President Obama’s White House press office is slated to bring in Jennifer Palmieri, a former registered lobbyist who now runs the lobbying operation at the Center for American Progress, and who served as communications director in 2004 for both John Edwards and Sen. John Kerry’s, D-Mass., presidential campaigns.

Palmieri will “have instant credibility within the tight-knit West Wing with responsibilities that will expand well beyond her title,” according to Politico, which reported the hire.