Obama’s administration takes shape
President-elect Barack Obama was said to be very close to offering top positions to others in addition to Clinton and Geithner.
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Age: 61
Current job: U.S. senator from New York, since 2001
Previous jobs: First lady, 1993-2001; partner, Rose Law Firm, 1979-1992
Education: Wellesley College, B.A., 1969; Yale Law School, J.D., 1973
Noteworthy: Married to former President Bill Clinton. Obama's leading rival for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. As first lady, led the administration's unsuccessful efforts to reform the U.S. healthcare system.
Timothy F. Geithner
Age: 47
Current job: President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York since 2003
Previous employers: Treasury Department, 1988-2001; International Monetary Fund, 2001-03
Education: Dartmouth College, B.A., 1983; Johns Hopkins, M.A., 1985
Noteworthy: At Treasury, Geithner helped negotiate financial rescue packages for South Korea in 1997 and Brazil in 1998-99
Family: Married, with two children
Janet Napolitano
Age: 50
Current job: Governor of Arizona since 2003
Previous jobs: Arizona attorney general, 1999-2002; U.S. attorney for the Arizona district, 1993-98; Phoenix law firm Lewis and Roca, 1984-93.
Education: Santa Clara University, B.A., 1979; University of Virginia Law School, J.D., 1983.
Noteworthy: Represented Anita Hill during her 1991 testimony at Senate confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
Bill Richardson
Age: 61
Current job: Governor of New Mexico since 2003
Previous jobs: Congressman, 1982-97; U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, 1997-98; U.S. secretary of Energy, 1998-2001
Education: Tufts University, B.A., 1970; Tufts' Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, M.A., 1971
Noteworthy: During his 2002 campaign for governor, Richardson set a world record by shaking 13,392 hands in an eight-hour period.
Lawrence H. Summers
Age: 53
Current job: Professor, Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government
Previous jobs: President of Harvard, 2001-06; Treasury secretary, 1999-2001
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S., 1975; Harvard, PhD in economics, 1982
Noteworthy: Both Summers' parents were economists, and two uncles won the Nobel Prize for work in the field.
Source: Times staff and wire
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Age: 61Current job: U.S. senator from New York, since 2001
Previous jobs: First lady, 1993-2001; partner, Rose Law Firm, 1979-1992
Education: Wellesley College, B.A., 1969; Yale Law School, J.D., 1973
Noteworthy: Married to former President Bill Clinton. Obama's leading rival for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. As first lady, led the administration's unsuccessful efforts to reform the U.S. healthcare system.
Timothy F. Geithner
Secretary of the Treasury
Age: 47Current job: President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York since 2003
Previous employers: Treasury Department, 1988-2001; International Monetary Fund, 2001-03
Education: Dartmouth College, B.A., 1983; Johns Hopkins, M.A., 1985
Noteworthy: At Treasury, Geithner helped negotiate financial rescue packages for South Korea in 1997 and Brazil in 1998-99
Family: Married, with two children
Janet Napolitano
Secretary of Homeland Security contender
Age: 50Current job: Governor of Arizona since 2003
Previous jobs: Arizona attorney general, 1999-2002; U.S. attorney for the Arizona district, 1993-98; Phoenix law firm Lewis and Roca, 1984-93.
Education: Santa Clara University, B.A., 1979; University of Virginia Law School, J.D., 1983.
Noteworthy: Represented Anita Hill during her 1991 testimony at Senate confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
Bill Richardson
Secretary of Commerce contender
Age: 61Current job: Governor of New Mexico since 2003
Previous jobs: Congressman, 1982-97; U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, 1997-98; U.S. secretary of Energy, 1998-2001
Education: Tufts University, B.A., 1970; Tufts' Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, M.A., 1971
Noteworthy: During his 2002 campaign for governor, Richardson set a world record by shaking 13,392 hands in an eight-hour period.
Lawrence H. Summers
Senior White House adviser
Age: 53Current job: Professor, Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government
Previous jobs: President of Harvard, 2001-06; Treasury secretary, 1999-2001
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, B.S., 1975; Harvard, PhD in economics, 1982
Noteworthy: Both Summers' parents were economists, and two uncles won the Nobel Prize for work in the field.
Source: Times staff and wire
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