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Christopher Lu
Fellow

Christopher Lu

Member Since 1969

Biography

Senior Strategy Advisor, FiscalNote; Senior Fellow, University of Virginia Miller Center; Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor; Senior Fellow, Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy; Senior Fellow, Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress; Fellow, University of Chicago Institute of Politics; White House Cabinet Secretary, White House; Executive Director, Obama-Biden Transition Project; Legislative Director (then Acting Chief of Staff), Senator Barack Obama; Deputy Chief Counsel, U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee; Special Communications Advisor, Kerry-Edwards 2004; Litigation Associate, Sidley Austin; Law Clerk, Judge Robert E. Cowen of U.S. Court of Appeals for Third Circuit

History of Employment

Position Division Organization Start End
Senior Strategy Advisor FiscalNote 2017 2022
Senior Fellow University of Virginia Miller Center 2017 2017
Deputy Secretary U.S. Department of Labor 2014 2017
Senior Fellow Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy 2013 2013
Senior Fellow Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress 2013 2014
Fellow University of Chicago Institute of Politics 2013 2013
White House Cabinet Secretary White House 2009 2013
Executive Director Obama-Biden Transition Project 2008 2009
Legislative Director (then Acting Chief of Staff) Senator Barack Obama 2005 2009
Deputy Chief Counsel U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee 1997 2005
Special Communications Advisor Kerry-Edwards 2004 2004 2004
Litigation Associate Sidley Austin 1992 1997
Law Clerk Judge Robert E. Cowen of U.S. Court of Appeals for Third Circuit 1991 1992
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations for Management and Reform U.S. Department of State 2022 2025

Expertise

Primary Sector

Federal
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