She had planned to depart last summer, but then changed her plans and stayed on through the midterms.
He currently leads a San Francisco-based communications and marketing agency, Bully Pulpit Interactive.
Hell also be the first openly gay White House communications director.
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Ben has big shoes to fill, Biden said.
Bedingfields exit follows that of White House chief of staff Ron Klain, who was succeeded by Jeffrey Zients.
