Annie Tomasini
{{Short description|American political operative}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Annie Tomasini
| caption = Tomasini in 2021
| office = White House Deputy Chief of Staff
| president = Joe Biden
| 1blankname = Chief of Staff
| 1namedata = Jeff Zients
| term_start = February 9, 2024
| term_end = January 20, 2025
| alongside = Bruce Reed & Natalie Quillian
| predecessor = Jen O'Malley Dillon
| successor = Dan Scavino &
William Harrison
| office1 = Senior Advisor to the President
| president1 = Joe Biden
| alongside1 =
| term_start1 = June 2023
| term_end1 = January 20, 2025
| predecessor1 = Neera Tanden
| successor1 =
| office2 = Director of White House
Oval Office Operations
| president2 = Joe Biden
| deputy2 = Ashley Williams
| term_start2 = January 20, 2021
| term_end2 = February 9, 2024
| predecessor2 = Jen O'Malley Dillon
| successor2 = Richard Ruffner
| birth_name = Annie Tomasini
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1979}}
| birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, United States{{cite web|url=https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2024/02/08/biden-boston-native-aide-annie-tomasini-deputy-white-house-chief-of-staff/|title=Biden chooses Boston native and longtime aide who runs his Oval Office to be a deputy White House chief of staff|website=Boston.com|date=February 8, 2024|access-date=January 19, 2025}}
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = Democratic
| spouse =
| children =
| relatives =
| education = Boston University
| image = Annie Tomasini 2021 (cropped).jpg
}}
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.{{Cite news |last=Superville |first=Darlene |date=February 8, 2024 |title=Biden chooses longtime aide who runs his Oval Office to be a deputy White House chief of staff |url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-tomasini-deputy-chief-white-house-staff-d980247a90494d676d339f4c3c8d630f |access-date=April 18, 2024 |work=The Associated Press}}
Early life and education
Tomasini is a 1998 graduate of the Boston Latin School. She graduated from Boston University in 2002.{{cite news |last=Superville |first=Darlene |url=https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2024/02/08/biden-boston-native-aide-annie-tomasini-deputy-white-house-chief-of-staff/ |title=Biden chooses Boston native and longtime aide who runs his Oval Office to be a deputy White House chief of staff |work=Associated Press |publisher=Boston.com |date=2024-02-08 |accessdate=2024-06-30 }}{{Cite web |date=2024 |title=Annie Tomasini '98 Named Deputy Chief of Staff to President Biden |url=https://www.bls.org/apps/news/show_news.jsp?REC_ID=896259&id=3 |access-date=April 18, 2024 |website=Boston Latin School}} While attending Boston University, she was the captain of the women's basketball team.{{Cite web |date=November 17, 2020 |title=Annie Tomasini ('02) Named to President-Elect's White House Senior Staff |url=https://goterriers.com/news/2020/11/17/womens-basketball-annie-tomasini-02-named-to-president-elects-white-house-senior-staff.aspx |access-date=April 18, 2024 |website=Boston University Athletics}}
Career
Tomasini began her political career serving as press secretary for then-Senator Biden when he chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=Biden for President |url=https://www.democracyinaction.us/2020/biden/bidenorg.html |access-date=April 26, 2024 |website=Democracy in Action}}
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.
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.{{Cite web |date=October 25, 2023 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/25/us/politics/state-dinner-guest-list.html|author=Chris Cameron|title=The Full Guest List for Biden's State Dinner With Australia}} She was named deputy chief of staff in February 2024, replacing Jen O'Malley Dillon, who left to join Biden's reelection campaign.Darlene Superville, [https://apnews.com/article/biden-tomasini-deputy-chief-white-house-staff-d980247a90494d676d339f4c3c8d630f Biden chooses longtime aide who runs his Oval Office to be a deputy White House chief of staff], Associated Press (February 8, 2024).{{Cite news |date=February 8, 2024 |title=Biden appoints new deputy chief of staff, a longtime aide and close adviser |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-appoints-new-deputy-chief-of-staff-aide-close-ties-hunter |access-date=April 18, 2024 |work=Fox News}}
At the end of the Biden presidency, Tomasini was designated by Biden to raise funds for the Joseph R. Biden Presidential Library.{{cite news |last1=Allen |first1=Mike |title=Behind the Curtain: Biden's haunting twin sins |url=https://www.axios.com/2024/12/05/joe-biden-pardon-hunter-biden-presidential-library |access-date=January 1, 2025 |work=Axios |date=December 5, 2024}}
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