Subject: revised press release
From: "Chris Lu" <[email-masked]>
To: "Dan Pfeiffer" <[email-masked]>, [email-masked], "Stephanie Cutter" <[email-masked]>, "Anita Dunn" <[email-masked]>, "Pete Rouse" <[email-masked]>, [email-masked], "Jim Messina" <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
Cc: [email-masked], [email-masked], [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 08:50:17 -0600

Made some fixes to the VP team.  Here's the latest version of the release.  We're still waiting to see if we have www.change.gov.  Will know that by noon.

President-elect Barack Obama and Vice President-elect Joe Biden today announce the leadership team for the presidential transition.  

For the past several months, a board of advisors has been informally helping Barack Obama and Joe Biden plan for a possible presidential transition.  Among the many projects undertaken by the transition board have been detailed analyses of previous transition efforts, policy statements made during the campaign, and the workings of different government offices and positions.  

After last night's election, this planning process will be now being formally organized as the Obama-Biden Transition Project, a 501(c)(4) organization to ensure a smooth transition from one administration to the next.  The work of this entity will be overseen by three co-chairs:  John Podesta, Valerie Jarrett, and Pete Rouse.  The Vice President-elect's co-chairs are Mark Gitenstein and Ted Kaufman.  

The co-chairs will be assisted by an advisory board comprised of individuals with significant private and public sector experience:  Carol Browner, Bill Daley, Chris Edley, Michael Froman, Julius Genachowski, Don Gips, Governor Janet Napolitano, Federico Pena, Susan Rice, and Sonal Shaw.

Supervising the day-to-day activities of the transition will be a transition team headquartered in Washington, DC, with an additional office in Chicago, IL.   

Supervising the day-to-day activities of the transition will be the following individuals:  

Transition Senior Staff:

Chris Lu - Executive Director

Dan Pfeiffer - Communications Director

Stephanie Cutter - Chief Spokesperson

Cassandra Butts - General Counsel

Melody Barnes - Co-Director of Agency Review

Lisa Brown - Co-Director of Agency Review

Jim Messina - Personnel Director

Patrick Gaspard - Associate Personnel Director

Michael Strautmanis - Director of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs

Phil Schiliro - Director of Congressional Relations

Katy Kale - Director of Operations

Brad Kiley - Director of Operations

Additional members of the transition leadership team will be named in the coming days.

The phone number for the transition headquarters is 202-540-3000.  The official website for the transition is www.change.gov.