'''Anita Dunn''' is the former [[Obama administration]]'s [[White House]] Communications Office Director and now officially an outside adviser to Obama's [[White House]]. <ref>[http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/obama_fox_dunn_beck/2009/11/10/284292.html Obama Aide Who Slammed Fox News Resigns, NewsMax.com, November 10, 2009]</ref> Previously she served as Senior Advisor and Chief Communications Officer to the [[Barack Hussein Obama 2008 Presidential campaign|2008 presidential campaign]] of [[Barack Obama]]. She has cited, "two of my favorite [[Political philosophy|political philosophers]]: [[Mao Zedong]] and [[Mother Theresa]]."<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CypgH32gGVo&feature=related Video of Obama Communications Director Claiming Mao One of Her Favorite Political Philosophers'] Video, YouTube. Retrieved October 29 , 2009.</ref>
Dunn was the Communications Director for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) during the 1988 and 1990 election cycles.
Dunn worked in Senator [[Bill Bradley']]s office as Communications and Political Director and later as Chief of Staff. In 1993 Dunn joined as a partner the firm of Squier Knapp Dunn headed by Democratic consultant Bob Squier. In 1999, Dunn took a leave of absence from the firm to work as the Communications Director and chief strategist for Bradley's presidential campaign as Squier had commitments to handle the presidential campaign of [[Al Gore]]. <ref>[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-53678114.html BRADLEY'S PRESIDENTIAL BID SPLITS DEMOCRATIC AD SHOP: DUNN LEAVES SQUIRE KNAPP TEMPORARILY TO AVOID CONFLICT WITH GORE WORK], Ira Teinowitz, ''Advertising Age'', January 25, 1999. Highbeam Research. Retrieved November 1 , 2009.</ref>
In 2001-2002, Dunn was a senior Political Advisor to Senate Democratic Leader [[Tom Daschle]] and consultant to the Senate Democratic Caucus. Dunn has advised Speaker of the House [[Nancy Pelosi]].