Subject: Transition
From: Chris Lu <[email-masked]>
To: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 23:26:36 +0000

John -
I hope you are well.  Please let me know how I should respond to the email below.  Thanks.
--Chris

From: Max Stier [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 1:57 PM
To: Chris Lu
Cc: David Eagles; Kristine Simmons
Subject: Podesta outreach

Dear Chris,

As you know, the Partnership's Center for Presidential Transition is leading a comprehensive effort to ensure that the next presidential transition is the most effective in history. The progress that has been made to date could not have taken place without your support. Your assistance and involvement in drafting our transition guide, providing critical documents from the Obama-Biden Transition for our library, generously sharing your insights on the nuances of transition from staffing to execution, and attending our Pocantico conference have permanently shaped our efforts at the Center.

As we recommend that campaigns select a transition director by the first week in April<https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/getting-shovel-ready/2016/01/17/8c1e067c-ba31-11e5-b682-4bb4dd403c7d_story.html> and attend the transition leadership conference on April 20-21 with senior outgoing officials and prior transition directors, we have begun outreach to the campaigns and would welcome an opportunity to lay out our case to John Podesta.

The Center can assist the Clinton campaign by facilitating easy access to the materials and people necessary in preparing for a successful transition in today's complex environment Along with the help of our bipartisan advisory board<http://presidentialtransition.org/about/staff-board.php> and corporate partners, we have collected and created resources to aid the Clinton transition team, including:

*         Our transition guide<http://presidentialtransition.org/timeline/index.php>: details on every step of the transition process to assist presidential candidates and their transition teams, federal agencies and the outgoing administration. This is the most comprehensive resource available for guidance on transition planning.

*         Transition timeline and work plans<http://presidentialtransition.org/timeline/index.php>: organized by month with specific recommendations and related tools and resources, the timeline provides specific work streams for the incoming and outgoing administrations and current agency staff.

*         Transition publications and resource library<http://presidentialtransition.org/publications/index.php>: hundreds of templates, infographics, checklists, sample job descriptions, research reports and historical materials provided by your team as well as the Romney and Bush transition teams.

*         Presidential Management and Transition Conference: our April 20-21 meeting with top transition team members, agency officials, and the outgoing administration to discuss securing the continuity of essential government functions between administrations and positioning the next administration for early and continued success.

*         Our transition network: we convene good government groups, transition support providers and federal agency leaders with an unparalleled capacity to assist transition teams.

While much has changed since the 2008 Obama transition, we believe that this unprecedented level of support from the government and our Center can help our next president can ensure the smoothest transition in history. Toward that end, I would welcome your assistance in securing a meeting with John Podesta.  Might you help with that outreach?

Best,

Max