Steve Ricchetti

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Steve Ricchetti
Jeffrey Zients (2021–2022)
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byHope Hicks
Derek Lyons
Chief of Staff to the Vice President
In office
December 1, 2013 – January 20, 2017
Vice PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byBruce Reed
Succeeded byJosh Pitcock
White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations
In office
October 20, 1998 – January 20, 2001
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byJohn Podesta
Succeeded byJoe Hagin
Personal details
Bornc. 1957 (age 66–67)
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseAmy Ricchetti
Children4
EducationMiami University (BA)
George Mason University (JD)

Steven J. Ricchetti (born c. 1957)

Obama administration and Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations under President Bill Clinton. In between stints in Democratic administrations, Ricchetti has worked as a lobbyist.[4]

Early life and education

Steven J. Ricchetti[5] grew up in Westlake, Ohio and graduated from Westlake High School.[6]

He received his undergraduate degree from

George Mason University School of Law.[8][9]

Career

Ricchetti (left) in the Oval Office with senior White House advisors, 2014
Ricchetti with President Joe Biden and Ron Klain in the Oval Office, 2021

Ricchetti led the

1991 special election for Senate in Pennsylvania.[9][10]

From January 1993 to February 1996, he was a

Clinton administration, holding the title of Deputy Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs. In this role, Ricchetti was President Clinton's principal liaison to the Senate.[5][9] Ricchetti conducted work for the administration on the economic recovery act of 1993, the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and other legislation.[9]

From 1996 to 1998, Ricchetti was in the private sector, engaged in

American Online and Intel to "sell the benefits of the trade accord to Congress and the public.”[13]

In January 2001, Ricchetti founded and ran Ricchetti, Inc., a

government relations (lobbying) and political consulting firm, with his brother Jeff Ricchetti.[9][14] Over the following years, Ricchetti's firm represented a number of clients, including AT&T, Eli Lilly & Co., the American Hospital Association, United Technologies, the American Council of Life Insurers and the American Bankers Association.[15]

In March 2012 he was appointed to be counselor to Vice President

Assistant to the President.[19]

Ricchetti was the chief planner for a possible Biden run in the 2016 presidential election. (Biden ultimately decided not to run.)[20][21]

Ricchetti was the chairman of Biden's presidential campaign in the 2020 elections, leading the campaign's efforts to raise funds from Wall Street financiers.[22]

On November 16, 2020, it was announced that Ricchetti would become a

Biden administration.[2]

Ricchetti, along with Shalanda Young and Louisa Terrell, was tapped to lead the Democratic side in negotiations over the 2023 United States debt-ceiling crisis. Representative Garret Graves, a key Kevin McCarthy ally and point person on debt and budget issues, was tapped to lead the Republican side.[23]

Other activities

Ricchetti is on the board of advisors of the Center for Congress at Indiana University.[9] He formerly served on the boards of the Center for American Progress, Trust for the National Mall, and Bloomberg Government before stepping down from those positions to take a post in Biden's office as Counselor to the Vice President.[18]

Personal life

Ricchetti lives in McLean, Virginia. He has four children with his wife, Amy.[9]

References

  1. ^ Thrush, Glenn (November 18, 2020). "Steve Ricchetti". The New York Times. p. A17. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
  2. ^
    ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  3. ^ Hinman, Kristen (October 26, 2020). "These Are the Most Influential Operatives on the Biden Campaign".
  4. ISSN 0190-8286
    . Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Robert Pear & John Broder, In a Lobby-Happy Washington, Politics Can Be Even Thicker Than Blood, New York Times (September 5, 2000).
  6. ^ Stephen Koff, Joe Biden's Buckeyes: the vice president really likes hiring Ohioans, Cleveland Plain Dealer (April 4, 2016).
  7. ^ Stephen Koff, Westlake native becomes chief of staff for Vice President Joe Biden, Cleveland Plain Dealer (November 13, 2016).
  8. ^ Mike Allen, Playbook, Politico (November 13, 2013).
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i Steve Ricchetti: President, Ricchetti, Inc. Archived April 19, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Center for Congress at Indiana University (accessed April 5, 2016).
  10. ^ Robert Zausner, "Casey's Backstage Role Was A Key To Senate Win," Philadelphia Inquirer (December 10, 1991).
  11. ^ Bill McAllister, McCurry, Caught in the Texas Net, Washington Post (November 19, 1998).
  12. ^ "Remarks on Permanent Normal Trade Relations With China and an Exchange With Reporters". American Presidency Project. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  13. ISSN 0362-4331
    .
  14. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  15. ^ a b c d e T.W. Farnam, Biden hires former lobbyist, Washington Post (March 5, 2012).
  16. ^ Dana Milbank, Settling in to Washington's ways, Washington Post (March 7, 2012).
  17. ^ Emmarie Huetteman, Former Lobbyist Becomes Biden Chief of Staff, New York Times (November 13, 2013).
  18. ^ a b c Farnam, T. W. (April 25, 2012). "Don't cry for Biden counselor Steve Ricchetti". Washington Post. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
  19. White House Press Office
    (November 13, 2013).
  20. ^ Colleen McCain Nelson & Carol E. Lee, Joe Biden Supporters Ramp Up a Campaign-in-Waiting, Wall Street Journal (September 13, 2015).
  21. ^ Edward-Isaac Dovere, The man plotting Biden 2016: Steve Ricchetti is the man behind the vice president and possible late-entry presidential candidate, Politico (September 2, 2015).
  22. ^ Schwartz, Brian (January 13, 2020). "Joe Biden's campaign chairman rallies Wall Street donors for a big fundraising push ahead of primaries". CNBC. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
  23. ^ "Debt limit progress as Biden, McCarthy name top negotiators to avert national default". Associated Press. May 16, 2023.

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