Wednesday, November 5, 2008 2:50 PM
Obama Announces Transition Staffers
President-elect
Barack Obama this afternoon sent a release to reporters naming the senior staffers to the Obama-Biden Transition Project, which will be overseen by former Clinton Chief of Staff
John Podesta, senior adviser
Valerie Jarrett and Obama's chief of staff,
Pete Rouse. The release also announced that the official Web site of the transition would launch later today at www.change.gov.
The complete release is copied below:
Chicago -- For the past several months, a board of advisors has been informally planning for a possible presidential transition. Among the many projects undertaken by the transition board have been detailed analyses of previous transition efforts, policy statements made during the campaign, and the workings of federal government agencies, and priority positions that must be filled by the incoming administration.
With Barack Obama and
Joe Biden's election, this planning process will be now be formally organized as the Obama-Biden Transition Project, a 501(c)(4) organization to ensure a smooth transition from one administration to the next. The work of this entity will be overseen by three co-chairs: John Podesta, Valerie Jarrett, and Pete Rouse.
The co-chairs will be assisted by an advisory board comprised of individuals with significant private and public sector experience:
Carol Browner,
William Daley,
Christopher Edley,
Michael Froman,
Julius Genachowski,
Donald Gips, Governor
Janet Napolitano,
Federico Peña,
Susan Rice,
Sonal Shah,
Mark Gitenstein, and
Ted Kaufman. Gitenstein and Kaufman will serve as co-chairs of Vice President-elect Biden's transition team.
Supervising the day-to-day activities of the transition will be:
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
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