Patrick Gaspard

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Gaspard at the White House in 2009

Patrick Gaspard (born 1967) is the current United States Ambassador to South Africa. He is a noted Democratic Party political leader and elections staffer.

Career

Prior to becoming Ambassador to South Africa, Gaspard was most well-known for his time at the White House and as the day-to-day leader of the Democratic Party headquarters. He served as the Executive Director of the Democratic National Committee from 2011 to 2013, overseeing the party committee's efforts to re-elect President Obama. Previously, he was the Director of the White House Office of Political Affairs for the Obama administration from January 2009 to 2011,^[1]^[2] Associate Personnel Director of President-elect Obama's transition team,^[3] and National Political Director of Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign.

Gaspard's early career was spent in New York City, including working on the 1988 Jesse Jackson presidential bid and David Dinkins's successful 1989 mayoral campaign.^[4] He went on to serve as a Special Assistant in the Office of Manhattan Borough President and Special Assistant in the Office of Mayor Dinkins, and later, from 1998-1999, Chief of Staff to the New York City Council.^[5] In 2003-2004, he worked for Governor Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign as the National Deputy Field Director, and in 2004, was the National Field Director for America Coming Together.^[5]

Gaspard spent nine years as the executive vice president for politics and legislation for the 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East labor union, the largest local union in America.^[6]^[7] He helped coordinate political activity and government relations on behalf of 300,000 members. In 2006, he served as the acting political director for SEIU International during the national union's successful effort to help Democrats capture majorities in the House and Senate.

He is also a former community organizer around school reform issues.

Ambassador to South Africa

It was leaked in March 2013 that President Obama was planning to nominate Gaspard to the post of United States Ambassador to South Africa.^[8] His Senate confirmation hearing was held on July 24, 2013,^[9] and he was sworn into the post on August 26, 2013.^[10]^[11]

Gaspard is a close friend of Bill de Blasio, the 2013 Democratic nominee for Mayor of New York City. In September 2013, he brokered a peace between de Blasio and his primary rival Bill Thompson that prevented Thompson from challenging de Blasio in a runoff.^[12] Earlier, de Blasio had personally thanked Gaspard in his primary victory speech.^[13]

Personal life

Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo to Haitian parents, Gaspard moved with his parents to the United States when he was three years old.^[1] He is married and has two children.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Elliott, Stuart (January 18, 2009). "'Obama's People': A Who's Who". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
↑ Politico (2011). Gaspard to DNC, Dillon to re-elect. Retrieved April 4, 2011.
↑ "Obama Names Transition Team". U.S. News & World Report. November 5, 2008. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
↑ McLeod, Courtney (September 2006). "Rising Stars: 35 under 40; The next generation of political leaders in New York". City Hall News. |accessdate= requires |url= (help)
↑ 5.0 5.1 http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/06/27/president-obama-announces-more-key-administration-posts
↑ Sherman, Jake (June 28, 2010). "White House aide failed to disclose $40K payout". Politico. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
↑ McCallister, Jared (June 27, 2008). "Haitian American labor leader Patrick Gaspard in key job with Barack Obama". Daily News. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
↑ http://thegrio.com/2013/03/04/president-obamas-new-man-in-south-africa/
↑ http://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Gaspard_Testimony.pdf
↑ https://twitter.com/VP/status/371990824508071937
↑ http://www.haiti.org/index.php/section-blog/207-haitian-american-patrick-gaspard-was-sworn-as-us-ambassador-to-south-africa&Itemid=82
↑ http://www.cityandstateny.com/ambassador-bridged-divide-between-de-blasio-and-thompson/
↑ http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/bill-de-blasio-campaign-driven-seasoned-political-hands-article-1.1456256

External links

Patrick Gaspard collected news and commentary at The Washington Post

Preceded by Karl Rove	Director, White House Office of Political Affairs January 2009 – 2011	Succeeded by N.A.

Barack Obama's Executive Office of the President

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 Jacob Lew Mona Sutphen Nancy-Ann DeParle Rob Nabors	2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012- 2009-11 2011-2013 2013-	National Security Advisor Deputy National Security Advisor	Jim Jones Thomas E. Donilon Susan Rice Thomas E. Donilon Denis McDonough Tony Blinken	2009-10 2010-13 2013- 2009–10 2010-13 2013-
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Planning Senior Advisor to the President Counselor to the President	Jim Messina Alyssa Mastromonaco Mark B. Childress David Axelrod David Plouffe Pete Rouse	2009-11 2011- 2012- 2009–11 2011- 2009-	Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications	Douglas Lute^† Ben Rhodes	2009– 2009–
Senior Advisor to the President and Assistant to the President for Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs	Valerie Jarrett	2009–	Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security	John O. Brennan	2009–
Director of Public Engagement	Christina Tchen Jon Carson	2009–11 2011--	Deputy National Security Advisor and NSC Chief of Staff	Denis McDonough Brooke Anderson	2009-10 2011-
Director of Intergovernmental Affairs	Cecilia Muñoz	2009–	White House Communications Director	Daniel Pfeiffer Jennifer Palmieri	2009-13 2013–
Director, National Economic Council	Lawrence Summers Gene Sperling	2009–10 2011-	Deputy White House Communications Director White House Press Secretary	Jen Psaki Jennifer Palmieri Robert Gibbs Jay Carney	2009–11 2011–13 2009–11 2011-
Deputy Director, National Economic Council	Diana Farrell	2009–	Deputy Press Secretary	Bill Burton	2009–11
Deputy Director, National Economic Council Deputy Director, National Economic Council	Jason Furman Brian Deese	2009– 2011-	Director of Special Projects	Stephanie Cutter	2010-11
Chair of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board	Paul Volcker	2009–	Director of Speechwriting	Jon Favreau	2009–
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors	Christina Romer Austan Goolsbee	2009–10 2010-	White House Counsel Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs	Robert Bauer Kathryn Ruemmler Phil Schiliro Rob Nabors	2009–11 2011- 2009–11 2011-
Member of the Council of Economic Advisors	Katharine Abraham	2011-	Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs	Lisa Konwinski	2009–
Member of the Council of Economic Advisors	Cecilia Rouse	2009–	Executive Clerk	George T. Saunders^†	2009–
Director, Office of Management and Budget	Peter R. Orszag Jacob Lew	2009–10 2010–12	Director, Office of Political Affairs Chief Technology Officer	Patrick Gaspard Aneesh Chopra Todd Park	2009–11 2009 2012 2012-
Chief Performance Officer and Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget	Jeffrey Zients	2009–	Chief Information Officer Director, Office of Presidential Personnel	Steven VanRoekel Nancy Hogan	2011– 2010–
Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget	Jeffrey Liebman Heather Higginbottom*	2010 2011-	Director of Scheduling and Advance Director, White House Military Office	Alyssa Mastromonaco Danielle Crutchfield George D. Mulligan, Jr.	2009-11 2011- 2009-
United States Trade Representative	Ron Kirk	2009–	Cabinet Secretary	Chris Lu	2009–
Director, Domestic Policy Council	Melody Barnes	2009–	Deputy Cabinet Secretary	Liz Sears Smith	2009–
Deputy Director, Domestic Policy Council	Heather Higginbottom Mark Zuckerman	2009–11 2011-	Staff Secretary	Lisa Brown	2009–
Director, Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships	Joshua DuBois	2009–	Director, Office of Management and Administration	Bradley Kiley	2009–
Director, Office of Health Reform	Nancy DeParle	2009–11	Director, Oval Office Operations	Micaela Fernandez	2009–
Deputy Director, Office of Health Reform	Jeanne Lambrew	2009–	Personal Aide to the President	Reggie Love	2009–
Director, Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy	Carol Browner	2009–11	Personal Secretary to the President	Katie Johnson Anita Decker	2009–11 2011-
Deputy Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change	Heather Zichal	2009–	Special Projects Coordinator and Confidential Assistant to the President	Eugene Kang	2009–
Director, Council on Environmental Quality Director, Office of National AIDS Policy	Nancy Sutley Jeffrey Crowley	2009– 2009–	Chief of Staff to the First Lady	Jackie Norris Susan Sher Christina Tchen	2009 2009-10 2011-
Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy	Gil Kerlikowske	2009–	White House Social Secretary	Desirée Rogers Julianna Smoot Jeremy Bernard	2009–10 2010–11 2011–
Director, Office of Urban Affairs	Adolfo Carrión, Jr.	2009–	Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy	John Holdren	2009–

^*Senate-confirmation pending. †Remained from previous administration (s).

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