Center for American Progress people

11th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs

56th governor of New Jersey since 2018

American politician (born 1947)

John David Podesta Jr. is an American political consultant who served as Senior Advisor to the President for International Climate Policy from 2024 to 2025, having previously served as Senior Advisor to the President for Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation from 2022 to 2025. Podesta previously served as White House chief of staff to President Bill Clinton from 1998 to 2001 and counselor to President Barack Obama from 2014 to 2015. Before that, he served in the Clinton administration as White House staff secretary from 1993 to 1995 and White House deputy chief of staff for operations from 1997 to 1998.

American actress, playwright and professor

American political consultant (born 1970)

American environmental advocate and civil rights activist

deceased wife of John Edwards (1949–2010)

American business academic (born 1947)

American business executive and government official

American physician

American legal scholar, feminist studies scholar

American political adviser and lobbyist (born 1957)

American economist (born 1958)

American blogger and journalist

American economist

Public affairs official

American lawyer

American government official (1939–2026)

former managing director of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ)

president of the Open Society Foundations