Steve Ricchetti
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| Organization: | Biden administration |
| Role: | Counselor to the president |
| Affiliation: | Democratic |
| Education: | • Miami University • George Mason University School of Law |
Steve Ricchetti is the former chairman of the Joe Biden presidential campaign. Biden announced on November 17, 2020, that Ricchetti would hold a senior role in his White House as counselor to the president. Ricchetti also worked in the Clinton and Obama administrations.[1]
Biography
Ricchetti graduated from Miami University and George Mason University School of Law. He was the executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. During the Clinton administration, Ricchetti was deputy chief of staff and deputy assistant to the president for legislative affairs. He founded an independent government relations and political consulting firm.[1]
During the Obama administration, Ricchetti was an assistant to the president and chief of staff to Biden. He was the chairman of Biden's 2020 presidential campaign.[1]
Counselor to the president
- See also: Joe Biden presidential transition
On November 17, 2020, Biden said he would appoint Ricchetti as counselor to the president. The New York Times reported that "what sets Mr. Ricchetti apart from a dozen other Biden veterans in the president-elect’s inner circle is his Swiss Army-knife utility. In addition to his political and fund-raising portfolio, he has overseen many of Mr. Biden’s personal and financial decisions as well as his political ones, according to people close to both men."[2]
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