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John Podesta
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Jump to: navigation, search John PodestaJohn Podesta is the president and CEO of the left-wing Center for American Progress. Under his leadership, the Center, founded in 2003, has become a notable leader in the development and advocacy for progressive policy. Podesta also served on the action fund and executive committee of the Center for American Progress.
Born in Chicago John Podesta is a graduate of Knox College and the Georgetown University Law Center, where he is currently a visiting professor of law.
Podesta authored The Power of Progress: How America’s Progressives Can (Once Again) Save Our Economy, Our Climate and Our Country.
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1 Serving Clinton
2 Soros connection
3 Center for American Progress
4 Co-chaired Obama’s transition
5 Other achievements
6 Apollo Alliance
7 ACORN’s Outside Advisory Committee
8 References
Serving Clinton
Podesta served as White House Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton. He served in the president’s cabinet and as a principal on the National Security Council. While in the White House, Podesta also served as both an assistant to the president and deputy chief of staff, as well as staff secretary and a senior policy advisor on government information, privacy, telecommunications security, and regulatory policy.
Soros connection
On November 29, 2006 Open Society Institute held a roundtable discussion entitled "How Do Progressives Connect Ideas to Action?"
Individuals and organizations with similarly progressive goals often dilute their power by working alone or even working at cross-purposes. As Americans who are politically left of center move forward, questions of infrastructure, communication, and collaboration are particularly important.
Participants included several key leaders of the "progressive" movement[1];
Deepak Bhargava Center for Community Change
Robert Borosage Campaign for America's Future.
Rosa Brooks Open Society Institute
Anna Burger Service Employees International Union
Eric Foner Columbia University, Department of History
Michel Gelobter Redefining Progress
Hendrik Hertzberg The New Yorker
Alan Jenkins Opportunity Agenda
Gara LaMarche Open Society Institute
Jal Mehta New Vision Institute for Policy and Progress
David Moss The Tobin Project
Iara Peng Young People For
Stephanie Robinson The Jamestown Project at Yale
Joel Rogers University of Wisconsin Law School
Andrea Batista Schlesinger Drum Major Institute for Public Policy
Katrina vanden Heuvel The Nation editor.
John Podesta Center for American Progress
Michael Waldman The Brennan Center for Justice
Matthew Yglesias The American Prospect
Center for American Progress
John Podesta is the president and chief executive officer of Center for American Progress. Co-chaired Obama’s transition
John Podesta served Barack Obama as co-chair of the President's transition, where he coordinated the priorities of the incoming administration’s agenda, oversaw the development of its policies, and spearheaded its appointments of major cabinet secretaries and political appointees. Other achievements
Podesta has held numerous positions on Capitol Hill, including counselor to Democratic Leader Senator Tom Daschle (1995-1996), chief counsel for the Senate Agriculture Committee (1987-1988), chief minority counsel for the Senate Judiciary Subcommittees on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Security and Terrorism and Regulatory Reform (1981-1987).
Apollo Alliance
John Podesta serves on the board[2]of the Apollo Alliance. ACORN’s Outside Advisory Committee
In 2009 the ACORN Outside Advisory Committee comprised of John Banks Vice President of Government Relations Con Ed, Dave Beckwith Executive Director, Needmor Fund, Henry Cisneros Executive Chairman, Cityview, Eric Eve Senior VP of Global Consumer Group, Community Relations, Citigroup, Harvey Hirschfeld President, Lawcash, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend Board Member, RFK Foundation, former MD Lt. Governor, John Podesta President and CEO, Center for American Progress, Andy Stern International President, Service Employees International Union[3].
References
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http://www.soros.org/resources/events/progressives_200611292.↑
http://apolloalliance.org/about/board/3.↑ ACORN press release September 29, 2009
