Obama's Senior Transition Team
The following is a list of members of Presidential-elect Barack Obama's transition team -- a group tasked with advising Obama on ways to reorganize departments and agencies and to put in place a new management team.
CO-CHAIRS | Name | Title |
| » John Podesta | Former Chief of Staff under President Clinton |
| » Valerie Jarrett | President and CEO, The Habitat Company |
| » Peter Rouse | Chief of Staff, Sen. Barack Obama |
SENIOR STAFF | Name | Title |
| » Chris Lu | Executive Director |
| » Dan Pfeiffer | Communications Director |
| » Stephanie Cutter | Chief Spokesperson |
| » Cassandra Butts | General Counsel |
| » Jim Messina | Personnel Counsel |
| » Patrick Gaspard | Associate Personnel Director |
| » 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 |
ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS | Name | Title |
| » Carol Browner | Principal, The Albright Group |
| » William Daley | Vice Chairman of JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
| » Christopher Edley, Jr. | Dean of Boalt Hall School of Law |
| » Michael Froman | Managing Director of Citigroup |
| » Julius Genachowski | Co-founder, LaunchBox Digital; Special Advisor, General Atlantic |
| » Donald Gips | Group Vice President, Level 3 Communications |
| » Mark Gitenstein | Partner, Mayer Brown |
| » Edward Kaufman | President of Public Strategies |
| » Janet Napolitano | Governor of Arizona |
| » Federico Pena | Managing Director, Vestar Capital Partners |
| » Susan Rice | Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to Obama |
| » Sonal Shah | Head of Global Development Initiatives, Google.org |
SOURCE: Change.gov -- the official site of President-elect Barack Obama
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