Kate Berner | |
Office: | White House Principal Deputy Communications Director |
1Blankname: | Director |
1Namedata: | Kate Bedingfield (2021-2023) Ben LaBolt (2023-present) |
Term Start: | January 20, 2021 |
Term End: | May 31, 2023 |
Predecessor: | Brian Morgenstern |
Successor: | Kristen Orthman |
Party: | Democratic |
Education: | University of Chicago (BA) |
Kate Berner is an American political advisor who served as a White House Principal Deputy Communications Director in the Biden administration.
A native of Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, Berner graduated from Hastings High School. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Chicago.[1]
Berner was previously a vice president at SKDK. During the Obama administration, Berner was the director of outreach and in the Office of the Vice President of the United States and special advisor in the United States Department of Commerce. She also worked as a spokeswoman for the Obama Foundation. Berner was deputy director of communications for the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign, where she managed campaign messaging.[2]