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Obama-Biden Transition Project
Co-Chairs
John Podesta
Former White House Chief of Staff
Valerie Jarrett
President and Chief Executive Officer, The Habitat Company
Peter Rouse
Chief of Staff, Senator Barack Obama
Advisory Board Members
Carol Browner
Principal, The Albright Group
Former Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
William Daley
Vice Chairman, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Former Secretary of Commerce
Christopher Edley, Jr.
Dean, Boalt Hall School of Law
Former Associate Director, Office of Management and Budget
Michael Froman
Managing Director, Citigroup
Former Chief of Staff, Department of the Treasury
Julius Genachowski
Co-founder, LaunchBox Digital; Special Advisor, General Atlantic
Former Federal Communications Commission Official
Donald Gips
Group Vice President, Level 3 Communications
Former Chief Domestic Policy Advisor to Vice President Gore
Mark Gitenstein
Partner, Mayer Brown
Former Chief Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee
Edward Kaufman
President, Public Strategies
Former Chief of Staff, Senator Joseph Biden
Janet Napolitano
Governor, State of Arizona
Federico Peña
Managing Director, Vestar Capital Partners
Former Secretary of Transportation and Secretary of Energy
Susan Rice
Senior Foreign Policy Advisor, Obama for America
Former Assistant Secretary of State
Sonal Shah
Head of Global Development Initiatives, Google.org
Former Treasury Department and National Security Council Official
Transition Senior Staff
Chris Lu – Executive Director
Dan Pfeiffer – Communications Director
Stephanie Cutter – Chief Spokesperson
Cassandra Butts – General Counsel
Jim Messina – Personnel Director
Patrick Gaspard – Associate Personnel Director
Christine Varney – Personnel Counsel
Melody Barnes – Co-Director of Agency Review
Lisa Brown – Co-Director of Agency Review
Phil Schiliro – Director of Congressional Relations
Michael Strautmanis – Director of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs
Katy Kale – Director of Operations
Brad Kiley – Director of Operations
Agency Review Teams
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Transition Directory
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GSA Transition Directory
The Transition Directory was developed to introduce members of the Transition and the incoming Administration to the Federal government resources available to them.