Kate Berner

Communications Advisor

Kate Berner is an American communications advisor known for her longtime work in public communications and policy advocacy. Berner’s career includes roles such as Vice President at SKDK, where she assisted in launching the Biden Foundation and participated in the firm’s Supreme Court practice, notably in efforts to protect the Affordable Care Act. During the Obama administration, she served as Director of Outreach and Deputy Director of Administration in the Office of the Vice President and as a Special Advisor at the Department of Commerce. She also worked as a spokeswoman for the Obama Foundation. In the 2020 presidential campaign, Berner was the Deputy Communications Director for Messaging for the Biden-Harris campaign. Following the election, she joined the White House as Deputy Communications Director and was later promoted to Principal Deputy Communications Director. A native of Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, she graduated from Hastings High School and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Chicago.