And Park Slope’s Patrick Gaspard is right in there. Of course. He was the Political Director of the campaign and now he’s the associate personnel director. Thanks to Brooklyn Beat of Deep in the Heart of Brooklyn for sending this:
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
I have a petition to send to the obama transition team. do you have a physical address for a letter?
Can we get an address, phone number for the transition offices for Washington, DC and Chicago.
Please consider John K. Galbraith for Sec. of the Treasury. Om Moyers program he proved
to be the most lucid economist around. Thanks, William Starr
Jim Messina – Personnel Director. I’ve often wondered what became of him since he stopped recording with Kenny Loggins.
Can you provide a telephone number and mailing address for the GSA provided office location in downtown Washington, DC?
Thanks!