OVP Press Office: Deputy Press Secretary Tomasini to Harvard, Dudley Replaces Her

According to Politico’s “Playbook”, Annie Tomasini, Deputy Press Secretary for Vice President Biden, is joining Harvard Public Affairs and Communications as Director of Intergovernmental Relations.  According to Harvard, Tomasini will have primary responsibility for managing Harvard's interactions with the Massachusetts legislature and executive branch on issues affecting higher education and research.  Tomasini began her career with the Boston-based consulting firm Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications.  In 2006, she began working for then-Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE).  Serving first as Iowa Press Secretary with the Biden for President campaign, she was eventually appointed Press Secretary on his U.S. Senate staff and ultimately Deputy Press Secretary for the Vice President.  She is a graduate of Boston University, where she was a three-time basketball team captain, and was inducted into the Boston Latin School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008.

Vice President Biden said, 'Annie has been a trusted and loyal member of my inner circle, as well as a source of support for the entire Biden family.  Jill and I will miss her deeply, but we wish her the best in her future endeavors.”

Vice President Biden has appointed Amy Dudley as Deputy Press Secretary.   Dudley most recently served as Senator Ted Kaufman's (D-DE) Press Secretary.  Prior to the Senate, she worked in the public affairs office of the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs.  Dudley began her career in Washington as a staff writer for The Hotline.  A native of Brookfield, Connecticut, Dudley graduated from Colgate University with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and Peace and Conflict Studies.  Dudley joins the Vice President's communications office, which is led by Communications Director Jay Carney, Press Secretary Elizabeth Alexander and Assistant Press Secretary Liz Allen.  (Politico “Playbook”)