Skilled in Strategy (and Grudges), Top Biden Adviser to Depart White House
Anita Dunn, who is returning to her Democratic consulting company next month, has long faced questions about how her influence in the White House intersects with her company’s corporate work.
Anita Dunn, a senior adviser to President Biden, at the Capitol in Washington this week. She has prepped President Biden for every interview and news conference since she took over his campaign.Credit...Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times
July 23, 2021Updated 10:12 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON — For the past 17 months, since shaking up his campaign after an embarrassing fourth-place finish in the Iowa caucuses, Joseph R. Biden Jr. has relied on Anita Dunn, a veteran Washington consultant, for both guidance and grudge-holding.