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[[Image:PodestaJohn highres.jpg|thumb|right|200px|John Podesta, President & CEO of Center for American Progress]]
'''John Podesta''' (born January 15, 1949, [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]) is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for American Progress, a [[liberal]] think tank "dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through ideas and action." <ref>[http://www.americanprogress.org/experts/PodestaJohn.html ThinkProgress.org]</ref>
Podesta served as Chief of Staff to President [[William J. Clinton]] from October, 1998 until January, 2001, he also served from 1997-98 as both an Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff. Earlier, from January 1993 to 1995, he was Assistant to the President, Staff Secretary and a senior policy adviser on government information, privacy, telecommunications security and regulatory policy.
Currently, Podesta is a Visiting Professor of Law on the faculty of the [[Georgetown University]] Law Center, a position he also held from January 1995 to 1997, and also co-chairman of President-elect Barack Obama's Presidential Transition team.<ref>[http://change.gov/learn/john_podesta Podesta biography, Change.gov]</ref>
== Education ==
*1976, graduate of Georgetown University Law Center
*1971, graduate of Knox College.
== References ==
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[[Category: Political People]]
'''John Podesta''' (born January 15, 1949, [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]) is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Center for American Progress, a [[liberal]] think tank "dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through ideas and action." <ref>[http://www.americanprogress.org/experts/PodestaJohn.html ThinkProgress.org]</ref>
Podesta served as Chief of Staff to President [[William J. Clinton]] from October, 1998 until January, 2001, he also served from 1997-98 as both an Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff. Earlier, from January 1993 to 1995, he was Assistant to the President, Staff Secretary and a senior policy adviser on government information, privacy, telecommunications security and regulatory policy.
Currently, Podesta is a Visiting Professor of Law on the faculty of the [[Georgetown University]] Law Center, a position he also held from January 1995 to 1997, and also co-chairman of President-elect Barack Obama's Presidential Transition team.<ref>[http://change.gov/learn/john_podesta Podesta biography, Change.gov]</ref>
== Education ==
*1976, graduate of Georgetown University Law Center
*1971, graduate of Knox College.
== References ==
{{reflist}}
[[Category: Political People]]