Mona Sutphen — American Public Servant born on November 10, 1967,

Mona K. Sutphen served as the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2011. She is currently a Partner at Macro Advisory Partners LLP and from 2011-2013 was Managing Director at UBS AG, covering geopolitical risk, macro-policy trends and their impact on the global economy. She has also previously held positions as an American diplomat and served on the National Security Council during the Clinton Administration. She has also been a consultant and is the co-author of The Next American Century: How the U.S. Can Thrive as Other Powers Rise... (wikipedia)

Most good relationships are built on mutual trust and respect.
There are jerks all over Washington. Life is short; being a jerk is just unnecessary.
I've had a disproportionate share of interaction with jerks.
I was always complaining that there weren't enough good people going into public service, so I figured I had to get behind someone I found so compelling.
The United States should pursue a more robust agenda for U.S. competitiveness and innovation focused on a lower-carbon economy, including investments in education, basic research and development, infrastructure, retraining, retirement security, and universal health care.