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DJ
Patil

White House Chief Data Scientist
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Rob
Nabors

Policy Advisor
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Kathryn
Ruemmler

White House Counsel
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Ben
LaBolt

Assistant Press Secretary
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Janet
Murguía

Civil Rights Advocate
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Robin
McGehee

LGBTQ+ Rights Activist
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Robert
Post

Nutrition Policy Official
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Tom
Harkin

US Senator from Iowa
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Chris
Hughes

Media Proprietor and Campaigner
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Tiffany
Drake

East Wing Development Policy Advisor
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Hannah
August

Press Secretary to the First Lady
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Carol
Browner

Energy and Climate Policy Director
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Danielle
Gray

Cabinet Secretary
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Shirley
Sherrod

Rural Development Official
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Jeremy
Bernard

White House Social Secretary
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Robert
Trapp

Newspaper Publisher and Correspondent
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Jim Houser and Helen Dally

Business Owners and Healthcare Advocates
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John
Kerry

Secretary of State and US Senator
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Christina
Romer

Council of Economic Advisers Chair
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Julián
Castro

HUD Secretary
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Kathleen
Sebelius

Secretary of Health and Human Services
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Bill T.
Jones

Dancer and Choreographer
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Michelle
Miller

Labor Leader
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Dan
Feldman

Foreign Policy Official
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Austan
Goolsbee

Council of Economic Advisers Chair
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Jane
Lute

Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security
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Tom
Vilsack

Secretary of Agriculture
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Kylon
Middleton

Pastor and Theologian
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Kevin
Lewis

Engagement and Communications Official
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Pete
Souza

White House Photographer
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Brian
Deese

Economic Policy Official
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Victoria
Nuland

Foreign Policy Official
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Jason
Rezaian

Journalist
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Muriel
Finegold

Political and Environmental Activist
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Samantha
Tubman

Public Engagement Official
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Farhana
Khera

Civil Rights Advocate
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John
Brennan

CIA Director
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David
Cote

CEO of Honeywell International
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Mona
Hanna-Attisha

Pediatrician and Public Health Advocate
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Destiny
Blackmon

Nurse and Correspondent
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Gloria
Borland

Publisher and Filmmaker
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Ricardo
Zúniga

Foreign Policy Official
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Aneesh
Chopra

US Chief Technology Officer
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Jessica
Sanchez

DREAMer and Activist
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Karen
Richardson

Public Engagement Official
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Leah
Katz-Hernandez

White House Staff and Inclusion Advocate
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Thomas
Tidwell

Chief of the US Forest Service
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Daryl
Johnson

Counterterrorism Official
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BriGette
McCoy

US Army Veteran and Advocate
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Valerie
Jarrett

Senior Advisor to the President
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Esther
Brimmer

Foreign Policy Official
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James
Clyburn

Member of Congress
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Megan
Smith

US Chief Technology Officer
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Dan
Pfeiffer

White House Communications Director
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Reggie
Love

Personal Aide to Obama
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Eric
Holder

Attorney General

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