Democratic consultant in San Francisco, California and senior adviser to the superPAC Ready for Hillary; chief strategist for Next Gen Climate, the Super PAC founded primarily by billionaire environmental activist Tom Steyer; former staffer in the Clinton White House and former press secretary for then-Vice President Al Gore; adviser to Governor Gray Davis after the 2001 energy crisis
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