Obama advisors

The following individuals were listed as Advisors to Obama in the The Chicago Tribune article "Obama boasts a dedicated, high-powered inner circle" and in The New York Sun article "Obama's Brain Trust Taking Shape"

Energy/GW advisors

• Jack Darin : "energy policy advisor for Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama" Darin's Obama site blog
  • Sierra club director, Illinois state
  • "chief lobbyist for the Sierra Club's Illinois Chapter"

Domestic Policy advisors

• Cassandra Butts: Harvard Law classmate and former senior policy adviser to Dick Gephardt

Foreign Policy Advisors

• Gregory Craig
  • director of policy planning, Clinton State department.
  • defense team for President Clinton's impeachment is a newcomer to foreign policy.

• Daniel Shapiro leads Middle East group.
  • former deputy chief of staff to Senator Bill Nelson, a Democrat from Florida. Mr. Shapiro, who leads the Middle East group, spearheaded efforts in Congress to designate al Manar, the satellite television channel for Hezbollah, as a foreign terrorist organization. He sends his children to the Jewish Primary Day School in Washington, D.C.
• Anthony Lake "one of the campaign's most senior advisers"
  • quotes in Sun article suggest interest in Middle East.
• Samantha Power a professor at Harvard University and an expert in genocide and international law "The campaign has called her a foreign policy adviser, though not an adviser specifically on the Middle East"

• Susan Rice
  • senior staff, President Clinton's national security council. served as assistant secretary of State for African affairs
  • outspoken foe of the Sudanese regime for the last ten years.
  • senior adviser for Senator Kerry's campaign.
• Evidently she lied to the American people pertaining to the Benghazi killings.
• Ben Rhodes chief speechwriter on foreign policy.
  • lead staff writer for the Iraq Study Group recommendations
  • coauthor of Lee Hamilton's and Thomas Kean's memoir of the commission to investigate September 11.
• Denis McDonough "point guard" on foreign policy
  • formerly was legislative aide to Senator Daschle
• Richard Danzig one of Senator Obama's chief advisers on military affairs.
  • secretary of the Navy for President Clinton
  • Education: Yale law, Rhodes scholar

Economic advisors

Technology advisors

• Julius Genachowski: Harvard Law classmate, technology executive and former top aide to FCC chairman
  • Worked on Obama Tech & Innovation Plan
• Alec Ross: Identified as an Obama "science advisor"
  • senior vice president of the non-profit One Economy Corporation- focussed on Digital divide issue
• Reed Hundt
• Bill Kennard
• Daniel Weitzner
• Bill Kennard
• Eric Schmidt
• Craig Newmark
• Lawrence Lessig

Roles in policy to be identified further

• David Axelrod: Uber campaign strategist; journalist-turned-media consultant who knows how to turn a phrase and throw a punch
  • named Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor

• Michele Obama: Harvard-educated lawyer; South Side native grounds him in reality, her husband’s “true north”

• Bill Daley: Former Clinton Cabinet member and mayoral has quietly asked others for support

• Robert Gibbs: Veteran of several campaigns; a seasoned political spokesman with “Northern ruthlessness and Southern charm”

• Valerie Jarrett: Friend and confidant; lawyer and former deputy to Mayor Richard Daley who speaks her mind on politics and policy

• Peter Rouse: Former top aide to Tom Daschle. Cautious institutionalist known for discretion.

• Jim Reynolds: Chicago financial executive

• John Rogers: Mutual fund executive and major Chicago Democratic fundraiser

• David Plouffe: Level-headed and low-key, “one of the most well-rounded strategists.”

• Michael Froman: Harvard Law classmate, financial executive and former top aide to Bob Rubin

• Broderick Johnson: Former Clinton White House aide and telecom lobbyist

• Martin Nesbitt: Parking company president close to Pritzker family