Mark Patterson
Treasury Department Chief of Staff (since February 2009)
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(Dept. of the Treasury)
The man who worked behind the scenes for ex-Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) and former Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.) suddenly finds himself center stage as chief of staff at the Obama Treasury Department. A former lobbyist for banking giant Goldman Sachs, Patterson came under fire as he was named to the post the same day Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner outlined rules shielding lobbyists from influencing the distribution of bailout funds.
Patterson was allowed to join the Treasury despite President Obama's executive order that banned hiring lobbyists to work in an issue area in which they have lobbied over the past two years. Patterson was considered the best man for the job, and he'll recuse himself from Treasury duties related to Goldman, a company that has received $10 billion in government bailout funds.
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