Annie Tomasini | |
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![]() Tomasini in 2021 | |
White House Deputy Chief of Staff | |
In office February 9, 2024 –January 20, 2025 Servingwith Bruce Reed & Natalie Quillian | |
President | Joe Biden |
Chief of Staff | Jeff Zients |
Preceded by | Jen O'Malley Dillon |
Succeeded by | Dan Scavino & William Harrison |
Senior Advisor to the President | |
In office June 2023 –January 20,2025 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Preceded by | Neera Tanden |
Director of White House Oval Office Operations | |
In office January 20,2021 –February 9,2024 | |
President | Joe Biden |
Deputy | Ashley Williams |
Preceded by | Jen O'Malley Dillon |
Succeeded by | Richard Ruffner |
Personal details | |
Born | Annie Tomasini 1979 (age 45–46) Boston,Massachusetts,United States [1] |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Boston University |
Annie Tomasini is an American political operative who served as a senior advisor and deputy chief of staff for President Joe Biden during his administration. A longtime aide to Biden,she became a senior advisor in June 2023 and added deputy chief of staff duties in February 2024,serving in both roles until January 2025. [2]
Tomasini is a 1998 graduate of the Boston Latin School. She graduated from Boston University in 2002. [3] [4] While attending Boston University,she was the captain of the women's basketball team. [5]
Tomasini began her political career serving as press secretary for then-Senator Biden when he chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. [6]
Tomasini left the vice president's office in 2011 to join Harvard University on the public affairs team but returned to serve again in 2019. [3]
She played a pivotal role in Biden's 2020 presidential campaign as his Travelling Chief of Staff. Upon Biden assuming office as President,Tomasini joined his Executive Office staff;in 2023,she held the title of assistant to the president and senior adviser to the president and director of Oval Office operations. [7] She was named deputy chief of staff in February 2024,replacing Jen O'Malley Dillon,who left to join Biden's reelection campaign. [8] [9]
At the end of the Biden presidency,Tomasini was designated by Biden to raise funds for the Joseph R. Biden Presidential Library. [10]