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| − | '''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> | + | '''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. | 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. | ||
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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." [1]
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.[2]
Education
- 1976, graduate of Georgetown University Law Center
- 1971, graduate of Knox College.