John Podesta

John Podesta is President and CEO of the Center for American Progress. He served as Chief of Staff to President Clinton from 1998 until 2001 and previously in other senior positions in the White House. He has extensive Capitol Hill experience, including positions as Counselor to Democratic Leader Senator Thomas A. Daschle; Chief Counsel to the Senate Agriculture Committee; and Counsel on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Mr. Podesta is also a Visiting Professor of Law on the faculty of the Georgetown University Law Center.