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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">David Plouffe</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Plouffe_official_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/David_Plouffe_official_portrait.jpg/220px-David_Plouffe_official_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/David_Plouffe_official_portrait.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="224" data-file-height="224" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official portrait, 2012</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Senior_Advisor_to_the_President_of_the_United_States" title="Senior Advisor to the President of the United States">Senior Advisor to the President</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 10, 2011 – January 25, 2013</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/David_Axelrod_(political_consultant)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Axelrod (political consultant)">David Axelrod</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Pfeiffer" title="Daniel Pfeiffer">Dan Pfeiffer</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1967-05-27</span>) </span>May 27, 1967<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 57)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington, Delaware</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Olivia Morgan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Delaware" title="University of Delaware">University of Delaware</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>David Plouffe</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/ʌ/: 'u' in 'cut'">ʌ</span><span title="'f' in 'find'">f</span></span>/</a></span></span>; born May 27, 1967)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an American <a href="/wiki/Political_strategist" class="mw-redirect" title="Political strategist">political</a> and business <a href="/wiki/Strategic_management" title="Strategic management">strategist</a> best known as the <a href="/wiki/Campaign_manager" title="Campaign manager">campaign manager</a> for <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a>'s successful <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_2008_presidential_campaign" title="Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign">2008 presidential campaign</a>. He was the senior advisor to <a href="/wiki/Kamala_Harris" title="Kamala Harris">Kamala Harris</a>' <a href="/wiki/Kamala_Harris_2024_presidential_campaign" title="Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign">2024 presidential campaign</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A long-time <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a> campaign consultant, he was a partner at the party-aligned campaign consulting firm <a href="/wiki/AKPD_Message_and_Media" title="AKPD Message and Media">AKPD Message and Media</a>, which he joined in 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Plouffe was an outside senior advisor to Obama since the president's first day in office and was then appointed as a <a href="/wiki/Senior_Advisor_to_the_President" class="mw-redirect" title="Senior Advisor to the President">Senior Advisor to the President</a> (inside the <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a>) in 2011 following the resignation of <a href="/wiki/David_Axelrod_(political_consultant)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Axelrod (political consultant)">David Axelrod</a>, who went on to start Obama's reelection campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2014, he became the Senior Vice President of Policy and Strategy for <a href="/wiki/Uber" title="Uber">Uber</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2015, he left that role to become a full-time strategic adviser for the company.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2017, he joined the <a href="/wiki/Chan_Zuckerberg_Initiative" title="Chan Zuckerberg Initiative">Chan Zuckerberg Initiative</a> to lead its policy and advocacy efforts.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, <i><a href="/wiki/Politico" title="Politico">Politico</a></i> reported he joined the board of directors of liberal nonprofit <a href="/wiki/Acronym_(political_organization)" class="mw-redirect" title="Acronym (political organization)">ACRONYM</a>, where he would advise an anti-Trump digital campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Plouffe&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Plouffe was born and raised in <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington, Delaware</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is from a working-class Roman Catholic family (he is now a practicing <a href="/wiki/Episcopal_Church_(United_States)" title="Episcopal Church (United States)">Episcopalian</a><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>),<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the son of Frances (née Vincent), a stay-at-home mother, and James Everett "Jim" Plouffe, a factory worker who later worked in marketing.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Plouffe attended <a href="/wiki/St._Mark%27s_High_School" title="St. Mark's High School">St. Mark's High School</a>. He left the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Delaware" title="University of Delaware">University of Delaware</a> prior to graduation in 1989 to pursue a full-time career in politics and he completed his full undergraduate degree in May 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Plouffe&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Plouffe began his political career by working for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">Senator</a> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Harkin" title="Tom Harkin">Tom Harkin</a>'s 1990 re-election campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He later worked as a state field director for Harkin's unsuccessful 1992 presidential campaign. In the same year, he successfully managed Congressman <a href="/wiki/John_Olver" title="John Olver">John Olver</a>'s first re-election bid in <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>. In 1994, Plouffe managed <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Attorney_General" class="mw-redirect" title="Delaware Attorney General">Delaware Attorney General</a> <a href="/wiki/Charles_M._Oberly" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles M. Oberly">Charles M. Oberly</a>'s unsuccessful campaign against Senator <a href="/wiki/William_V._Roth" class="mw-redirect" title="William V. Roth">William V. Roth</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008_Barack_Obama_presidential_campaign">2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Plouffe&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Plouffe was the campaign manager for Barack Obama's successful 2008 presidential campaign. He is credited with the campaign's overall strategy in the race (primarily against then-Senator <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a>) for the Democratic Party presidential nomination, to focus on the first <a href="/wiki/Party_caucus" class="mw-redirect" title="Party caucus">caucus</a> in <a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a> and on maximizing the number of pledged <a href="/wiki/Delegate_(American_politics)" title="Delegate (American politics)">delegates</a>, as opposed to focusing on states with <a href="/wiki/Partisan_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisan primary">primaries</a> and the overall <a href="/wiki/Direct_election" title="Direct election">popular vote</a>. He is also credited by <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_Republic" title="The New Republic">The New Republic</a></i> for Obama's success in the <a href="/wiki/Iowa_caucus" class="mw-redirect" title="Iowa caucus">Iowa caucus</a> and for crafting an overall strategy to prolong the primary past <a href="/wiki/Super_Tuesday" title="Super Tuesday">Super Tuesday</a>. The <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Tribune" title="Chicago Tribune">Chicago Tribune</a></i> wrote "Plouffe was the mastermind behind a winning strategy that looked well past Super Tuesday's contests on Feb. 5 and placed value on large <i>and</i> small states".<sup id="cite_ref-tribuneprofile_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tribuneprofile-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Plouffe also maintained discipline over communications, including controlling leaks and releasing information about the campaign on its terms. Personally averse to publicity, Plouffe's control over the internal workings of the campaign avoided the publicly aired squabbles that tend to trouble campaigns.<sup id="cite_ref-tribuneprofile_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tribuneprofile-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2008, when then-Senator Obama clinched the Democratic Party nomination, he thanked Plouffe for being the one "who never gets any credit, but has built the best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States". In May 2008, David Axelrod praised Plouffe, stating he had "done the most magnificent job of managing a campaign that I've seen in my life of watching presidential politics. To start something like this from scratch and build what we have built was a truly remarkable thing".<sup id="cite_ref-postprofile_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-postprofile-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After winning the election on November 4, Obama credited Plouffe in his acceptance speech, calling him "the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the...best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of America".<sup id="cite_ref-acceptancespeech_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-acceptancespeech-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2009–2011"><span id="2009.E2.80.932011"></span>2009–2011</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Plouffe&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2009–2011"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Plouffe began working as an outside senior adviser to the Obama administration in January 2009. His book <i>The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory</i>, discussing management strategies and tactics that he used in the 2008 campaign,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was published on November 3, 2009, and became a <i>New York Times</i> bestseller.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>He later issued a video challenge for Obama supporters to buy a copy of his book on December 8, 2009, to <i>"Beat <a href="/wiki/Sarah_Palin" title="Sarah Palin">Sarah Palin</a>"</i> and her bestselling book for one day.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Plouffe signed with the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Speakers_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Speakers Bureau">Washington Speakers Bureau</a> to give paid speeches and plans to engage in non-government consulting work.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2009, Plouffe delivered the <a href="/wiki/Convocation" title="Convocation">convocation</a> address at <a href="/wiki/Cornell_University" title="Cornell University">Cornell University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2011–2013:_Senior_Advisor_to_the_President"><span id="2011.E2.80.932013:_Senior_Advisor_to_the_President"></span>2011–2013: Senior Advisor to the President</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Plouffe&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2011–2013: Senior Advisor to the President"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2011, Plouffe joined the White House as Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor. Plouffe replaced David Axelrod as Senior Advisor when Axelrod returned to Chicago to help run President Obama's 2012 re-election campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his role as senior advisor, Plouffe led the crafting of White House strategy and communicating the president's message. He attended the president on his domestic and overseas visits, including the May 2011 <a href="/wiki/State_visit" title="State visit">state visit</a> to the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a successful reelection and inauguration of President Obama, Plouffe departed the White House in January 2013. During a national news event, on his final day in the White House, Plouffe was singled out by the president saying, "What people don't always realize, because he doesn't like to show it, is the reason he does this stuff is because he cares deeply about people. And he cares about justice, and he cares about making sure that everybody gets a shot in life. And, those values have motivated him to do incredible things, and were it not for him, we would not have been as effective a White House and I probably wouldn't be here."<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career_after_the_White_House">Career after the White House</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Plouffe&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Career after the White House"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After leaving the White House in early 2013, Plouffe became a contributor for <a href="/wiki/Bloomberg_Television" title="Bloomberg Television">Bloomberg TV</a> and <a href="/wiki/ABC_News_(United_States)" title="ABC News (United States)">ABC News</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2013, Plouffe was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/American_Association_of_Political_Consultants" title="American Association of Political Consultants">American Association of Political Consultants</a> Hall of Fame.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Plouffe met with <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> in mid-2013 to help out in her campaign for president, having claimed that Clinton approached him first. In September 2015, Plouffe reportedly played a key role in convincing Vice President <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> not to challenge Clinton, telling Biden "not to end his career in embarrassment with a third place finish in Iowa", according to multiple accounts of the meeting.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the summer of 2014, rumors circulated that Plouffe might return to the White House as <a href="/wiki/White_House_Chief_of_Staff" title="White House Chief of Staff">Chief of Staff</a>. On August 5, 2014, Plouffe denied he planned to return at a <a href="/wiki/Politico" title="Politico">Politico</a> Playbook lunch, and <a href="/wiki/White_House_Press_Secretary" title="White House Press Secretary">White House Press Secretary</a> <a href="/wiki/Josh_Earnest" title="Josh Earnest">Josh Earnest</a> said he did not expect Chief of Staff <a href="/wiki/Denis_McDonough" title="Denis McDonough">Denis McDonough</a> to depart.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 19, 2014, Plouffe was appointed as Senior Vice President of Policy and Strategy at <a href="/wiki/Uber" title="Uber">Uber</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company had just raised $18.2 billion in its most recent funding round.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Uber at the time was facing heavy regulatory hurdles and the hiring of Plouffe was seen as a way for the company to get these regulations lifted.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2017, Plouffe was hired by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg" title="Mark Zuckerberg">Mark Zuckerberg</a> to lead policy and advocacy at the <a href="/wiki/Chan_Zuckerberg_Initiative" title="Chan Zuckerberg Initiative">Chan Zuckerberg Initiative</a>. He led a bipartisan policy board alongside <a href="/wiki/Ken_Mehlman" title="Ken Mehlman">Ken Mehlman</a> where they announced policy members and worked to find opportunities to work with the government.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2019, Plouffe was invited to join the board of directors of <a href="/wiki/Acronym_(political_organization)" class="mw-redirect" title="Acronym (political organization)">ACRONYM</a>, a liberal nonprofit group focused on digital messaging, by CEO <a href="/wiki/Tara_McGowan" title="Tara McGowan">Tara McGowan</a>. He advises program work at ACRONYM and bolsters the organization's fundraising efforts.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Plouffe hosts a podcast, <i>Campaign HQ with David Plouffe</i>, which is a partnership with <a href="/wiki/Cadence13" title="Cadence13">Cadence13</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Darnell_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Darnell-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2024_Kamala_Harris_presidential_campaign">2024 Kamala Harris presidential campaign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Plouffe&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2024 Kamala Harris presidential campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In August 2024, Plouffe joined the <a href="/wiki/Kamala_Harris_2024_presidential_campaign" title="Kamala Harris 2024 presidential campaign">Harris campaign</a> as a senior advisor.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversy">Controversy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Plouffe&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Plouffe has drawn criticism for his paid speaking engagements abroad while on hiatus from advising Obama. In early 2009, Plouffe spoke in <a href="/wiki/Baku" title="Baku">Baku</a>, <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>, for $50,000. The event's sponsor had ties to Azerbaijan's authoritarian government. Following complaints from <a href="/wiki/Human_rights" title="Human rights">human rights</a> groups, Plouffe donated his speaking fees to the <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Institute" title="National Democratic Institute">National Democratic Institute</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2010, Plouffe received $100,000 for two speeches in <a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> from an affiliate of the <a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South African</a> telecommunications company <a href="/wiki/MTN_Group" title="MTN Group">MTN Group</a>. At the time, MTN had been doing business with the <a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Iran" title="Politics of Iran">government of Iran</a> since 2005. MTN later came under increased scrutiny by the United States due to allegations that the Iranian government used the MTN network to track and monitor dissidents. MTN has been listed on the "Iran Business Registry" of watchdog group <a href="/wiki/United_Against_Nuclear_Iran" title="United Against Nuclear Iran">United Against Nuclear Iran</a> since 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> White House spokesman Eric Schultz stated that Plouffe had only spoken to the group about digital communications and cellular technology, and had declined to meet with the company's leadership. Schultz also said the criticism of Plouffe's speeches before he joined the White House was "misplaced".<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, in response to accusations from Congressman <a href="/wiki/Darrell_Issa" title="Darrell Issa">Darrell Issa</a> (R-CA) that the Obama administration knew about the <a href="/wiki/2013_IRS_scandal" class="mw-redirect" title="2013 IRS scandal">IRS targeting of not-for-profit conservative groups</a> for extra scrutiny, Plouffe tweeted: "Strong words from Mr Grand Theft Auto and suspected arsonist/insurance swindler. And loose ethically today", referring to two incidents in Issa's past. In 1972, while a teenager, Issa was accused of stealing a <a href="/wiki/Maserati" title="Maserati">Maserati</a> sports car; the charges were later dropped. In 1982, a Cleveland warehouse belonging to Issa burned to the ground. The fire was ruled suspicious and Issa collected an insurance payout, but he was not charged with any crime.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In February 2017, Plouffe was fined $90,000 by the Chicago Board of Ethics for the violation of ethics rules when he failed to register as a lobbyist after contacting Chicago Mayor <a href="/wiki/Rahm_Emanuel" title="Rahm Emanuel">Rahm Emanuel</a> to help <a href="/wiki/Uber" title="Uber">Uber</a> with regulations for picking up travelers at Chicago airports. The board fined Uber $2,000 as well for hiring a lobbyist who violated the city's lobbying laws.<sup id="cite_ref-Plouffe_fined_$90000_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Plouffe_fined_$90000-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Plouffe&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Plouffe, David. <i>The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory</i>, Viking Adult (November 3, 2009); <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output 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class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-670-02133-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-670-02133-8">978-0-670-02133-8</a></li> <li><i>A Citizen's Guide to Beating Donald Trump</i></li></ul> <p>Plouffe appeared on <i><a href="/wiki/Race_for_the_White_House" title="Race for the White House">Race for the White House</a></i> in the episode about the <a href="/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election" title="1948 United States presidential election">1948 United States presidential election</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Plouffe&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Plouffe is married to Olivia Morgan, a senior advisor to <a href="/wiki/Maria_Shriver" title="Maria Shriver">Maria Shriver</a>'s A Woman's Nation, a member of Obama's <a href="/wiki/President%27s_Committee_on_the_Arts_and_Humanities" title="President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities">President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Director of Federal Relations to then <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_California" title="Governor of California">California Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Gray_Davis" title="Gray Davis">Gray Davis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple resides in <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, and has two children.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Plouffe&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Barack_Obama_2008_presidential_campaign_staff_members" title="List of Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign staff members">List of Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign staff members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Organizing_for_America" title="Organizing for America">Organizing for America</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Jones">James L. Jones</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–10</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rouse" title="Pete Rouse">Pete Rouse</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2010–11</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_E._Donilon" title="Thomas E. Donilon">Thomas E. Donilon</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2010–13</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/William_M._Daley" title="William M. Daley">William M. Daley</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2011–12</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Susan_Rice" title="Susan Rice">Susan Rice</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2013–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jack_Lew" title="Jack Lew">Jack Lew</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2012–13</td><td style="width:21%"> <a href="/wiki/Deputy_National_Security_Advisor_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy National Security Advisor (United States)">Deputy National Security Advisor</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Thomas_E._Donilon" title="Thomas E. Donilon">Thomas E. Donilon</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–10</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Denis_McDonough" title="Denis McDonough">Denis McDonough</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2013–17</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Denis_McDonough" title="Denis McDonough">Denis McDonough</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2010–13</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> <a href="/wiki/White_House_Deputy_Chief_of_Staff" title="White House Deputy Chief of Staff">White House Deputy Chief of Staff</a> for Policy</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Mona_Sutphen" title="Mona Sutphen">Mona Sutphen</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–11</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Antony_Blinken" title="Antony Blinken">Antony Blinken</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2013–14</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Nancy-Ann_DeParle" title="Nancy-Ann DeParle">Nancy-Ann DeParle</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2011–13</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Avril_Haines" title="Avril Haines">Avril Haines</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2015–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Rob_Nabors" title="Rob Nabors">Rob Nabors</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2013–15</td><td style="width:21%"> Dep. National Security Advisor, Homeland Security</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/John_O._Brennan" class="mw-redirect" title="John O. Brennan">John O. Brennan</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–13</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jim_Messina_(political_staffer)" title="Jim Messina (political staffer)">Jim Messina</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–11</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Monaco" title="Lisa Monaco">Lisa Monaco</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2013–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Alyssa_Mastromonaco" title="Alyssa Mastromonaco">Alyssa Mastromonaco</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2011–14</td><td style="width:21%"> Dep. National Security Advisor, Iraq and Afghanistan</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Lute" title="Douglas Lute">Douglas Lute</a>†</td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–13</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Anita_Decker_Breckenridge" title="Anita Decker Breckenridge">Anita Decker Breckenridge</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2014–17</td><td style="width:21%"> Dep. National Security Advisor, Strategic Comm.</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Ben_Rhodes_(White_House_staffer)" title="Ben Rhodes (White House staffer)">Ben Rhodes</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Mark_B._Childress" title="Mark B. Childress">Mark B. Childress</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2012–14</td><td style="width:21%"> Dep. National Security Advisor, Chief of Staff</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Lippert" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Lippert">Mark Lippert</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Kristie_Canegallo" title="Kristie Canegallo">Kristie Canegallo</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2014–17</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Denis_McDonough" title="Denis McDonough">Denis McDonough</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–10</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> <a href="/wiki/Counselor_to_the_President" title="Counselor to the President">Counselor to the President</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rouse" title="Pete Rouse">Pete Rouse</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2011–13</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Brooke_D._Anderson" title="Brooke D. Anderson">Brooke D. Anderson</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2011–12</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/John_Podesta" title="John Podesta">John Podesta</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2014–15</td><td style="width:21%"> <a href="/wiki/White_House_Communications_Director" title="White House Communications Director">White House Communications Director</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Ellen_Moran" title="Ellen Moran">Ellen Moran</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> <a href="/wiki/Senior_Advisor_to_the_President_of_the_United_States" title="Senior Advisor to the President of the United States">Senior Advisor to the President</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/David_Axelrod_(political_consultant)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Axelrod (political consultant)">David Axelrod</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–11</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Anita_Dunn" title="Anita Dunn">Anita Dunn</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">David Plouffe</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2011–13</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Pfeiffer" title="Daniel Pfeiffer">Daniel Pfeiffer</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–13</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Pfeiffer" title="Daniel Pfeiffer">Daniel Pfeiffer</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2013–15</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Palmieri" title="Jennifer Palmieri">Jennifer Palmieri</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2013–15</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Shailagh_Murray" title="Shailagh Murray">Shailagh Murray</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2015–17</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jen_Psaki" title="Jen Psaki">Jen Psaki</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2015–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Senior Advisor to the President</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Pete_Rouse" title="Pete Rouse">Pete Rouse</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–10</td><td style="width:21%"> Deputy White House Communications Director</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jen_Psaki" title="Jen Psaki">Jen Psaki</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–11</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Brian_Deese" title="Brian Deese">Brian Deese</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2015–17</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Palmieri" title="Jennifer Palmieri">Jennifer Palmieri</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2011–14</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Senior Advisor to the President and</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Valerie_Jarrett" title="Valerie Jarrett">Valerie Jarrett</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–17</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Amy Brundage</td><td style="width:5%"> 2014–16</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Assistant to the President for</td><td style="width:8%"></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"></td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Liz Allen</td><td style="width:5%"> 2016–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs</td><td style="width:8%"></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"></td><td style="width:21%"> <a href="/wiki/White_House_Press_Secretary" title="White House Press Secretary">White House Press Secretary</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Gibbs" title="Robert Gibbs">Robert Gibbs</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–11</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Director, <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Public_Liaison" class="mw-redirect" title="Office of Public Liaison">Public Engagement</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Tina_Tchen" title="Tina Tchen">Tina Tchen</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–11</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jay_Carney" title="Jay Carney">Jay Carney</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2011–13</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Jon Carson</td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2011–13</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Josh_Earnest" title="Josh Earnest">Josh Earnest</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2013–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Paulette L. Aniskoff</td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2013–17</td><td style="width:21%"> Deputy Press Secretary</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Burton_(political_consultant)" title="Bill Burton (political consultant)">Bill Burton</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–11</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Director, <a href="/wiki/White_House_Office_of_Intergovernmental_Affairs" title="White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs">Intergovernmental Affairs</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Cecilia_Mu%C3%B1oz" title="Cecilia Muñoz">Cecilia Muñoz</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–12</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Josh_Earnest" title="Josh Earnest">Josh Earnest</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2011–13</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> David Agnew</td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2012–14</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Eric_Schultz" title="Eric Schultz">Eric Schultz</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2014–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Abramson" title="Jerry Abramson">Jerry Abramson</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2014–17</td><td style="width:21%"> Director of Special Projects</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Cutter" title="Stephanie Cutter">Stephanie Cutter</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2010–11</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Director, <a href="/wiki/National_Economic_Council_(United_States)" title="National Economic Council (United States)">National Economic Council</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Summers" title="Lawrence Summers">Lawrence Summers</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–10</td><td style="width:21%"> Director, Speechwriting</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jon_Favreau_(speechwriter)" title="Jon Favreau (speechwriter)">Jon Favreau</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–13</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Gene_Sperling" title="Gene Sperling">Gene Sperling</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2011–14</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Cody_Keenan" title="Cody Keenan">Cody Keenan</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2013–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Zients" title="Jeff Zients">Jeff Zients</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2014–17</td><td style="width:21%"> Director, Digital Strategy</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Macon_Phillips" title="Macon Phillips">Macon Phillips</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–13</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Chair, <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Economic_Advisers" title="Council of Economic Advisers">Council of Economic Advisers</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Christina_Romer" title="Christina Romer">Christina Romer</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–10</td><td style="width:21%"> Chief Digital Officer</td><td style="width:8%"> Jason Goldman</td><td style="width:5%"> 2015–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Austan_Goolsbee" title="Austan Goolsbee">Austan Goolsbee</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2010–13</td><td style="width:21%"> Director, Legislative Affairs</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Phil_Schiliro" title="Phil Schiliro">Phil Schiliro</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–11</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jason_Furman" title="Jason Furman">Jason Furman</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2013–17</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Rob_Nabors" title="Rob Nabors">Rob Nabors</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2011–13</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Chair, <a href="/wiki/President%27s_Council_on_Jobs_and_Competitiveness" title="President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness">Economic Recovery Advisory Board</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Paul_Volcker" title="Paul Volcker">Paul Volcker</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–11</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Katie_Beirne_Fallon" title="Katie Beirne Fallon">Katie Beirne Fallon</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2013–16</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Chair, <a href="/wiki/President%27s_Council_on_Jobs_and_Competitiveness" title="President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness">Council on Jobs and Competitiveness</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Immelt" title="Jeff Immelt">Jeff Immelt</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2011–13</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Miguel Rodriguez</td><td style="width:5%"> 2016</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Director, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Domestic_Policy_Council" title="United States Domestic Policy Council">Domestic Policy Council</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Melody_Barnes" title="Melody Barnes">Melody Barnes</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–12</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Amy Rosenbaum</td><td style="width:5%"> 2016–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Cecilia_Mu%C3%B1oz" title="Cecilia Muñoz">Cecilia Muñoz</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2012–17</td><td style="width:21%"> Director, Political Affairs</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Gaspard" title="Patrick Gaspard">Patrick Gaspard</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–11</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Director, <a href="/wiki/White_House_Office_of_Faith-Based_and_Neighborhood_Partnerships" title="White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships">Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Joshua_DuBois" title="Joshua DuBois">Joshua DuBois</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–13</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/David_Simas" title="David Simas">David Simas</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2011–16</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Melissa_Rogers" title="Melissa Rogers">Melissa Rogers</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2013–17</td><td style="width:21%"> Director, Presidential Personnel</td><td style="width:8%"> Nancy Hogan</td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–13</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Director, <a href="/wiki/White_House_Office_of_Health_Reform" title="White House Office of Health Reform">Office of Health Reform</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Nancy-Ann_DeParle" title="Nancy-Ann DeParle">Nancy-Ann DeParle</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–11</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Johnathan D. McBride</td><td style="width:5%"> 2013–14</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Director, <a href="/wiki/Office_of_National_AIDS_Policy" title="Office of National AIDS Policy">Office of National AIDS Policy</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Crowley" title="Jeffrey Crowley">Jeffrey Crowley</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–11</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Valerie E. Green</td><td style="width:5%"> 2014–15</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Grant N. Colfax</td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2011–13</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Rodin A. Mehrbani</td><td style="width:5%"> 2016–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Douglas M. Brooks</td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2013–17</td><td style="width:21%"> <a href="/wiki/White_House_Office_of_the_Staff_Secretary" title="White House Office of the Staff Secretary">White House Staff Secretary</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Brown_(lawyer)" title="Lisa Brown (lawyer)">Lisa Brown</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–11</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Director, <a href="/wiki/White_House_Office_of_Urban_Affairs" title="White House Office of Urban Affairs">Office of Urban Affairs</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Adolfo_Carri%C3%B3n_Jr." title="Adolfo Carrión Jr.">Adolfo Carrión Jr.</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–10</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Rajesh_De" title="Rajesh De">Rajesh De</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2011–12</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Racquel S. Russell</td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2010–14</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Douglas Kramer</td><td style="width:5%"> 2012–13</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Roy Austin Jr.</td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2014–17</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Joani Walsh</td><td style="width:5%"> 2014–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Director, <a href="/wiki/White_House_Office_of_Energy_and_Climate_Change_Policy" title="White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy">Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Carol_Browner" title="Carol Browner">Carol Browner</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–11</td><td style="width:21%"> Director, Management and Administration</td><td style="width:8%"> Bradley J. Kiley</td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–11</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> <a href="/wiki/White_House_Counsel" title="White House Counsel">White House Counsel</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Gregory_B._Craig" title="Gregory B. Craig">Greg Craig</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–10</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Katy A. Kale</td><td style="width:5%"> 2011–15</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Robert_Bauer" title="Robert Bauer">Bob Bauer</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2010–11</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Maju_Varghese" title="Maju Varghese">Maju Varghese</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2015–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Kathryn_Ruemmler" title="Kathryn Ruemmler">Kathryn Ruemmler</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2011–14</td><td style="width:21%"> Director, Scheduling and Advance</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Alyssa_Mastromonaco" title="Alyssa Mastromonaco">Alyssa Mastromonaco</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–11</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Neil_Eggleston" title="Neil Eggleston">Neil Eggleston</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2014–17</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Danielle Crutchfield</td><td style="width:5%"> 2011–14</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> <a href="/wiki/White_House_Cabinet_Secretary" title="White House Cabinet Secretary">White House Cabinet Secretary</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Chris_Lu" title="Chris Lu">Chris Lu</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–13</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Chase Cushman</td><td style="width:5%"> 2014–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Danielle_C._Gray" title="Danielle C. Gray">Danielle C. Gray</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2013–14</td><td style="width:21%"> Director, White House Information Technology</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/David_Recordon" title="David Recordon">David Recordon</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2015–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Broderick_D._Johnson" title="Broderick D. Johnson">Broderick D. Johnson</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2014–17</td><td style="width:21%"> Director, <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Administration" title="Office of Administration">Office of Administration</a></td><td style="width:8%"> Cameron Moody</td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–11</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Personal Aide to the President</td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Reggie_Love" title="Reggie Love">Reggie Love</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–11</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Beth Jones</td><td style="width:5%"> 2011–15</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Brian_Mosteller" title="Brian Mosteller">Brian Mosteller</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2011–12</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Cathy Solomon</td><td style="width:5%"> 2015–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> Marvin D. Nicholson</td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2012–17</td><td style="width:21%"> Director, <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Science_and_Technology_Policy" title="Office of Science and Technology Policy">Office of Science and Technology Policy</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/John_Holdren" title="John Holdren">John Holdren</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> Director, <a href="/wiki/Oval_Office_Operations" title="Oval Office Operations">Oval Office Operations</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Brian_Mosteller" title="Brian Mosteller">Brian Mosteller</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2012–17</td><td style="width:21%"> <a href="/wiki/Chief_Technology_Officer_of_the_United_States" title="Chief Technology Officer of the United States">Chief Technology Officer</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Aneesh_Chopra" title="Aneesh Chopra">Aneesh Chopra</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2009–12</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"> <a href="/wiki/Secretary_to_the_President_of_the_United_States" title="Secretary to the President of the United States">Personal Secretary to the President</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Katie_Johnson_(presidential_secretary)" class="mw-redirect" title="Katie Johnson (presidential secretary)">Katie Johnson</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2009–11</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Todd_Park" title="Todd Park">Todd Park</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2012–14</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Anita_Decker_Breckenridge" title="Anita Decker Breckenridge">Anita Decker Breckenridge</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2011–14</td><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Megan_Smith" title="Megan Smith">Megan Smith</a></td><td style="width:5%"> 2014–17</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:21%"></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Ferial_Govashiri" title="Ferial Govashiri">Ferial Govashiri</a></td><td style="width:5%; border-right:1px #dde solid;"> 2014–17</td><td style="width:21%"> Director, <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Management_and_Budget" title="Office of Management and Budget">Office of Management and Budget</a></td><td style="width:8%"> <a href="/wiki/Peter_R._Orszag" title="Peter R. Orszag">Peter R. 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