Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A watan Afrilu na 2008, an sanar da cewa Dunn, wanda ya shiga yakin neman zaben Obama a watan Fabrairun, zai zama darektan sadarwa, manufofi da ayyukan bincike na Obama don Amurka
, inda ta rike mukamin Babban Mashawarci kuma tana daya daga cikin manyan masu yanke shawara na yakin neman zaben Obama. An nuna ta a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan mashawarta huɗu (tare da David Axelrod, David Plouffe, da Robert Gibbs) a cikin hirar "Minti 60" da aka gudanar bayan zaɓaɓɓen Shugaban Obama a ranar 4 ga Nuwamba, 2008, jawabin nasara a Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois. An bayyana ta, a cikin hirar "Minti 60", a matsayin, "sabo mai zuwa wanda ya kula da sadarwa, bincike da siyasa". A lokacin canjin shugaban kasa na 2008-09, Dunn ya horar da Sakataren Harkokin Watsa Labarai na Fadar White House Robert Gibbs.