Obama Announces Policy Working Groups

By CORINE HEGLAND

The Obama transition team has announced policy working groups in seven areas: economic; education; energy and environment; health care; immigration; national security; and technology, innovation and government reform. Full biographies of the lucky wonks leading the groups are up on the Change.Gov Web site. The CliffsNotes version follows.

Economic

Daniel K. Tarullo. NOW: Professor at Georgetown University Law Center. THEN: President Clinton's representative to the G-7/G-8, 1995-1998.

Education

Linda Darling-Hammond. NOW: Education professor at Stanford University. THEN: No prior federal gig, but former president of the American Educational Research Association; former executive director of the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future; former chair of the New York State Curriculum and Assessment Council.

Energy & Environment

Carol Browner. NOW: Principal at the Albright Group. THEN: EPA Administrator, 1993-2001.

Health Care

Tom Daschle. NOW: Adviser to law firm of Alston and Bird. THEN: Senator from South Dakota, 1987-2005; Senate Democratic Leader, 1995-2005.

Immigration

T. Alexander Aleinikoff. NOW: Dean of Georgetown University Law Center and executive vice president of Georgetown University. THEN: General counsel and then executive associate commissioner for programs at the then-Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1994-1997.

Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar: NOW: Professor at Stanford Law School. THEN: Senior adviser to the undersecretary for enforcement at Treasury, 1997-1999.

National Security

James B. Steinberg. NOW: Dean of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas. THEN: Deputy national security adviser, 1996-2000.

Susan E. Rice. NOW: Senior fellow at Brookings. THEN: Assistant secretary of State for African Affairs, 1997-2001.

Technology, Innovation & Government Reform

Blair Levin. NOW: Managing director of Stifel Nicolaus. THEN: Chief of staff to FEC Chairman Reed Hundt, 1993-1997.

Sonal Shah. NOW: Head of global development at Google.org, Google's philanthropic branch. THEN: Worked at Treasury Department from 1995 to 2002, including a two-year stint at the National Security Council.

Julius Genachowski. NOW: Co-founder of Rock Creek Ventures and LaunchBox Digital, special adviser at General Atlantic. THEN: Worked at FCC from 1994 to 1997, including stint as chief counsel to Hundt.

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