Lisa Brown (born March 6, 1960) served as the first White House Staff Secretary in the Obama White House , assuming that post on January 20, 2009.[1] Earlier, during the 2008-2009 presidential transition , she served as Co-Chair of Agency Review.[2] Prior to joining the Obama-Biden Transition Team, she served as Executive Director of the American Constitution Society , a progressive legal organization.
After President Obama 's 2011 State of the Union Address , Brown joined the Office of Management and Budget to assist the ambitious effort to draft a government reorganization proposal.[3]
Since March 2013, she has served as the chief legal counsel to Georgetown University as Vice President and General Counsel.
Early life and education [ edit ]
Lisa Brown attended the prestigious Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Connecticut . A 1982 Magna Cum Laude Princeton University graduate with a B.A. in Political Economy, Brown earned a law degree with Honors from the University of Chicago Law School in 1986. She then clerked on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit for Judge John Cooper Godbold in Montgomery, Alabama , and she held a one-year fellowship as a Staff Attorney at the Center for Law in the Public Interest in Los Angeles, California .[4]
Private sector and pro bono work [ edit ]
Before entering government service, Brown was a Partner in the Washington, D.C. law firm Shea & Gardner ; while litigating and doing transactional work for the firm's paying clients, she also had a substantial pro bono practice focusing on disability issues, civil rights and social justice. She wrote briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court and federal circuit courts in disability cases under The Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988. She also reviewed appeals by rejected claimants in Dyson v. Denny's, Inc. (D. Md.), serving as the court-appointed Special Master. She was co-editor for the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless of Cold, Harsh and Unending Resistance: The District of Columbia Government's Hidden War Against Its Poor and Its Homeless (Nov. 22, 1993), a report on social services litigation.[5]
Clinton Administration [ edit ]
Brown joined the American Constitution Society (ACS) in 2002, coming from Relman & Associates , a Washington, D.C. civil rights firm. She had previously worked for Vice President Al Gore as Counsel (1999 through January 2001) and Deputy Counsel (April 1997 through August 1999). Her work included not only handling legal matters but also advising the Vice President on civil rights and various domestic policy issues. She also served on the Executive Board of the President's Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities . Before joining the Vice President's office, she was an Attorney Advisor in the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel (June 1996 to April 1997).[6]
Personal life [ edit ]
Married to Kevin Cullen, an oncologist who directs the University of Maryland 's cancer center, Brown is an aficionado of cooking and entertaining. She played college varsity field hockey and lacrosse and enjoys such athletic pursuits as tennis and skiing.[7]
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Office
Name
Term
Office
Name
Term
White House Chief of Staff
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
Rahm Emanuel
Pete Rouse
William M. Daley
Jack Lew
Denis McDonough
Mona Sutphen
Nancy-Ann DeParle
Rob Nabors
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–17
2009–11
2011–13
2013–15
National Security Advisor
Deputy National Security Advisor
Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan
Jim Jones
Thomas E. Donilon
Susan Rice
Thomas E. Donilon
Denis McDonough
Tony Blinken
Avril Haines
Douglas Lute †
2009–10
2010–13
2013–17
2009–10
2010–13
2013–14
2015–17
2009–13
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations
Jim Messina
Alyssa Mastromonaco
Anita Decker Breckenridge
2009–11
2011–14
2014–17
Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications
Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security
Ben Rhodes
John O. Brennan
Lisa Monaco
2009–17
2009–13
2013–17
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning
Mark B. Childress
Kristie Canegallo
2012–14
2014–17
Deputy National Security Advisor and NSC Chief of Staff
Denis McDonough
2009–10
Senior Advisor to the President
David Axelrod
David Plouffe
Daniel Pfeiffer
Shailagh Murray
2009–11
2011–13
2013–15
2015–17
White House Communications Director
Anita Dunn
Daniel Pfeiffer
Jennifer Palmieri
Jen Psaki
2009
2009–13
2013–15
2015–17
Senior Advisor to the President
Counselor to the President
Pete Rouse
Brian Deese
Pete Rouse
John Podesta
2009–10
2015–17
2011–13
2014–15
Deputy White House Communications Director
Jen Psaki
Jennifer Palmieri
2009–11
2011–14
Senior Advisor to the President and
Assistant to the President for
Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs
Director of Public Engagement
Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
Director, National Economic Council
Valerie Jarrett
Christina Tchen
Jon Carson
Cecilia Muñoz
Jerry Abramson
Lawrence Summers
Gene Sperling
Jeffrey Zients
2009–17
2009–11
2011–13
2009–12
2014–17
2009–10
2011–14
2014–17
White House Press Secretary
Deputy Press Secretary
Director of Special Projects
Director of Speechwriting
White House Counsel
Robert Gibbs
Jay Carney
Josh Earnest
Bill Burton
Josh Earnest
Stephanie Cutter
Jon Favreau
Cody Keenan
Greg Craig
Robert Bauer
Kathryn Ruemmler
Neil Eggleston
2009–11
2011–13
2013–
2009–11
2011–13
2010–11
2009–13
2013–17
2009–10
2010–11
2011–14
2014–17
Deputy Director, National Economic Council
Deputy Director, National Economic Council
Chair of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board
Diana Farrell
Brian Deese
Jason Furman
Paul Volcker
2009–11
2011–13
2009–13
2009–11
Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs
Phil Schiliro
Rob Nabors
Katie Beirne Fallon
2009–11
2011–13
2013–2016
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors
Christina Romer
Austan Goolsbee
Jason Furman
2009–10
2010–13
2013–17
Member of the Council of Economic Advisors
Katharine Abraham
2011–17
Member of the Council of Economic Advisors
Cecilia Rouse
2009–17
Director, Office of Political Affairs
Patrick Gaspard
2009–11
Director, Office of Management and Budget
Peter R. Orszag
Jack Lew
Jeffrey Zients
Sylvia Mathews Burwell
Brian Deese
Shaun Donovan
2009–10
2010–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014
2014–17
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Information Officer
Aneesh Chopra
Todd Park
Megan Smith
Vivek Kundra
Steven VanRoekel
2009–12
2012–14
2014–17
2009–11
2011–14
Chief Performance Officer and Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget
Jeffrey Zients
2009–13
Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget
Jeffrey Liebman
Heather Higginbottom
Brian Deese
2010
2011–13
2013–15
Director of Scheduling and Advance
Director, White House Military Office
Alyssa Mastromonaco
2009–11
United States Trade Representative
Ron Kirk
Michael Froman
2009–13
2013–17
Cabinet Secretary
Chris Lu
2009–13
Director, Domestic Policy Council
Melody Barnes
Cecilia Muñoz
2009–12
2012–17
Deputy Director, Domestic Policy Council
Heather Higginbottom
2009–11
Staff Secretary
Lisa Brown
Rajesh De
Douglas Kramer
2009–11
2011–12
2012–13
Director, Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships
Joshua DuBois
Melissa Rogers
2009–2013
2013–17
Director, Office of Health Reform
Nancy-Ann DeParle
2009–11
Deputy Director, Office of Health Reform
Jeanne Lambrew
2009–2011
Personal Aide to the President
Reggie Love
2009–11
Director, Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy
Carol Browner
2009–11
Personal Secretary to the President
Katie Johnson
Anita Decker Breckenridge
Ferial Govashiri
2009–11
2011–14
2014–17
Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change
Heather Zichal
2009–2013
Special Projects Coordinator and Confidential Assistant to the President
Eugene Kang
2009–11
Director, Council on Environmental Quality
Nancy Sutley
2009–2014
Director, Office of National AIDS Policy
Jeffrey Crowley
2009–2011
Chief of Staff to the First Lady
Jackie Norris
Christina Tchen
2009
2011–17
Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy
Gil Kerlikowske
Michael Botticelli
2009–14
2014–17
White House Social Secretary
Desirée Rogers
Julianna Smoot
Jeremy Bernard
Deesha Dyer
2009–10
2010–11
2011–15
2015–17
Director, Office of Urban Affairs
Adolfo Carrión Jr.
2009–2010
Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy
John Holdren
2009–17
Position
Appointee
Chief of Staff to the Vice President
Steve Ricchetti
Counsel to the Vice President
Cynthia Hogan
Counselor to the Vice President
Mike Donilon
Assistant to the Vice President for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison
Evan Ryan
Assistant to the Vice President and Director of Communications
Shailagh Murray
Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President
Shailagh Murray
Deputy National Security Adviser to the Vice President
Brian McKeon
Residence Manager and Social Secretary for the Vice President and Second Lady
Carlos Elizondo
National Security Adviser to the Vice President
Colin Kahl