Hillary's 2008 Campaign Manager Named Director of Harvard's Political School

Hillary's 2008 Campaign Manager Named Director of Harvard's Political School

by Dr. Susan Berry 6 Jun 2014

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Hillary Clinton’s former top White House aide and campaign manager for her 2008 presidential bid was named Thursday as the new director of the Institute of Politics (IOP) at Harvard’s Kennedy School.

Maggie Williams, who served as the former First Lady’s chief of staff in the White House and then turned around Clinton’s floundering 2008 presidential campaign, will head up the Institute, to which she has been connected for years. The IOP, established as a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy, is known for its polling of students and political research.

According to the Washington Post, Williams has been among a small circle of confidantes who are helping Clinton weigh a 2016 presidential campaign. She reportedly met Clinton while working at the Children’s Defense Fund in the 1980s and was an advisor to her through the Monica Lewinsky scandal and other crises during her husband’s administration.

Following the suicide of lawyer Vince Foster, Williams was interrogated and accused of removing files from his office.

Williams also served as chief of staff to President Bill Clinton at the Clinton Foundation.

“Maggie’s political wisdom and her long record of mentoring and supporting young leaders—not only in politics but in many career fields—and the example she sets in fostering and sustaining relationships across the political spectrum make her the right leader for the IOP today,” said Ken Duberstein, chair of the IOP Senior Advisory Committee and former chief-of-staff to President Ronald Reagan. “I look forward to working with her to help inspire the next generation of young Americans to answer the call to public service.”

Maggie Williams

Margaret A. Williams is a senior advisory committee member for the Harvard University Institute of Politics, was Hillary Rodham Clinton’s chief of staff, an assistant to the president for William J. Clinton, a communications director for the Children's Defense Fund, and a director of media relations for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Note: Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Children's Defense Fund, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the Committee for Economic Development, the Hudson Institute (think tank), the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Roosevelt Institute, the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, the Urban Institute (think tank), the Common Cause, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the Center for American Progress.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a supporter for the Center for American Progress, is a co-chair, national finance council at Ready for Hillary, and the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress, the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), and the American Constitution Society.

Kenneth M. Duberstein was a VP for the Committee for Economic Development, is a trustee emeritus at the Hudson Institute (think tank), a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the chairman for the Harvard University Institute of Politics.

John C. Culver is a governor at the Roosevelt Institute, and a senior advisory committee member for the Harvard University Institute of Politics.

Caroline B. Kennedy was a director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, and is an honorary chair at the Harvard University Institute of Politics.

Richard L. Thornburgh is a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), and was a director at the Harvard University Institute of Politics.

James A. Leach was the chairman for the Common Cause, a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and a director at the Harvard University Institute of Politics.

Sonal Shah was a fellow at the Aspen Institute (think tank), is a fellow at the Center for American Progress, and a resident fellow at the Harvard University Institute of Politics.

Chuck Hagel was the chairman for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a senior advisory committee member for the Harvard University Institute of Politics, and is the secretary at the U.S. Department of Defense for the Barack Obama administration.

Antonia Hernandez was a director at the American Constitution Society, is a director at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and a senior advisory committee member for the Harvard University Institute of Politics.