Dartmouth Alumni in President Barack Obama’s Administration

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Dartmouth alumni serve their country in roles ranging from U.S. Attorney in the District of Connecticut, to Deputy Secretary of Defense, to Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey.

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From left: Neal Katyal ’91, Acting Solicitor General; Ben Wagner ’82, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California; Karen Loeffler ’79, U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska; David Fein ’82, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut; Attorney General Eric Holder; Jerry Martin ’96, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee; Monty WIlkinson ’83, Counselor to the Attorney General; and Steve Dettelbach ’88, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. (photo courtesy of David Fein)

This list was updated January 25, 2011. It was first in the electronic newsletter Speaking of Dartmouth. If we missed someone, please let us know.

Ambassadors / Envoys in the Department of State; U.S. Special Representative for North Korea policy; U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council; U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh; Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey, Department of State Mara E. Rudman ’84; Deputy Envoy/Chief of Staff to Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Special Envoy for Climate Change; U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Hungary

Census Bureau; Director

Department of Defense

; Undersecretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate, Department of Homeland Security Eric Fanning ’90; Deputy Undersecretary of the and Deputy Chief Management Officer; Deputy Secretary of Defense; Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and America’s Security Affairs

Department of Energy; Acting Under Secretary for Energy and Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentLisa Danzig, Tuck ’04; Special Assistant to the

Department of the Interior; Director of Communications; Solicitor Elizabeth Saagulik Hensley ’05; Advisor to Assistant Secretary of the Interior for

Department of JusticeSteven E. Fagell ’95; Deputy Chief of Staff and Counselor to the , Criminal Division; Acting Deputy Solicitor General Robert Montague Wilkinson ’83; Counselor to the

Department of State; Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs; Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs

Department of the TreasuryDavid R. Dollar ’76; Economic and Financial Emissary to China; Secretary of the Treasury Michelle Greene ’91; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Education and Financial Access David G. Loevinger ’84; Executive Secretary and Senior Coordinator for China Affairs

Export-Import BankRavi Arulanantham ’96; Senior Advisor to the Chairman

Federal Communications CommissionGeoffrey C. Blackwell ’91; Director of FCC

Office of Public Engagement; Deputy Associate Director, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs

Office of the First LadyJoseph J. Boswell ’06; Executive Assistant

Office of Financial StabilityDesi Duncker, Tuck ’05; Investment Specialist David Miller ’98; Acting Chief Investment Officer Zachary Segal ’98, Tuck ’06; Investment Specialist

Office of National AIDS Policy; Senior Policy Advisor, Office of National AIDS Policy

Office of Political AffairsAmanda K. Brown ’07; Assistant to the Director of Political Affairs

Recovery Act ImplementationCathy Green Solomon ’82; Advisor

U.S. Attorneys ; Northern District of Ohio; District of Connecticut Karen Loeffler ’79; ; Middle District of Tennessee; Eastern District of California

U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson ’69; District of Colorado Abdul K. Kallon ’90;

White House Fellows, 2010-2011

Members of Presidential Boards/Councils

Mark Brzezinski ’87; Member, J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board Trustee John Donahoe ’82; Member, White House Council for Community Solutions; Member, Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical IssuesRichard L. Friedman ’63; Member, ; Member, Council on Women and Girls Trustee ; Head, Council on Jobs and Competitiveness Trustee ; Member, President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities

Steven Smith