |date= June 7, 2022 |title=Battling the Big Lie: How Fox, Facebook, and the MAGA Media Are Destroying America |location=New York |publisher=[[Twelve (publisher)|Twelve]] |isbn=978-1538707975 |page=336}}
==References==
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==External links==
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* {{NYTtopic|people/p/daniel_h_pfeiffer}}
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