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As the Obama administration gets its shop in order, many people who once lived near the Charles are renting homes along the Potomac. So far, more than a dozen alums and other members of the BU community have been tapped by the new president for roles in his cabinet, at the , and at other federal agencies, or have taken part in some way in the lead-up to January’s inauguration. joshua dubois gary locke getty images

Joshua DuBois (CAS’03) is head Robert Khuzami (LAW’83) is (D-Ohio) and worked under Amanda Gentry (CFA’95) of the White House Office of the director of the Securities and President Bill Clinton in the codesigned Obama’s “O” logo. Faith-Based and Neighborhood Exchange Commission’s division office of legislative affairs and Partnerships. DuBois graduated of enforcement. Previously, as policy advisor to the deputy Master Sergeant Kurt Dupuis from BU with a degree in politi- Khuzami was a top legal official chief of staff. He also advised (CFA’90), a member of the U.S. cal science. He earned a master’s at the Wall Street investment the Federal Communications Marine Corps (USMC) Band, degree in public affairs at Prince- firm Deutsche Bank and had Commission. performed in the inaugura- ton and enrolled at Georgetown been a federal prosecutor with tion ceremony and parade, as University Law School, but left the U.S. attorney’s office for the Eric Lander, a well as in the national prayer to join Obama’s campaign. southern district of New York for trustee, is the cochair of the service. eleven years. Council of Advisors on Science Pete Souza (COM’76) is the of- Khuzami is widely known for and Technology. He is a leading Staff Sergeant Jonathan Bisesi ficial White House photographer his prosecution of Omar Ahmed contributor to the Human (CFA’02), a member of the and director of the White House Ali Abdel-Rahman, the “Blind Genome Project, founding USMC Band, performed in the photo office. Sou- Sheik,” in what was at the time director of the Broad Institute inauguration parade. Web extra za was working the largest terrorism trial in of MIT and Harvard, and a Watch a slide for the Chicago U.S. history. He also supervised professor at both MIT and Staff Sergeant Gabriel Gitman show of Pete Tribune when he several initial investigations Harvard Medical School. (CFA’96), a member of the Souza’s photos was assigned to into the terrorist attacks of USMC Band, performed in the of Barack shoot Obama’s September 11, 2001. Elizabeth Alexander (GRS’87), inauguration ceremony and Obama at first year in the a professor of parade, as well as in the national www.bu.edu/ Senate, a job that Annie Tomasini (CAS’02) is African-American studies, wrote prayer service. bostonia. took him all over the deputy press secretary and delivered the inaugural the world with for Vice President . poem, “Praise Song for the Day.” Gunnery Sergeant Nan Lopata the young politician. Last year, Tomasini worked for the Obama (See story on page 8.) (CFA’83), a member of the he published The Rise of Barack presidential campaign and as USMC Band, performed in the Obama, a hardcover book of his press secretary for Biden when Bishop Philip R. Cousin inauguration ceremony and pictures. Souza also served as he served in the U.S. Senate. (STH’56) offered the opening parade. an official White House pho- prayer at Obama’s election tographer for President Ronald Michael Conley (LAW’89) night rally. Cousin is an African Pending Reagan. is the deputy solicitor in the Methodist Episcopal minister appellate group of the Securities and a former president of the Gary Locke (LAW’75, Hon.’98) (Hon.’07) is the and Exchange Commission’s National Council of Churches of has been nominated by Obama to U.S. secretary of energy. Chu office of the general counsel. Christ in the USA. become secretary of commerce. was a co-winner of the 1997 He previously served as senior He is the former of Nobel Prize in physics, honored special counsel in the appellate Thakoon Panichgul (SMG’97) Washington and was the first for his use of lasers to cool and group. While at LAW, he was designed a dress worn by Chinese-American governor in trap atoms. He was previously a the editor-in-chief of the Boston at the Demo- the United States. professor at the University of University Law Review. cratic National Convention. California, Berkeley, and direc- Previously, the New York Joshua Sharfstein, who com- tor of the Lawrence Berkeley Jay Heimbach (LAW’94) is a fashion designer worked as a pleted his residency at Boston National Laboratory. Chu was member of Obama’s legislative merchandiser for J. Crew and Medical Center, has been nomi- the BU Commencement speaker affairs team. Heimbach previ- an editor at Harper’s Bazaar. nated to be deputy commission- in 2007, receiving an honorary ously served as chief of staff Panichgul studied fashion design er of the Food and Drug Admin- doctorate. to Senator Sherrod Brown at Parsons School of Design. istration. AL

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