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- Program
- Speaker Series
- Date
- Jan 22, 2021
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- Speakers
- David Axelrod, Patrick Gaspard, Robert Gibbs, Shailagh Murray, Pete Rouse
Please join IOP Director David Axelrod as he welcomes four of his former colleagues from President Obama's administration to the IOP.
Featuring:
Patrick Gaspard - former Director, White House Office of Political Affairs Robert Gibbs - former White House Press Secretary Shailagh Murray - former Senior Advisor to President Obama, former Deputy Chief of Staff & Communications Director to VP Biden Pete Rouse - former White House Chief of Staff & Counselor to President Obama
Together, they'll dsicuss the challenges President-elect Biden, Vice President-elect Harris, and their team will face on day one, the priorities the new administration has identified, and the difficulty governing a sharply divided country.
- David Axelrod IOP Founding Director
- Patrick Gaspard Former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, President and CEO of the Center for American Progress
- Robert Gibbs Former White House Press Secretary, Senior Counsel, Bully Pulpit Interactive, Member, The University of Chicago Institute of Politics Board of Advisors
- Shailagh Murray Spring 2017 Pritzker Fellow, The University of Chicago Institute of Politics, Former Senior Advisor to President Obama, Member, The University of Chicago Institute of Politics Board of Advisors, Former Deputy Chief of Staff & Communications Director to VP Biden
- Pete Rouse Former White House Chief of Staff & Counselor to President Obama