Annie Tomasini

Tomasini broke her vertebrae the summer before she started high school, but returned to sports a few months later. She said playing on the team helped her mature quickly. "It gives you the ability to believe in yourself," she told the Boston Globe .

Tomasini earned her B.A. in political science from Boston University in 2002. She was also a starter on the basketball team, and was named captain her sophomore year. Her coach called her "a fierce competitor."

After college, Tomasini accepted a job with Rasky Baerlein Strategic Communications, a Boston-based consulting firm. She worked in the public affairs department of both the Washington, D.C., and Boston offices. She has lobbied for Tiax LLX and the Airforwarders Association, among other groups.

In October 2005, Tomasini was promoted to senior account executive at the media relations company.

Working for Biden

Tomasini left her consulting job to work for Biden 's presidential campaign in 2007. She moved to Iowa to run the senator's presidential campaign's press operation there. During the final months of the Democratic primaries, she travelled fulltime with the vice president and coordinated his press appearances as national deputy press secretary.

In March 2008, Tomasini was promoted to press secretary for Biden 's Senate office Washington. In a press release, Biden called Tomasini "a cut above the rest."

When Biden was named as Obama's running mate, Tomasini was one of a small group of campaign aides chosen to work in Chicago as a member of the campaign. After Biden won, Tomasini joined the transition team as deputy press secretary for the vice president. She will continue to serve in that role once Biden is inaugurated in January.

In a press release announcing the decision, Biden wrote "Annie Tomasini has been an integral and loyal part of the press operations in my Senate office."

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